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facilities and education/training facilities for the training of physiatrist, physiotherapists,
and nurses;
o Approach: activities are base on a mix of high level service delivery and capacity
building aimed at strengthening the capacity of public institutions such as hospitals, local
health facilities and education/training facilities for the training of physiatrist,
physiotherapists, and nurses.
Women and girls
o Participation of NSA: Setina Cisher Muslim Women Association, FAWE, (Ethiopia
Initiative Development (EID)
o Activities undertaken: scholarships for girls, awareness raising and community
mobilisation on HTP (mostly FGM), support to women victims of FGM and VAW,
income generation for unemployed women. These activates are mostly based on training
for traditional handicraft activities ( basketry) and in sewing and the creation of selfemployment
opportunities in the field related to the vocational qualification received. A
number of 50 women work in the field of sewing and garment production and some of
them are employed in a Rimbaud House Cultural Centre to produce traditional baskets
which are sold to the tourists;
o Recognition by the government: The regional Government is supporting the activities
providing opportunities to work in very good locations for market outlet of the handicraft
products and a facility for the sewing cooperative (the famous “makina street” of Harar).
Environmental sanitation:
o Participation of NSA: Messengers of Love, Iddirs and Afochas
o Activities undertaken: water harvesting and distribution schemes, waste collection,
cleaning and construction of micro-sewerage systems
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.
Social Welfare, Self-help, micro credit support to marginalised people and community
infrastructure construction
o Participation of NSA: Iddirs and Afochas
o Activities undertaken: Micro-Credit schemes, support to IGA, support to elderly,
PLWHAs, OVCs, community road construction, awareness raising and sensitization
activities mostly in rural areas aimed at preventing HTP and also some wrong traditional
habits which undermine the economic conditions of the households (e.g. high amount of
money used for burial ceremonies);
o Lessons Learned: The CBOs have shown a high level of capacity to mobilise the
communities
o Recognition by the Government: BoLSA is coordinating the effort, has supported the
creation of the Unions and the Regional Network and provided facility within BoLSA
compound.
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