AFD Ethiopia - Achievements


	Achievement by Program Type

	1. Income generation and employment creation through promotion of small private business :
	234 low-income women headed households (97%) organized into four saving and credit cooperatives in Akaki town (with almost 886 family members). Additional 100 women households with 362 dependants are being organized into two cooperatives in Asella town. AfD granted 314,585 Ethiopian Birr (ETB) or about 36,160 USD) as stating capital and for capacity building support. Amount of individual loan given to a member grown from the initial 300 to 4,000 ETB in five years (Akaki). Total amount of loan disbursed to members in the two project areas (Akaki and Asella) so far is 1,326,600 ETB or USD 152,500. Average individual members’ savings grew from zero to about 1,430 ETB. The maximum individual saving currently is well over 4,000 ETB. Self-management of the cooperative promoted and hence self-confidence enhanced. All the 25 water supply points constructed by AfD in Akaki town have been handed over to the cooperatives for ownership and management. Income generated from these water points goes to the accounts of the cooperatives (capacity building). A net income of 250 ETB /water point/ month is generated by the cooperatives, i.e. 6,750 ETB/month (about US 720), on average. Diversification of business made possible (members engage in more than one small private business undertaking now). Average annual income of the individual members increased by about 45% in 5 years. 85% of the members are now able to send their children to school in Akaki town. This was not affordable to these mothers before. 100% of the members can now afford to give their children three meals a day (unlike before). 88% of the members now able to cover their own small medical expenses as well as for their family members.
	2. Water supply and sanitation program:
	A sanitation center with 10 shower rooms and a water distribution point constructed for public use 1,270 families (7,057 people) have got permanent access to clean water supply from the 25 water distribution points constructed by AfD in Akaki town. As a result, availability of clean water supply in the operational areas of Akaki has increased by 35 %. 60 common latrines with 336 rooms in allhave been constructed and handed over to users from which a total of 1,359 families (6,891 people) have had permanent access to such basic facilities. As a result, access to latrine facilities increased by 40% in the operational area of Akaki town. In Asella town, 10 such facilities are under construction to benefit 180 families (990 people). 48 communal kitchens with fuel-efficient and more convenient stoves constructed in deprived neighborhoods in Akaki town. As a result, 713 families (3,195 people) have got access to decent kitchen facilities. Nine similar facilities under construction in Asella town at the moment (112 families to benefit). 3,736 meters of stone-bedded and pointed drainage canals have been constructed protecting 458 families (3,290 people) directly benefit from poor drainage system (no more flooding of residential neighborhoods of Akaki town during in rainy seasons). Additional 200 meters of drainage system constructed in Asella town. 75% of the target community members trained in personal hygiene and sanitation. AfD has purchased and supplied 14 waste disposal skips or dumpster to the Health Department of Akaki town for garbage collection and disposal (capacity building). 210 small dust bins also provided to be stationed in inner located neighborhoods for garbage collection. Dry waste being collected using horse-drawn carts (appropriate technology?). 14 carts operators contracted to collect dry waste disposal from poor inner neighborhoods. Up to June/07, 3,490 truck loads (27,920 m3) of garbage collected by the horse-drawn carts from the inner neighborhoods has been transported to damping sites using horse-drawn carts and the dumpster provided by AfD.
	3. Health care and HIV/AIDS prevention program
		Three main activities under this program: (a) reproductive health and family planning, (b) HIV/AIDS prevention and control and (c) capacity building. AfD runs a health post in which health services like child immunization, child delivery, family planning, health education, delivery and post natal care and first aid services are given using three health workers. At the health post health education and family planning service (provision of contraceptive pills, family planning and counseling, condom distribution and promotion and referral and first aid service) are provided. The community-based reproductive health service provision is essentially a FP service, namely, contraceptive supply (36,286 clients) and condom distribution (55,246 condoms distributed so far), home visiting (19,762 visits since 2003), 1291 IEC (information, education and communication) sessions with 24,857 women and 13,624 attendants and HIV/AIDS and STI prevention and control which involves awareness raising, organizing educational competitions between youth groups, schools, theater clubs, etc. and organizing special events on HIV/AIDS (such as strengthening youth anti-AIDS clubs). Home-based care and support (541 People living with HIV/AIDS or PLWHA's supported financially and materially since 2002). 33 locally recruited and trained community-based reproductive health agents (CBRHA's) provide health education for community members on permanent bases. In Akaki town, market-place education sessions are organized through drama, music, poems and talks for HIV/AIDS awareness. Market attendants from the surrounding rural areas (mainly farmers) have benefited from this service (estimated 10,000 people). A standard voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) center, fully equipped and furnished, has been established since May 2005 to provide blood testing service free of charge. So far, 2800 people have been tested at the center voluntarily. About 9% of them were found positive. Since 2002, a total of 290 PLWHA's (people living with HIV/AIDS) from low-income families have been supported using 14 home-based care providers. Support includes financial support for basic necessities (food ration, cleaning materials, blankets) and medicines (for opportunistic infections only) as well as bed-side care and psychological/counseling/ support. Moreover, 61 complete orphans and vulnerable children are currently being supported financially (100 Birr/month/child for subsistence) in addition to supporting them for school fees, school uniforms, books and other school supplies. In addition, 20 elder sons and daughters (over 18 years old) who have lost both parents and are left to be the bread winners of the family are being given skill training (sewing, leather craft, hair dressing, hotel catering, etc. for gainful employment to enable them to sustain the younger or disabled family members. In addition to the continuous training opportunities for AfD staff, a work place policy on HIV/AIDS has also been developed. HIV/AIDS mainstreaming guideline for AfD has also been developed with the active participation of the staff.
	4. School tree nursery and vegetable gardening program:
	Tree nursery and horticulture plots established in 11 of the 14 schools in and around Akaki town. A similar program underway in two schools in Asella town. Environment clubs established in each school to promote environmental awareness among students. Class room and practical education on techniques of tree nursery establishment, seedling production, planting, transplanting, weeding, pest control, vegetable production and environmental education are given twice weekly in each school. Up to now, 591,983 tree seedlings have been produced by the schools. All the seedlings have been planted (70% survival rate). Environmental awareness has been promoted in each of the 11 formal schools.
	5. Children and youth promotion program:
	In the two regions, intensive and regular training and awareness-raising sessions are organized on child rights, child abuse, harmful traditional practices (early marriage, circumcision, child abuse, girl’s education, etc.) to target communities and to local government and community partners. Two alternative basic education centers (day care centers) have been established in Asella to enable children from poor families to learn how to read and write. Support is given to community kindergartens (financial and material supplies). A multi-purpose youth center with two big blocks of buildings containing a standard library (about 200 m2 area), an assembly hall (for training, in specific areas of interest to youth such as creative arts, drama and other life skills, for environmental awareness, for HIV/AIDS prevention education, for community or public meetings, etc.), a cafeteria with appropriate facilities (for income generation), twelve shower rooms (again for income generation), an IT center and tutorial classes, an in-door games hall and an out-door games facility (for volley ball, basket ball and hand ball) is being constructed (95% completed).
	6. Small project funding (GESP):
	More than 40 local NGOs have been provided with funding support to implement small projects for poverty reduction so far. 14 of these NGO's got their first funding from GESP, showing a useful contribution by German Agro Action towards the growth and development of local NGO's in Ethiopia. 75 small projects financed in the four priority sectors of development (small scale agriculture, water supply and sanitation, small private business and vocational training. Since 1996, German Agro Action (GAA) has kindly provided about 5.8 million ETB or about US 667,000 towards the implementation of this delegated funding program.
	7. Training and capacity building:
	Training and capacity building or capacity enhancement in all areas of development is an essential component of any development intervention. Training is given to target community members, to staff and to government partners in governance, project planning and management, leadership, HIV/AIDS prevention and control, basic business skills, etc.

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