Australia Assists deployee Ahmed works with OCHA to design, develop and manage databases, spreadsheets and other data tools, and consolidate operational information on a regular schedule to support analysis, including compiling and updating available GIS data. Ahmed ensures that information activities related to the drought response across the Somali, Oromia, SNNP and the South West Regions of Ethiopia are coordinated. Ahmed is currently working remotely, and is based in Germany.

Australia Assists deployee Ahmed works with OCHA to design, develop and manage databases, spreadsheets and other data tools, and consolidate operational information on a regular schedule to support analysis, including compiling and updating available GIS data. Ahmed ensures that information activities related to the drought response across the Somali, Oromia, SNNP and the South West Regions of Ethiopia are coordinated. Ahmed is currently working remotely, and is based in Germany.

Handicarafts, Ethiopia 2008. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID

Handicarafts, Ethiopia 2008. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID

Handicarafts, Ethiopia 2008. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID

Handicarafts, Ethiopia 2008. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID

Handicarafts, Ethiopia 2008. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID

Ethiopia 2008. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID

Ethiopia 2008. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID

Ethiopia 2008. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID

Dr Catherine Hamlin at the Hamlin Fistula Hospital, Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID

Dr Catherine Hamlin with trainee midwives at the Hamlin Fistula Hospital, Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID

Dr Catherine Hamlin at the Hamlin Fistula Hospital, Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID

Quentin Bryce the Governor General of Australia stands with the Minister of Culture upon her arrival at Addis Ababa Ethiopia, for the playing of the National Anthem with the on 26 March 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region. Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

A ceremonial guard greets Quentin Bryce, Govenor General of Australia upon her arrival at the airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 26th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region. Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

Quentin Bryce (R), the Governor General of Australia, accepts flowers from a patient at the Hamlin Fistula Hospital, that is supported by AusAid, watched on my Dr Hamlin, the founder, (C) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 27th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region. Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

Quentin Bryce, the Governor General of Australia talks to a patient who is undergoing physio therapy on her visit to the Hamlin Fistula Hospital that is supported by AusAID in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 27 March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region. Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

Quentin Bryce , the Governor General of Australia, stands with Dr Hamlin, the founder of the the Hamlin Fistula Hospital, that is supported by AusAID, Michael Bryce and other members of the Australian delegration in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 27 March 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region. Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

An elderly woman waits to greet the Governor General of Asutralia, Quentin Bryce, on her visit to the Hamlin Fistula Hospital that is supported by AusAid, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 27th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region. Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

A nurse waits to greet the Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, on her visit to the Hamlin Fistula Hospital, that is supported by AusAid in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 27th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region. Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

Women wait to greet the Governor General of Asutralia, Quentin Bryce, on her visit to the Hamlin Fistula Hospital that is supported by AusAid, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 27th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region. Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

An Ethiopian woman recovers from life-changing fistula surgery at the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The hospital was founded by Australian doctors Catherine and Reg Hamlin in 1975, and Australia has supported the hospital for more than 25 years. Obstetric fistula is a debilitating childbirth-related injury, but is treatable. Photo: Lucy Perry/Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund Australia To request copyright use and access to hi-res versions of this photo, contact the owner/organisation of this photograph.

Founder of the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dr Catherine Hamlin and a nursing sister visit a patient who has received life-changing fistula surgery, during their rounds at the hospital in 2009. The hospital was founded by Australian doctors Catherine and Reg Hamlin in 1975, and Australia has supported the hospital for more than 25 years. Obstetric fistula is a debilitating childbirth-related injury, but is treatable. Photo: Lucy Perry/Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund Australia To request copyright use and access to hi-res versions of this photo, contact the owner/organisation of this photograph.

Founder of the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dr Catherine Hamlin speaks with a patient and nurse at the hospital in 2009. The hospital was founded by Australian doctors Catherine and Reg Hamlin in 1975, and Australia has supported the hospital for more than 25 years. Obstetric fistula is a debilitating childbirth-related injury, but is treatable. Photo: Lucy Perry/Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund Australia To request copyright use and access to hi-res versions of this photo, contact the owner/organisation of this photograph.

A teacher demonstrates aspects of assisting labour to midwifery students at the Hamlin College of Midwives. The main cause of obstetric fistula is the lack of adequate medical facilities to assist women in labour. The college has been established to help train rural Ethiopian women to help reduce the incidence of obstetric fistula. Australian doctors Catherine and Reg Hamlin founded the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1975 and Australia has supported the hospital for more than 25 years. The hospital treats more than 2,500 women a year, and the college will now make even more of a difference. Obstetric fistula is a debilitating childbirth-related injury, but is treatable. Photo: Lucy Perry/Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund Australia To request copyright use and access to hi-res versions of this photo, contact the owner/organisation of this photograph.