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- Solar Electricity
  
  Solar Electricity
  Lighting the Way
  
  In Maji, after the sun goes down, people live in the dark. MDC’s first intervention in Maji District took place when Caroline Kurtz found donors, ordered a solar panel and four lights for the Maji Health Center’s Ob-gyn wing so women would have light in the delivery room at night.
- Clean Water
  
  Clean Water
  Improving Health
  
  MDC’s involvement in the critical issue of clean drinking water began in 2018, when the Maji town pump burned out. Town leaders took Caroline and board member Chris Bounds to see the muddy springs where people were reduced to drawing water.
- Women’s Empowerment
  
  Women’s Empowerment
  Transforming Lives
  
  MDC sent the Maji District’s Coordinator for Women’s and Children’s Affairs and support staff for orientation in self-help group work. They came back saying that the transformation they saw in women’s lives must be called a miracle.
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  To accompany the people of the Maji District in SW Ethiopia as they pursue community development for the flourishing of mind, body and soul.
  
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Maji Development Coalition

Solar Electricity. Clean Water. Women’s Empowerment.

Maji Development Coalition’s mission is to accompany the people of the Maji District in SW Ethiopia as they pursue community development for the flourishing of mind, body and soul.

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OUR MISSION

To accompany the people of the Maji District in SW Ethiopia as they pursue community development for the flourishing of mind, body and soul.

OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ON

Dedicated staff, business partners and community leaders in Ethiopia;
Supporters in the US who open their hearts to Maji’s people;
A passionate staff and board of directors.

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The Latest News from Maji Development Coalition

An Amazing Story!

developmaji2025-11-24T16:34:56+00:00Development, News, Women's Empowerment|

An Amazing Story - Progress in Maji! Back when I was a kid in Maji, we had a pile of sand on our veranda. That sounds like a lot of fun, doesn’t it? But no. We were not allowed to play in the sand under threat of being [...]

Trip Report: May 2024

developmaji2025-11-24T16:34:56+00:00Clean Water, Development, News, Solar Power|

In May, Chris Bounds, Charley Bounds, Rick Smith, and Tracy Sauerwein of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho traveled with me to Addis Ababa, Mizan, and Maji. The trip goals were: To have members observe and report back to Covenant PC on the work that MDC has accomplished [...]

Thank you donors – Video

developmaji2025-11-24T16:34:56+00:00Clean Water|

Maji Development Coalition (MDC) is a small but mighty nonprofit. We are bringing safe water, solar power and women's development to a remote corner of rural Ethiopia. " We've brought solar lighting and phone charging to almost a 1,000 homes that were dark when the sun went down. We [...]