Amhara

Date of Operation: 2012 - 2017

Primary Implementing Partner: Research Triangle Institute International (RTI)

Other Implementing Partners: Save the Children, SIL Lead, Inc., Florida State University (FSU), Inveneo, WhizKidz, and Visions in Action

Regions of Operation: Nationwide

Goal: Improve reading comprehension and writing proficiency in primary schools as the foundation for future learning, covering seven of the major Ethiopian languages and English

Objectives:

• Improve animal feed systems
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Date of Operation: 2011 - 2016

Primary Implementing Partner: Chemonics International Inc

Other Implementing Partners: Evidence for Development (EfD), Action Against Hunger-UK (ACF), and Overseas Strategic Consulting, Ltd. (OSC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Kimetrica

Regions of Operation: Nationwide

Goal:

Provide timely and rigorous early warning and vulnerability information on emerging and evolving food security issues.

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Date of Operation: 2012 - 2015

Primary Implementing Partner: MASHAV: Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation

Regions of operation:  Amhara, Oromia, SNNP and Tigray

Goal:

Promote economic growth of small-scale horticulture holders by strengthening the commercial viability of fruit and vegetable production.

Project Objectives:

• Develop a competitive and sustainable horticulture sector
• Provide a technical and financial support to improve technologies that have a potential to increase production and productivity
• Create quality standards that increase farmers’ and national foreign exchange income

Description:

Date of Operation: 2011 - 2016

Primary Implementing Partner: Management Sciences for Health

Other Implementing Partner(s): Save the Children, International Training & Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Impact Ethiopia, Ethiopian Interfaith Forum for Development, Dialogue and Action (EIFDDA), Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA), HST Consulting, National Network of Positive Women Ethiopians (NNPWE), African Network for Care of Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (ANECCA)

Regions of Operation: Amhara and Tigray

Goal:

To mitigate the impacts of HIV/AIDS and improve the quality of life of people living with HIV (PLHIV), their families and the community

Objectives:

• Improve the provision of comprehensive, quality essential HIV/AIDS services
• Improve linkages and integration of HIV with other health and social services
• Strengthen health facilities to provide sustainable comprehensive HIV/AIDS services

Description:

Date of Operation: 2012-2017

Primary Implementing Partner: World Learning and Population Services International (PSI)

Other Implementing Partner(s): EngenderHealth, Ethiopian Public Health Association, Handicap International

Regions of Operation: Addis Ababa, Afar, Amhara, Dire Dawa, Gambella, Harari, Oromia, SNNP, and Tigray

Goal:

Contribute to the national target of reducing new HIV infections by 50% by 2014

Objectives:

• Prevent new HIV infections by reducing behavioral risk factors among most-at-risk populations (MARPs) and other highly vulnerable populations
• Strengthen community level systems and structures to support combination prevention
• Increase the capacity of GoE to lead HIV prevention interventions that are based on the local epidemiology of new infections
• Forecast the need for and strengthen HIV prevention endeavors in selected large-scale workplaces

Description:

Date of Operation: 2008 – 2014

Primary Implementing Partner: Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Other Implementing Partners: CARE, Food for the Hungry International (FHI), Hararghe Catholic Secretariat, Relief Society of Tigray (REST), Save the Children (SC), World Vision International (WVI)

Regions of Operation: Afar, Amhara, Dire Dawa, Oromiya, Somali, SNNP, and Tigray

Goal:

Address the food needs of drought-affected populations

Project Objectives:

• Undertake periodic assessments to determine people suffering from transitory food insecurity
• Provide survival ration of food to people in need
• Prevent further depletion of household assets
• Reduce distress migration of an affected population

Description:

Date of Operation: 2012 – 2015

Primary Implementing Partner: Kimetrica

Other Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Agriculture Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector (DRMFSS)

Regions of Operation: National

Goal:

Provide support to the Government of Ethiopia Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector (DRMFSS) to improve its capacity to anticipate and manage shocks and disasters in a timely manner.

Project Objectives:

• Provide input to the Productive Safety Net Program risk-financing process
• Assist the Government of Ethiopia in tracking and reporting on trends in rural incomes
• Build the capacity of federal and regional government officials on the use of new and existing analytical tools for early warning and disaster risk preparedness and including integration of improved climate change decision-making models

Description:

See also: USAID DCA Overview

Date of Operation: 2004 – 2020

Primary Implementing Partner: Bank of Abyssinia, NIB International Bank, Zemen Bank

Regions of Operation: National

Goal:

Encourage growth of the private sector and microenterprises by improving access to finance and credit for underserved populations.

Project Objectives:

• Increase access to short-term marketing credit and medium-term investment capital for women, diaspora and local entrepreneurs engaged in small and medium business activities in the agriculture and health sectors.

Description:

Productive Safety Net Program Graduation with Resilience to Sustainable Development

Date of Operation: 2012 - 2016

Primary Implementing Partner: CARE

Other Implementing Partners: Catholic Relief Services, Organization for Rehabilitation and Development in Amhara (ORDA), Relief Society of Tigray (REST), Ethiopian Catholic Church-Social Development & Coordinating Office of Meki and Ziway, and Agri Service Ethiopia (ASE). Also Holland’s SNV is providing a technical advisor on value chains, and Tufts University will conduct evaluation and knowledge management.

Regions of Operation: 16 PSNP woredas are targeted for GRAD operations: Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, and Tigray

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