Harari

Date of Operation: 2010 – 2015

Primary Implementing Partner: Royal Netherlands Tuberculosis Association (KNCV)

Other Implementing Partners: World Health Organization (WHO), Management Sciences for Health (MSH)

Regions of Operation: Nationwide

Goal:

Improve case detection and treatment success rates of TB in Ethiopia.

Project Objectives:

• Assist the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in scaling up of drug management of Multi-Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB)
• Strengthen laboratory networking
• Assist the GoE in the coordination of the TB control program

Description:

TB CARE I assists the GoE in addressing the country’s TB-specific challenges, including extremely low case detection, the emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB, and TB/HIV co-infection. To address these challenges, TB CARE I provides support on a national level in four major technical areas:

Date of Operation: 2007 – 2017

Primary Implementing Partner: CORE Group

Other Implementing Partners: Care, ChildFund International (CFI), World Vision, Plan, African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), Save the Children, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), International Rescue Committee (IRC), Mekane Yesus Church, Hararghe Catholic Secretariat, Pastoralist Concern, Alem Tena Catholic Church

Regions of Operation: Nationwide, with a focus on pastoralist and hard-to-reach areas

Goal:

To support the eradication of polio from Ethiopia.

Project Objectives:

• Narrow the challenging gaps of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance and immunization in emerging regions and hard-to-reach areas
• Conduct active surveillance, immunization campaigns and advocacy and awareness creation events

Description:

Date of Operation: 2009 – 2013

Primary Implementing Partner: World Learning Inc.

Other Implementing Partner(s): Tigrai Development Association (TDA)

Regions of Operation: Nationwide

Goal:

Provide quality comprehensive services to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) affected by HIV/AIDS in primary schools, with a focus on improving retention and learning achievements.

Objectives:

• Support school enrollment, attendance, and academic achievement of OVC
• Engage teachers, caregivers, and other young people to provide OVC psychosocial support
• Provide supplementary nutrition and critical health services
• Create a protective environment and increase access to legal services
• Ensure safe shelter and stable and loving care arrangements for OVC
• Increase household income

Description:

See also: Crosscutting Issues, Good Governance

Date of Operation: 2009 – 2014

Primary Implementing Partner: Pact

Regions of Operation: Nationwide

Goal:

Develop an ethic of civic leadership and responsibility in growing youth that will help to produce a young generation with strong self-esteem who participates in community services and promotes peace, tolerance, respect, equality, justice and dignity.

Objectives:

See also: Crosscutting Issues

Date of Operation: 2009 – 2014

Primary Implementing Partner: FHI 360

Other Implementing Partner(s): Pact

Regions of Operation: Nationwide

Goal:

Improve the quality of primary education through the development of teachers’ professional capacity, provision of supplementary reading materials to support instruction and strengthening of the planning and management capacity of the primary education system.

Objectives: