KMG is an Ethiopian Women's Self-Help Center that provides innovative health, vocational, and environmental programs to a diverse region of nearly one million from its center in the township of Durame. Over the centuries, our ancient peoples have developed many positive local traditions, including a basic principle we call self-help, or gezzima. But, harmful traditional customs have been handed down as well in ignorance. At KMG, we are building on our positive traditions like gezzima to eliminate those that harm our people, especially our women.