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NGOs are aiming to capacitate local officials and governance structures, while at <strong>the</strong> same time<br />
promoting accountability to citizens in delivering <strong>the</strong> various socio-economic services. The<br />
interventions are mostly in a pilot phase and closer follow-up is needed to tap from <strong>the</strong> lessons.<br />
Table 7: Sectoral/<strong>the</strong>matic focuses of ongoing NGO Programmes in Amhara<br />
Core Project Focus No of Value of<br />
Projects Projects, Birr Examples<br />
Education and Child 104 391,788,099 Child sponsorship, OVC care & support<br />
Development<br />
services, provision of alternative/NFE<br />
education, & streng<strong>the</strong>ning infrastructure<br />
Health, including RH and<br />
HIV/AIDS<br />
75 325,951,175<br />
Integrated rural<br />
68 946,004,281 Includes projects entitled as food<br />
development and food<br />
Security, PSNP, ADPs, IRDP and<br />
security programmes<br />
specialized agricultural projects<br />
Water supply and 19 125,594,759 hand-dug and deep wells, gravity<br />
sanitation<br />
schemes, etc.<br />
Women and girls<br />
empowerment<br />
7 4,406,597<br />
Environment<br />
17 43,187,525 Ecological protection, reforestation and<br />
(rehabilitation &<br />
protection)<br />
community management<br />
Advocacy and good 16 28,741,468 Child rights, HTPs, training to judges of<br />
governance focused<br />
social courts, good governance, support<br />
educational and capacity<br />
to planning and local monitoring of<br />
streng<strong>the</strong>ning projects<br />
public service delivery<br />
Support for Persons with 5 3,395,308 Community based rehabilitation, and<br />
Disabilities<br />
education<br />
O<strong>the</strong>rs 6 12,809,615 shelter and relief services for <strong>the</strong> ill<br />
Total 317 1,881,878,827<br />
4.5. Qualitative Information on NSA Contributions<br />
4.5.1. Innovation in Alternative Basic Education<br />
Amhara region was one of <strong>the</strong> first to adopt and scale of <strong>the</strong> alternative basic education strategies<br />
promoted by NGOs. Various NGOs including SCNE, SCD, AAE, ADA, Pact Ethiopia Plan<br />
Ethiopia piloted and demonstrated <strong>the</strong> effectiveness of <strong>the</strong> ACCESS and ABE approaches for<br />
improving <strong>the</strong> educational participation of children from remote areas. Since 2005, <strong>the</strong> regional<br />
education bureau has assigned personnel and reserves budget for facilitating <strong>the</strong> operation of <strong>the</strong><br />
teaching centres. At local level, <strong>the</strong> woreda Education Bureau does also allocate budget to top-up<br />
<strong>the</strong> community resources for running <strong>the</strong> centres.<br />
According to <strong>the</strong> Head of <strong>the</strong> regional education bureau 12 about four million school-age children<br />
have already gone through <strong>the</strong> alternative systems of basic-education delivery, and close to<br />
400,000 children are currently enrolled across <strong>the</strong> region. Moreover, <strong>the</strong> Bureau head<br />
acknowledged that <strong>the</strong> alternative approaches promoted has enabled <strong>the</strong> region to raise <strong>the</strong> basic<br />
education access and enrolment to over 99%.<br />
12 from <strong>the</strong> ER News of 17 February 2008<br />
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