Shelley & Helmy's Ethiopia Trip 2024: The WRAPS Cafe

More from Shelley and Helmy’s trip diaries! We love to see them experience this wonderful place

WRAPS (washable, reusable, affordable pads) has grown from 5 employees - when we first started to support this incredible work - to now over 40! The WRAPS Cafe began over two years ago and it is thriving!

The Cafe employs women who have been in very vulnerable situations. Many of the women attend school in the evenings, with some starting in the lower grades (since they did not have the chance to complete their education as children). We love women’s empowerment and WRAPS, through the leadership of Allison Karnes and the hard work of the women, has changed so many lives for the better.

Helmy and Shelley ate delicious food and drank fun beverages served at the WRAPS Cafe several times while they were in Soddo.