In her home region, poverty, illiteracy and insecurity are rife. The 2019 graduate of Fairtrade’s Women’s School of Leadership says her transformation in the last two years is as unbelievable as it is enormous.Īddis, 28, grew up in the southern part of central Ethiopia in the Oromia region. Looking back at her life inspires both awe and disbelief in Addis Petros.