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Focus group discussions
- 9 April 2018
- Ale, 47-year-old farmer and head of a relatively strong household in Kollela
- Asaye, 56-year-old man, head of a reconciliation council in Kollela
- Endale, 51-year-old man and a member of reconciliation council in Kollela
- Lewoye, 46-year-old man and a member of reconciliation council
- Muche, 50-year-old man in Kollela who relies heavily on remittances from his migrating son
- Tadele, 50-year-old man and head of subsistence farming family in Kollela
- 5 May 2018
- Abeba, 37-year-old woman surviving on remittances from her migrant husband
- Mallede, 44-year-old woman of relatively independent means who receives money from her migrant son
- Maste, 32-year-old woman who supplants her livelihood with remittances from her migrant children
- Tewabech, 37-year-old woman of good economic standing
- Tiblet, 35-year-old woman who encourages her husband to engage in migrant labour
- Wubit, 33-year-old women who supplements her living with income from her migrant seasonal labourer husband
Interviews
- Abebe, 33-year-old land renter and sharecropper who migrates for wage labour in cities to supplement his farm income, 3 March 2018
- Bayene, 36-year-old subsistence farmer who supplements his poor farm income with wages earned in cities, 29 March 2018
- Kebede, 29-year-old seasonal migrant to Bahir Dar and Mattama who was inspired by his predecessors 11 May 2018
- Mekuria, 38-year-old migrant wage labourer to Bahir Dar and Mattama, 17 August 2018
- Mulat, 30-year-old land renter and migrant wage labourer 2 December 2018
- Yohannes, 30-year-old migrant wage labourer looking to supplement his household income, 22 June 2018