CCRDA and its members visited the IDPs in Gedio zone Gedeb woreda Tatatu Kebele

Following the briefing on the IDPs status in Ethiopia by the National Disaster Risk Management Commission Deputy Head, Ato Tadesse Bekele on the 247^th GA meeting of the CCRDA membership, few member organizations and CCRDA visited the area and provided support for the displaced people in Tatatu Kebele of Gedeb woreda at Gedio zone.

The program was initiated by Redeem the Generation and few member organization and CCRDA joined the initiative.  CCRDA collaborated in the coordination and delivery of the support.  The participating member organizations have contributed in cash and kind and the support was organized in package form per family.  The package was organized to meet needs for those who are willing to return back to their place and it includes: one 1.2m mattress, 2 blankets, 2 cooking pan, 5 feeding plates, 1 plastic bucket, 1 boiling pot, 1 plastic washing pan, 5 drinking cups, 25 kg cornflower and menstrual pads.  Overall the support was provided for 300 households (including female headed household) and the cost of the items including transportation is around 2 million birr.  Representatives of the organizations have travelled and provided the items on site as seen on the pictures.

The following organizations contributed to the program:

1. 1. CCRDA
2. 2. Redeem the Generation
3. 3. Action Aid Ethiopia
4. 4. Hope International Development Agency
5. 5. Zewdu Initiative for AIDS Support Association
6. 6. Eshet Children & Youth Development Organization
7. 7. Fana Addis Tewled Ethiopia
8. 8. Delasa Community Development Association
9. 9. Pro Poor

On this initiative we observed that:

• This limited resource has created great hope on the IDPs and officials at grassroots level, thus we are encouraged to do more by mobilizing the membership
• The challenge and gaps of the displaced people is very high and it requires additional efforts till they get back and settle in a secured manner
• There is also immediate need of  agricultural tools such as plowing-axe before the end of the farming season
• Government structure at federal, regional and zonal lever are cooperative for facilitating emergency support for the IDPs

Call for Proposals

Facilitator for Change (FC) is an Ethiopian resident charity organization working for the betterment of the lives of children and communities in Ethiopia.  FC has signed an agreement with a German based NGO named Kindernothilfe (KNH) to host a program called Micro Project Fund for the community Development Initiatives.

The program intends to support innovative projects of small and emerging NGOs that would benefit children in Ethiopia.

The following are special focuses of the program.

1. Improving quality of primary education for children
2. Promoting community based early childhood care and education
3. Community based orphans care
4. Income generating schemes for disadvantaged women and youth
5. Child participation, child well being and child development

Project period: One year, however, NGOs that have been supported before under the program can apply for two years project

Fund ceiling for one year project: 200,000 birr per project

The total amount of fund available for 2019 is 1,200,000 birr.

The deadline for submission of proposals is February 28, 2019.

Application guideline can be found using the following link

http://www.fce-eth.org/index.php/news/2-uncategorised/30-announcement

Applications for funding shall be made both in hard copy and soft copy (using CD)to our office. Applicants should also attach a copy of their valid license, previous year audit report and a summary of their board members composition.

Our address is:

Bole sub city, wereda 03, kebelle 05

House no: 584

Near woreda 17 health center

Djibouti Street

For more information:

Tel: 251116610892/0116621438

2018/19 Call for Submission of Good Practices

Dear Members of CCRDA,

CCRDA is planning to organize the 2018/19 Charities National Good Practice Day, which is mainly intended to showcase the roles and contributions of CSOs to the national development endeavors.  This big event is expected to be attended by representatives of government offices, donor agencies, development partners and the CSO community at large. Among other assortments of events, five selected films that depict the good practices of charity organizations will be viewed on the occasion. The event also includes award ceremony for selected best practices, recognition for participation and exhibition of entries.

This announcement is, therefore, aims to invite CCRDA members to submit for competition:

1.A maximum of 5-page (in A4 size paper, 12 point font) abstract of good practices on any development interventions that you believe are worth documenting, sharing and scaling up. The text could be supplemented by photos, preview or full video   documentation of successful projects.

2.While submitting abstracts of good practices, members are expected to adhere to the following outline:

• Innovativeness (10%) in 150 words
• Scalability (15%) in 150 words
• Sustainability (15%) in 150 words
• Cost effectiveness (10%) in 150 words
• Community attachment, networking and partnership (15%) in 150 words
• Impact (25%) in 200 words
• Gender sensitivity and addressing marginalized group (10%) in 150 words.

The abstract of good practices and related evidences should be submitted to CCRDA Secretariat in person to Room No.106 or through e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it before or on 31 December, 2018. For further information, please call to the Publication and Information Management Team with number +251 114 39 34 23.

N.B All member organizations you can collect the ToR that can help you to prepare your documents from the office as soon as possible.