Common River

Common River is a US-based non-governmental organization (501c3) implementing a community development program in the heart of the Sidama coffee growing region, in a town called Aleta Wondo. Nestled in the Great Rift Valley, 300 kilometers south of Addis Ababa, it is rich with resources, diligent workers and creative thinkers. Its goal is to invest in the socioeconomic potential and wellbeing of a community through integrated development using the ‘positive deviance’ approach in education, health and livelihoods.