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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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