Donkey and Cart Project: The Fuga Community in Southern Ethiopia.
Ethiopia is a home for many minority groups, consisting of hunters and craft workers, including among others; the Wayto among the Amhara, the Waata among the Oromo, the Manjo among the Kafa and the Fuga in Kembata and Wolayita Zones. The drastic changes in the country in the twentieth century have altered the ways in which minority groups, including hunters and craft workers, earn their livelihood. Although the gap between the standards of living of minorities and majority groups have not been that much spectacularly visible, minorities are still excluded from the mainstream of social life, and are discriminated against by the majority groups. Notwithstanding the fact that the Constitution grants rights to ethnic groups, these minorities have not been recognised as who they are, and have become even more marginalized and deprived of access to the available economic and political resources.