DanChurchAid in Ethiopia

New report: Cluster Munition Monitor 2026

Cluster munitions continue to harm civilians as global progress faces new challenges

“We didn’t save money – because we didn’t have any.”

The Nyangatom have always practised barter trade – but when farming fails and cattle perish, the barter economy weakens. Enter the cash economy.

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Main activities

Saving Lives

DCA is responding to the emerging humanitarian needs of disaster affected households with timely and
appropriate emergency responses. At the same time, we respond to the humanitarian needs of refugees, IDPs and returnees
and their host communities.

Building Resilient Communities

DCA works to strengthen food systems by improving the natural, financial, social and human
capital of target households. The main interventions include organic enhancement of land productivity and natural resource
management, enhancing market linkage and value-chain development, promoting livelihood diversification, enhancing
resilience through the mainstreaming of community-based Disaster Risk Reduction, and strengthening youth employment.

Fighting Extreme Inequalities

DCA promotes women’s socio-economic empowerment and the transformation of community norms in
favour of vulnerable groups. This includes enhancing the capacity of local actors for increased responsiveness to the needs of
vulnerable groups, improving the capacity of community- and faith-based organisations and their leaders to serve as change
agents to fight harmful practices, and supporting the establishment of self-help groups of women as economic and social
agents.

Ethiopia

From Danger to Dignity: Humanitarian Mine Action in Ethiopia

DCA Ethiopia work to address the immediate and long-term risks posed by explosive remnants of war.

Ethiopia

Empowering Households in Ethiopia through Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance

DCA work with consortium partners to empower communities with decision making through cash assistance

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Project Archive

SPREAD in Ethiopia

The SPREAD project straddles the borders between Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan where more than a dozen different pastoralist and agro-pastoralist groups live. For Ethiopia, the project is implemented in South Omo.

SPREAD focuses on making sure that food production is sufficient while increasing the capacity for entrepreneurship and income generation. All activities in SPREAD have an inbuilt focus on conflict resolution and peace.

The primary target groups are women and youth, traditional leaders, national and local authorities, as well as small business owners in the area who form the backbone of the local economies.