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Participants: COOPI, Farm Africa, SDD, etc<br />

Activities undertaken: Supported livelihood improvement of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists<br />

through food wage for work and rangeland protection; water harvesting and construction of<br />

ponds; riverbank protection and runoff retention, check dam construction and forage<br />

improvement projects small scale irrigation and extension programmes to introduce agro forestry<br />

and <strong>the</strong> use of appropriate fodder and trees that increase local food production and animal feed,<br />

etc<br />

Capacity Building:<br />

Participants: APDA, SSD, Lu<strong>the</strong>ran World Federation, Rohi, Farm Africa, Mahi Difu<br />

Activities undertaken: Organizational Capacity building; TOT on community based business<br />

and service management; developing local planning capacity through kebele development<br />

committees (DC) training on PCM, IGA; agro-pastoral women training and awareness raising to<br />

local leaders of traditional institutions and support <strong>the</strong> regional government in public debate on<br />

traditional practices etc;<br />

Education:<br />

Participants: EECM, ICO, APDA, Missionaries of Charity, etc<br />

Activities undertaken: School renovation and construction, <strong>the</strong> provision of ABE and nonformal<br />

education; student sponsorship, literacy campaign, non-forma education, local leaders<br />

training, TOT, boarding school for poorer children, etc<br />

Health<br />

Participants: EEMY, Lu<strong>the</strong>ran World Federation, African Medical Research Foundation<br />

(AMRF), etc<br />

Project activities undertaken: prevention and control of malaria infestation, public health<br />

services; reproductive health for nomadic youth; training M. Sc level for Gynaecology surgeons;<br />

training of health personnel in primary health care units in antenatal & postnatal care, FP, STI,<br />

HIV/AIDS; Sensitization in HTP, Pre- marital HIV screening, widow inheritance and FGM as<br />

well as lobbying and advocacy<br />

Water<br />

Participants: SCUSA, SSD, World Vision Ethiopia, COOPI, etc<br />

Major projects implemented: Water development Project for emergency drought relief; deep<br />

and shallow well drilling and water distribution scheme development; training and capacity<br />

building of water users; water point rehabilitation (springs, ponds and roof catchments), water<br />

reservoir construction; urban rural water supply schemes construction; water & sanitation.<br />

HIV/AIDS:<br />

Participants: CARE, Rohi, Lu<strong>the</strong>ran World Federation, World Vision<br />

Activities undertaken: High risk corridor initiative for HIV/AIDS prevention and control along<br />

AA - Djibouti road; care and support to PLWHA and Orphans; preventing new HIV infection;<br />

HIV/AIDS prevention and control through behavioural Change; raising community awareness on<br />

HTP and HIV/AIDS and village level workers training and capacity building;<br />

Gender<br />

Participants: Rohi, COOPI, Mahi Difu, CARE, APDA,<br />

Projects undertaken: Combating Female Genital in afar region; Health improvement & women<br />

Owned Transformation Project (HIWOT Project) and agro-pastoral women training with focus on<br />

women and youth rights in SRH HTP, HIV/AIDS; women credit and IGA support as well as<br />

advocacy and awareness creation on HTP such as FGM, early marriage and o<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />

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