Somali

Date of Operation: 2007 – 2017

Primary Implementing Partner: CORE Group

Other Implementing Partners: Care, ChildFund International (CFI), World Vision, Plan, African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), Save the Children, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), International Rescue Committee (IRC), Mekane Yesus Church, Hararghe Catholic Secretariat, Pastoralist Concern, Alem Tena Catholic Church

Regions of Operation: Nationwide, with a focus on pastoralist and hard-to-reach areas

Goal:

To support the eradication of polio from Ethiopia.

Project Objectives:

• Narrow the challenging gaps of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance and immunization in emerging regions and hard-to-reach areas
• Conduct active surveillance, immunization campaigns and advocacy and awareness creation events

Description:

Date of Operation: 2009 – 2014

Primary Implementing Partner: Mercy Corps

Other Implementing Partner(s): Save the Children

Regions of Operation: Somali

Goal:

Increase resilience to food security shocks

Project Objectives:

• Improve food security shock preparedness
• Prevent food insecurity through strengthened and diversified livelihoods
• Promote efficient market-based business, local economic development and economic integration

Description:

See also: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Transformations for Enhanced Resilience (WATER) Project, Crosscutting Issues

Date of Operation: 2009 – 2013

Primary Implementing Partner: Save the Children Consortium

Other Implementing Partners: CARE, International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Mercy Corps

Regions of Operation: Afar, Oromia and Somali

Goal:

Protect and strengthen the lives and livelihoods of pastoralists and ex-pastoralists.

Project Objectives:

Date of Operation: 2009 – 2013

Primary Implementing Partner: World Learning Inc.

Other Implementing Partner(s): Tigrai Development Association (TDA)

Regions of Operation: Nationwide

Goal:

Provide quality comprehensive services to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) affected by HIV/AIDS in primary schools, with a focus on improving retention and learning achievements.

Objectives:

• Support school enrollment, attendance, and academic achievement of OVC
• Engage teachers, caregivers, and other young people to provide OVC psychosocial support
• Provide supplementary nutrition and critical health services
• Create a protective environment and increase access to legal services
• Ensure safe shelter and stable and loving care arrangements for OVC
• Increase household income

Description:

See also: Crosscutting Issues, Good Governance

Date of Operation: 2009 – 2014

Primary Implementing Partner: Pact

Regions of Operation: Nationwide

Goal:

Develop an ethic of civic leadership and responsibility in growing youth that will help to produce a young generation with strong self-esteem who participates in community services and promotes peace, tolerance, respect, equality, justice and dignity.

Objectives:

See also: Crosscutting Issues

Date of Operation: 2009 – 2014

Primary Implementing Partner: FHI 360

Other Implementing Partner(s): Pact

Regions of Operation: Nationwide

Goal:

Improve the quality of primary education through the development of teachers’ professional capacity, provision of supplementary reading materials to support instruction and strengthening of the planning and management capacity of the primary education system.

Objectives:

See also: Crosscutting Issues

Date of Operation: 2009 – 2014

Primary Implementing Partner: Pact Ethiopia

Other Implementing Partner(s): Kalem, Amhara Development Association, Oromia Development Association, Action for Development, Adult Non Formal Education Association in Ethiopia, Relief Society for Tigray (REST), and Bench Maji Development Association

Regions of Operation: Afar, Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gambella, Oromia, SNNP, Somali and Tigray

Goal:

Increase access to education of both children and adults in disadvantaged areas and improve the capacity of woreda education officers in planning and managing non-formal education programs for pastoralists and remote communities.

Objectives: