About Maren:
Maren is the co-founder of Egre Menged Impact (EMi), Addis Ababa’s most prominent community-based organization focusing on bicycle-related activities. Alongside Ephrem Bekele Woldeyesus, the other co-founder and Vice Director of EMi, she has helped establish several impactful initiatives, including the city’s large-scale Women’s Bicycle Training, Critical Mass Addis Ababa, and Kidical Mass Addis Ababa.
Through EMi, Maren collaborates with both local and international organizations to promote active mobility in Ethiopia, striving to make it safer and more accessible for everyone.
Maren’s plans for the term:
- Continue to engage the local and underserved community to benefit from using bicycles.
- Open Addis’s first community-based bicycle maintenance workshop
- Training and empowering more children, youth, and women to cycle for daily commute
- Contribute to creating access to affordable bicycles, maintenance, and safety items
- Advocate for safe and sustainable non-mototized transport
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