Regional Reports - the European External Action Service

o Participation of NSA: IIRO, Youth Associations and HIV-AIDS, Iddirs and Afochas,
PLWHAs (in cooperation with the NGO Window of Hope and the HIV Secretariat)
o Activities undertaken: Clinical Services (curative and preventive aspects) provision of
low cost drugs, Family Planning, awareness raising activities on STD and HIV-AIDS
implemented by different youth association (both secular and faith-based such as the
Young Muslim Women Association). These service although they are rather dispersed
and non systematic, represent an important pattern of social mobilisation of the youth on
major problem, Assistance to PLWHAs
o Recognition by the Government: High level of recognition, due to the outreach of the
services. The Government is asking IIRO to scale-up the Clinical services into a fullyfledged
Health Centre in partnership. AIDS, related activities are recognised by the HIV
Secretariat, but the issues of capacity and strategic awareness are raised.
o Lessons Learned: most of the local NSA have undeveloped policies and systems of
resource management. As a result, despite the generally satisfactory performance in
reaching targets and delivering expected services, according to the HIV Secretariat,
sizable number of Youth Associations and CBOs failed to ensure timely and proper
financial and operational accountability and also demonstrate judicious and responsible
use of the resource allocated
Water and sanitation:
o Participation of NSA: Messengers of Love, Iddirs and Afochas
o Activities undertaken: deep wells and boreholes, water harvesting and distribution
systems, micro-sewerage systems.
o Approach: Most of the activities are community-based and the communities contribute
with local fundraising and provision of voluntary work.
o Lessons Learned: The CBOs have shown a high level of capacity to mobilise the
communities. As a consequence if capacity will be built (mainly in the field of project
management and financial management) accountability is likely to be enhanced and
activities can be scaled-up in cooperation with the Government
o Recognition by the Government: The Government is participating in some cases
providing material and technical supervision and is willing to institutionalise the
cooperation with CBOs and NGOs.
Population and Family Planning
o Participation of NSA: Diket Ethiopia
o Activities undertaken: awareness raising ( training and continuous training for
community volunteers, centre-based activities for people affected by STDs including
medical care, recreational activities, awareness raising and life skills, family planning);
o Approach: community-based services, clinics, and centres, advocacy and awareness
raising on SRH, STDs and family planning, risk reduction activities such as condoms
distribution and provision of safe abortion services;
Rehabilitation of disabled
o Participation of NSA: Cheshire Services Ethiopia
o Activities undertaken: rehabilitation, provision of walking aids, psychotherapy for
mentally disabled, to prevention, to providing training and revolving credit for their
occupation of for income generation for the parents and guardians in case the disabled are
children or young people. This activity has an outstanding capacity building component
aimed at strengthening the capacity of public institutions such as hospitals, local health
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