Valerie Browning on the beautiful potential of Ethiopia

We have an image of Ethiopia as a harsh, even forsaken place, of famine and a landscape literally cracked by rising global temperatures.

But Ethiopia’s a country of resilient, resourceful people, who could thrive, if only world powers stopped meddling. 

That’s the message of Australian aid worker VALERIE BROWNING. 

She’s been living in Ethiopia’s Afar region for 53 years, running an extraordinary organisation that’s helped half a million women. 

Valerie’s back in Australia to visit family and publicise the work of the Barbara May Foundation that helps fund her work. 

Guest:

• Valerie Browning is a nurse and author of "Maalika: My Life among the Afar Nomads in Africa”. She founded the Afar Pastoral Development Association and the Barbara May Maternity Hospital.