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Country info
Child mortality: 109 per 1,000
Illiteracy: 64%
Life expectancy: 52 years
HDI rank: 169 out of 177

HIV/AIDS

Tear´s commitment in 2008: €292,740

Partners: KHC, MKC-RDA, ECFE and several partner organisations of Tearfund UK

Programme content:

  • HIV/AIDS education, voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), home-based care (HBC) and training.
  • Equipping churches and communities to play a role in HIV programmes.
  • Cooperation with various organisations in a self-organised learning programme for staff regarding innovative approaches within HIV programmes. Two external consultants have been involved. A network has been started by the various partners.

Target group: 12,500 families (average family: six people)

Education

Tear´s commitment in 2008: €21,351

Partner: MKC-RDA

Programme content:

Building a primary school in Debre Markos. A second instalment was paid for further construction of the school. As a result of escalating costs a third allocation was made in 2009 to finish off the school in time for the start of the school year.

Target group: 360 children, 90 of whom are from a poor background

Water

Tear´s commitment in 2009: €118,610

Partner: EKHC

Programme content:

  • Construction of wells, water supply systems and latrines.
  • Training of water and sanitation committees.
  • Training in the maintenance of water systems.
  • Advice on health and hygiene, including use of a new methodology involving Community Health Clubs, for which a study tour to Uganda has been made.

Target group: 22,500 families (average family: six people)

Food security

Tear´s commitment in 2008: €16,500, as second part of the grant allocated in 2007

Partner: MKC-RDA

Programme content:

  • Improving food production by means of agricultural training and improved water management.
  • Improving incomes by means of savings and loan groups.
  • Literacy programmes.
  • Health education.

Target group: 7,000 families (average family: six people)

Emergency relief

Tear´s commitment in 2008: €107,105

Partner: MKC-RDA

Programme content:

Food-for-work programme in Jeldu district, constructing roads and contour ridges. A special grant has been given to make the road construction more resistant to erosion.

Target group: 4,000 families (average family: six people)

RDA has received special reinforcement of its capacity through the secondment of a Dutch citizen with Ethiopian background, Amare Teklu. He moved to Addis Ababa with his wife and two children in July 2008 to work with MKC-RDA, supporting its operational capacity as an advisor. Funding for this secondment was received through the PSO Cross Over programme.

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