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What we doOur work here focuses on disaster risk reduction, equal rights for men and women, strengthening civil society and fighting hunger, HIV and AIDS. |
When hunger is a daily occurrence
Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world. Nearly half of the population is malnourished. The poor live in the rural areas and make a living by primitive small-scale farming or as pastoral people.
Challenges
The battle against hunger is one of the greatest challenges facing Ethiopia. Every year more than 10 million people depend upon foreign aid – and even more people starve when the country is hit by draught or floods. Climate changes have worsened the situation, because the poor are ill-prepared to adapt to these changes.
The great challenges of discrimination against and lack of support to people who suffer from HIV is another of DanChurchAid’s focus points as well as equal rights for men and women.
Ethiopia is a federal republic with a parliamentary democracy, which has been governed by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi since 1991. The most recent parliamentary election was criticised for failing to comply with international standards.
There are international reports on human rights violations, and a restrictive laws on NGOs make it difficult for NGOs to be heard.
What we do in Ethiopia
DanChurchAid works in the mountainous highland in the north where we improve the living conditions of small farmers, and in the southern part of the country, where pastoral people struggle to survive in draught-stricken regions. To a large degree it is the local partners that enable us to reach the poorest in the rural areas.
DanChurchAid’s projects in Ethiopia fall under the following types of programmes:
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Equal rights and strengthening civil societies
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Food security
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Fighting HIV and AIDS
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Relief aid and emergency prevention
Articles about FKN
14/07/2011
Signs of drought
The harvest is ruined and thousands of people have been forced to leave their land. DanChurchAid’s communication officer in Ethiopia, Fikerte Abebe, reports from the drought affected Borena area in Southern Ethiopia.
16/06/2011
Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa
“OWN, SCALE-UP and SUSTAIN” is the motto of the 16th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in Africa (ICASA) to be held from 4 - 8 December 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
19/10/2010
Beauty Contest with a Difference
A beauty contest among HIV positive women was held on 6 September 2010 at the Global Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The motto, “Living Positively” confronts stigma and discrimination and the twenty contestants represented all regions of Ethiopia.
08/09/2010
Farmlands have turned to stones and swamps
Heavy rainfall has caused flooding in Ethiopia. Thousands have been displaced and field crops have been destroyed
Download full version of the new book by Malene Haakanson, who portrays the struggle of an Ethiopian family over the course of one year.
30/07/2009
Climate Witnesses: A critical situation
Traditionally, Dehana district in the mountains of central Ethiopia is very fertile, but climate changes mean that almost fifty per cent of the population needs food assistance.
22/04/2009
Advocacy in Ethiopia
The study 'Overview of Civil Society Advocacy Work in Ethiopia: A Mapping Exercise by Six Agency Group in Partnership with CRDA' examines how advocacy can contribute most efficiently to the democratic process in Ethiopia.
14/01/2009
The Strong State
On 6 January 2009, the Ethiopian parliament passed the long awaited - and feared – new bill on voluntary associations and organisations.
27/11/2008
Intensified hold in Ethiopia
At first, it was the media and the opposition; now the civil society feels the iron fist. Ethiopia has begun a surprisingly short journey from democracy to dictatorship.
Journalist Jeppe Villadsen writes from Addis Ababa – the article was first published in the Christian Daily, Denmark, on 21.11.2008.
20/10/2008
Africa Commission policy notes
The Danish government has established an Africa Commission on effective development cooperation with Africa.
10/09/2008
African Youth Panel in Ethiopia
DanChurchAid and the Danish NGO-forum invites young people from all over Africa to apply for participation in the African Youth Panel, taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 16-19. 2008. The Youth Panel will be a lifetime opportunity to influence the future of Africa by developing recommendations to the further work of the Danish Africa Commission.
Heavy torrential rains since August 16, 2008 in the Gambella regional state in Ethiopia have caused severe flooding, affecting thousands of people and destroying farmland and homes.
11/08/2008
A goat story
Mahder Tsegaw is one of the ‘‘GIVE A GOAT ’’ beneficiaries in Amhara regional state in Dehana, namely in Berbera village. Receiving the donation of goats has changed her life.
The joint ethio-dansih NGO programme in North Wollo started in 1997 and is a collaboration between the three Danish NGO's Save the Children, Danish Red Cross and DanChurchAid and their Ethiopian partners. The purpose was to relieve the food crisis and support agricultural development in North Wollo, a very poor area in Ethiopia.
29/05/2008
Why did God shut down the sky over us?
Ethiopia is on the verge of a hunger disaster. In the Southern Oromiya region people are already suffering.
01/04/2008
Ethiopia contact information
Contact information: DanChurchAid's regional office in Ethiopia
17/12/2007
Pastoral people are under pressure
Climate change, which results in floods, unpredictable rain, drought, and hunger, occurs in many African countries today. Traditional pastoral people are among the worst hit. The pastoralists depend on the welfare of their animals, which means adequate access to water and fertile grazing land.
28/09/2007
A goat means hope for tomorrow
A group of 100 marginalized women have this summer been selected to participate in a goat husbandry project in order to ensure sustainable livelihoods. They are all from an area of Ethiopia that has struggled with drought for the last six years.
28/09/2007
A goat for each child
Adanech Eriso is the mother of four children and recently she became the owner of four goats through DanChurchAid’s goat husbandry project. She has decided that each goat should provide for each child’s school fee.
28/09/2007
Medina’s broken future
Due to illness, kidnapping and forced marriage, 21-year-old Medina Duna had to quit school. She is one of the 100 participants in the DanChurchAid’s goat husbandry project and she now hopes it will make her able to send her oldest daughter to school.
25/09/2007
Floods in Amhara and Gambella
Heavy torrential rains in Ethiopia have caused severe flooding in the Amhara and Gambella Regional States affecting more than 60,000 people and destroying farmland, roads and homes. The intensity of the rainfall and the magnitude of the floods is reported to be worse than the 2006 rainy season in which approximately 98,000 people were affected in the various areas of the region.
One of the poorest parts of Ethiopia got an extraordinary visit in mid June. The Danish Minister of Development, Ulla Tørnæs, visited the DanChurchAid agriculture component of the Ethio-Danish Joint programme in North Wollo.
28/03/2007
Good harvest in Ethiopia
Not every year can tell good news about the harvest in Ethiopia. But after last year’s drought which affected millions of people, and huge floods affecting another hundreds of thousands, the Ethiopian government announces that a good harvest is expected in 2007.
23/03/2007
DanChurchAid goes to Parliament
On Thursday, March 15, DanChurchAid and 20 of its local partners paid a notable visit to the Ethiopian Parliament. The group saw the parliament in session in the morning and in the afternoon the group met with chairpersons of three Standing Committees. This is the first time in a long while that the civil society and members of Parliament engage in a dialogue and the meeting was mentioned in the evening news on th...
26/02/2007
Food aid in Ethiopia
A study carried out by the Poverty Action Network Ethiopia, PANE, shows that food aid is important for the most vulnerable groups but the study also uncovers major problems of dependency.
21/08/2006
Responding to Ethiopia floods
ACT Ethiopia Forum members - DanChurchAid, Christian Aid, Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC), Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY), Lutheran World Federation (LWF), and Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) - are preparing to respond to floods in Ethiopia. The response will be implemented mainly through EECMY’s South West Synod in Omo Valley and EOC in Dira Dawa region.
24/05/2006
HIV/AIDS programme in Ethiopia
DanChurchAid supports HIV/AIDS prevention and control projects. A HIV/AIDS programme has been initiated to prevent the further spread of the disease and to protect the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS.
09/04/2006
The worst drought in decades
East Africa is in the grip of its worst drought for more than 20 years. The UN estimates that more than 8 million people across eastern Africa are in desperate need of food and water.
15/03/2006
Drought devastating to farmers
Christian Aid, a member of ACT International, is working in Ethiopia helping to provide water and work for the Borana so that they can find ways to cope with this crisis.
26/02/2006
Women moving into the parliament
The 2005 national election in Ethiopia witnessed 116 women voted into parliament, thus implicating that women now hold more than 20% of the seats. That is three times as many compared to previous elections and a higher female proportion than in many European parliaments.
The Ethiopian Muslims’ Relief and Development Association (EMRDA) is an indigenous faith based NGO established in 1994 and legally registered with the Ministry of Justice with the objective of preventing abject poverty and unemployment through participation and sustainable integrated rural development.
11/02/2006
African Development Aid Association
African Development Aid Association (ADAA) is an indigenous non-profit making NGO established in 1988. It currently operates in the central & southern parts of Ethiopia, specifically in Oromia Regional State.
11/02/2006
Talent Youth Association
Talent Youth Association (TAYA) was established by ten youths who came from different colleges, universities and institution of higher learning. TaYA is legally registered with the Ministry of Justice to function as a local NGO in Ethiopia.
08/02/2006
EECMY/LWF - a DanChurchAid partner
EECMY/LWF (Lutheran World Federation) is an active partner of the DanChurchAid food security programme and has a strong network throughout Ethiopia.
05/02/2006
Women Support Organization
DanChurchAid is working with women’s rights through local organisations in Ethiopia.
05/02/2006
Agri Service Development
Agri Service Ethiopia (ASE) is a national, non-governmental and non-profit making development organization, established in 1969. ASE is focussing on integrated food security projects.
04/02/2006
EOC-DICAC focus: rural development projects
DanChurchAid and Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Inter Church Aid Commission (EOC/DICAC) started to cooperate in 2005 in Wadla, North Wollo, Ethiopia. EOC/DICAC is specialised in rural development projects.
03/02/2006
KMG is empowering Kembatta women
Kambatti Mentti Gezzimma-Tope (KMG) is a women-focused, community development organization established in 1997. Funded by DanChurchAid, KMG has implemented a project around the 2005 national elections to increase the participation of women.
DanChurchAid's cooperation with Ethiopian Human Rights and Civic Education Promotion Association (EHRCEPA ) dates back to December 2004. EHRCEPA is concentrating its efforts on the realization of fundamental human rights, with a special focus on gender equality and the rights of women/girls to have influence over their own lives.
01/02/2006
Action for Development
DanChurchAid has selected Action for Development to implement a livelihood security and good governance project in Ethiopia from funds allocated from the 2005 Parish Collection.
01/02/2006
EECMY/DASSC - a DanChurchAid partner
Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus/Development and Social Service Commission (EECMY/DASSC) is among the faith-based partners of DanChurchAid with a cooperation lasting more than 25 years.
01/02/2006
Christian Relief and Development Association
DanChurchAid is an associate member of Christian Relief and Development Association, the biggest NGO umbrella organisation in Ethiopia.
01/02/2006
Poverty Action Network Ethiopia (PANE)
Poverty Action Network Ethiopia (PANE) is one of the few networks in the country that involves civil society organisations in policy dialogue at national and lower levels, especially those relating to the country's Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRSP) and the Millenium Development Goals (MDG's).
Research Center for Civic and Human Rights Education (RCCHE) focuses on the participation of poor people in social and political matters as an inalienable right to be fulfilled for democracy to come through.
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