Empowering women is not merely an act of social justice; it is a cornerstone of community development.

When women have access to education, healthcare, economic opportunities, and political participation,

they become agents of positive change within their families and communities. Their empowerment leads

to improved health outcomes, increased economic stability, and greater social cohesion, ultimately fostering

more equitable and prosperous societies for all.

Action For Development signed an agreement with Salzburg 4 Ethiopia to empower ethnic minority women and young girls through expanding economic opportunities and socio-political space. The project will be implemented in four kebeles of South Ethiopia, Semen Ari Zone.

The girls in South Ari Woreda, Gazer town could not access sanitary pads. Hence, it wasn’t uncommon for schoolgirls to stay home during their period. As a result, their effectiveness in education was highly compromised. To ease this situation, #Action_for_Development is currently implementing a project aimed at creating access to reusable sanitary pads for girls. The project is being implemented in partnership with #NCA.

In connection with this, AFD organized three groups of young women to produce reusable sanitary pads. One of these groups is the "Tadagi Sanitary Pads Producer Group", which has nine members. AFD provided them with sewing training, experience-sharing visits, two manual and one electric sewing machine, and the production of a sales outlet facility with a power connection. The Tadagi group is now producing reusable sanitary pads and selling other garments and additional items like tea, coffee, and snacks. The girls are availing reusable sanitary pads at an affordable price to school girls & other women in the locality.

This has helped ease the burden on girls, and supports the members financially with the income they are generating. From the proceeds of their work, they now have Birr 34,000 in their saving account. The group members are proud of being of service to their community, while also earning a living and improving their livelihoods.

የወር አበባ ንፅህና መጠበቂያ እጦትን በማቅለል በኢኮኖሚ ራስን የመቻል ጉዞ 

በደቡብ ኢትዮጲያ ክልል፣ የደቡብ አሪ ወረዳ ጋዘር ከተማ የሚገኙ ሴቶች የንፅህና መጠበቂያ ቁሰቁሶችን የማግኘት እድሉ ያልነበራቸዉ መሆኑ በወር አበባ ወቅት ሴቶች ከትምህርት ገበታ መቅረትታቸዉን የተለመደ ክስተት አድርጎታል፡፡ በዚህም ምክኒያት ዉጤታማነታቸዉ በእጅጉ እንዲቀንስ አድርጓል፡፡ ይህንን ችግር ለማቅለል አክሽን ፎር ዴቨሎፕመንት ለሴቶች የንፅህና መጠበቂያ ቁሳቁሶችን እንዲያገኙ የሚያስችል ፕሮጀክት በመተግበር ላይ ይገኛል፡፡ ፕሮጀክቱ ከ #norwegian_church_aid ጋር በመተባበር በመተግበር ላይ ይገኛል፡፡

አላማዉን ለማሳካት ኤኤፍዲ የሚታጠብ የንፅህና መጠበቂያ ቁሳቁሶችን የሚያመርቱ ወጣት ሴቶችን በአባልነት የያዘ ሶስት ቡድኖችን አደራጅቷል፡፡ ከነዚህም መካከል "ታዳጊ የንፅህና መጠበቂያ ቁሳቁስ አምራች ቡድን" አንዱ ሲሆን ዘጠኝ አባላትን በዉስጡ ይዟል፡፡ ኤኤፍዲ የስፌት ስልጠና፣ የልምድ ልዉዉጥ ጉብኝቶችን፣ 3 የስፌት ማሽኖችን(2 ለኤሌትሪክና 1 በኤሌትሪክ የሚሰራ) እና የኤሌክትሪክ አገልግሎት ያለዉ የሽያጭ ቦታ ለቡድኑ በማዘጋጀት ወደ ስራ አሰማርቷል፡፡ በአሁኑ ሰዓት "የታዳጊ ቡድን" የሚታጠብ የንፅህና መጠበቂያ፣ ሌሎች የስፌት ስራዎችን እንዲሁም እንደ ሻይ፣ ቡና እና ብስኩቶችን በመስራትና በመሸጥ ይገኛሉ፡፡

የሚታጠብ የንፅህና መጠበቂያ በተመጣጣኝ ዋጋ ለሴት ተማሪዎችና ለአከባቢዉ ሴቶች ማቅረብ መቻላቸዉ በሴቶች ላይ የነበረዉን የንፅህና መጠበቂያ ቁሳቁስ እጥረት አቅልሏል፤ የቡድን አባላቱም በሚያመርቱት የንፅህና መጠበቂያ በሚገኘዉ ገቢ ራሳቸዉን እየደገፉ ይገኛሉ፡፡ በአሁኑ ሰዓትም 34 ሺ ብር መቆጠብ የቻሉ ሲሆን የቡድን አባላቱ በአንድ በኩል የኑሮ መሰረታቸዉን እያሻሻሉ በሌላ መልኩ ማህበሰረባቸዉን በማገልገላቸዉ ኩራት ይሰማቸዋል፡፡ 

AFD came to the rescue when the people needed help.

Action for Development, in partnership with Norwegian Church Aid, has made it possible to provide potable water to the residents of Aynalem and Pelpa kebeles in the South Ari district of the South Omo zone. Due to the lack of rain in consecutive years, the drought that occurred in the area not only prevented the residents from getting potable water; but also caused them to be exposed to water-borne diseases. This has exposed the residents to many social, economic, and related complex problems. The potable water project enables the residents to get clean and sufficient water near them and saves the community from suffering and expenses by protecting them from water-borne diseases that used to occur in the past. It has greatly contributed to preventing students from dropping out of school due to health issues. 

በአንድ ድንጋይ ብዙ ወፎች

አክሽን ፎር ዴቨሎፕመንት ከኖርዌዥያን ቸርች ኤይድ ጋር በመተባበር በደቡብ ኦሞ ዞን ደቡብ አሪ ወረዳ አይናለም እና ጴልጳ ቀበሌዎች ለሚገኙ ነዋሪዎች የንፁህ መጠጥ ዉሀ አገልግሎት እንዲያገኙ አስችሏል፡፡ በተከታታይ አመታት በነበረዉ የዝናብ እጥረት ምክኒያት በአከባቢዉ የተከሰተዉ ድርቅ የአከባቢዉ ነዋሪ ንፁህ የመጠጥ ዉሀ እንዳያገኝ ከማድረጉም ባለፈ ለዉሀ-ወለድ በሽታዎች እንዲጋለጡ ምክኒያት ሆኗል፡፡ ይህም ነዋሪዉን ለበርካታ ማህበራዊ፣ ኢኮኖሚያዊና ተያያዥ ዉስብስብ ችግሮች አጋልጦት ቆይቷል፡፡ ይህ የንፁህ መጠጥ ዉሀ ፕሮጀክት ነዋሪዎች ንጹህ እና በቂ የሆነ ዉሀ በአቅራቢያቸዉ እንዲያገኙ በማስቻል ከዚህ ቀደም ይከሰት ከነበረዉ የዉሀ ወለድ በሽታዎች ማህበረሰቡ ጤናዉ እንዲጠበቅ በማድረግ ከእንግልትና ወጪ ታድጎታል፤ እናቶች ጊዜያቸዉን ለምርታማ ነገር እንዲጠቀሙ በማድረግ በሴቶች ላይ የነበረዉን ተደራራቢ ጫና ቀንሷል፤ ተማሪዎች በጤና ማጣት ከትምህርት ገበታቸዉ እንዳይጎሉ ከፍ ያለ አስተዋፅኦ አድርጓል፡፡ አክሽን ፎር ዴቨሎፕመንት የንፁህ መጠጥ ዉሀን ተደራሽ በማድረግ የዜጎችን ጤናዉ በተጠበቀና ለአደጋ በማያጋልጥ ሁኔታ የመኖር ሰብዓዊ መብታቸዉ እንዲጠበቅ ከፍ ያለ አስተዋፅኦ አድርጓል።