31 January 2019, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia: Members of the Tesfa ('hope') self-help group for women, which undertakes community banking to raise women's economic status and independence. Through the Mekane Yesus Food Security Project for Lemo Community, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus' development wing Development and Social Services Commission helps women raise their socio-economic status through community banking efforts and education, and helps improve communities' food security through training in agricultural methods suitable in a changing climate.