A one-year initiative “Integrated Response to GBV/Protection”, targeting the woredas of Minjar Shenkora Woreda and Moretina Jiru in the North Shoa Zone launched in Adama, Ethiopia.The project aims to ensure the safety, dignity and rights of all persons affected by crisis, with particular attention to the most vulnerable, by preventing and responding to gender base violence. The project is designed to benefit a target population of 8,594 individuals, with 499,999.98 USD budget funded by the UNOCHA through Ethiopian Humanitarian Fund
Religious leaders and faith-based organizations from across Africa convened for the Pre-Summit Faith Workshop, where they formally endorsed the Addis Ababa Faith Declaration on Climate Justice.
African faith leaders united for climate action and climate justice, and calls for equity, peace, and care for creation.
When a coalition of committed partners joined forces to reach Ethiopia's most remote villages, they didn't just bring vaccines they brought hope to communities that had been forgotten for years and demonstrated how collaborative action can bridge critical equity gaps in immunization coverage.
Through GAVI's Alliance commitment to reaching zero-dose children and the strategic support of funding management partners Oxford Policy Management (OPM) and Manniondaniel, the groundwork was laid for a transformative intervention through RISE project strengthened health systems to reach ZD children.
EOC-DICAC's through community-based implementation capacity aiming to reach isolated populations a multi-stakeholder partnership was formed to address this equity challenge.
Mariam Ware, a mother of two from Mismo village in Garbrare Kebele, Burji Zone, represents the transformation happening across these remote communities. Living with her husband as subsistence farmers, Mariam had watched helplessly as both her daughters—2-years-old Bereket Samuel and her one and half year sister; suffered from continuous coughing and repeated illnesses.
Neither of them had ever received routine immunization services before the mobile team's arrival. "My children often fell sick. They struggled with repeated coughs. For me as a mother, watching them suffering was heartbreaking," Mariam shared, her voice heavy with the memory of those difficult times. read more>Success
Mela’eke Selam Lealem, a dedicated priest deeply invested in the well-being of his community, resides In the Awi Zone, Banja Woreda, Bassa Kebele.