Mahary Maasho

(SA in Social Works)

is one of the founders of Lem Ethiopia. He served the country at different leadership level in government ministries, civil society orgnaizations including Ethiopian Red Cross and international organizations such as UNHCR from where he gained good knowledge and experience in the area of environment and development. As an elected Red Cross Board Chairman of the Wollo Chapter from 1983 up to 1989, he used this opportunity by becoming an environmental activist in a bid to seek solutions to the effects of the disaster due to the 1984 drought.