In the garden of his home, showed off her plant Belaynesh Switzerland chard, green peppers, green tomatoes and sugar cane, bananas, plants that are unique to Ethiopia.
The plant in Belaynesh's small garden would love any of the owners. Fourteen neatly lined the fence growbags-corrugated iron fence, grow green shoots. He "urban gardening" and her husband have made it possible not only feed seven of their children, but also made enough money to build a small barn where four cattle shelter from the Sun in the afternoon.
However a year ago, strong, healthy Belaynesh saw 37 years, and her husband, is Dabe, very sick. They are both HIV positive and is near death. Dabe "Thank God we are alive," he said.
Turnaround in the couple's life has come through innovative projects run by NGOS in Ethiopia, Ratson, founded by a former scientific researcher, changing community agenda, Moges Gorfe.
Gorfe set Ratson five years ago, took a 50% cut in salary after leaving the Save the Children. Her work with NGO World Food Programme of the UNITED NATIONS to teach urban gardening to people with HIV, under WFP Urban HIV and Aids programs as part of a national plan of the Government of Ethiopia for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care.