NGO in Ethiopia – Empowerment for Development

Our Story

Empowerment for Development /ED/ is a women led Ethiopian national NGO emerged from a dialogue organized by Global Leadership Academy of Germany together with the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

This dialogue assembled 33 global participants from media, academia, African Union, United Nations, International and national civil society organizations who comes from Africa, Europe and Asia represented 25 countries and three continents to reflect their ideas and to find better solution for the theme of “Unveil the Hidden Presence: Trafficking in Women and Children”.

In the first meeting held in Nairobi Kenya and the subsequent discussions and consultations meeting with relevant stake holders in Ethiopia, the idea to establish ED further presented to the lab participants at Reuters head office in London in November 2018 and gets support with valuable comments and inputs.  After London meeting Empowerment for Development /ED/ legally registered and get legal license to work as national NGO/CSO in Ethiopia.

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COMBATTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE HORN OF AFRICA

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Mission

Empowerment for Development (ED) is dedicated to empower women and children, as well as supporting migrants, victims of trafficking, IDPs, and refugees through interventions that address gender-based violence, human rights, climate change, humanitarian

emergencies, health, education, migration, and peace.

Vision

Empowerment for Development (ED) envisions to create a world where women and children, as well as migrants, victims of trafficking, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and refugees enjoy a quality of life free from rights violations and fear, with access to essential services and opportunities for empowerment.

Core Values

ED is guided by code of conduct to build creative and trusting relationships with donors and beneficiaries to meet programs with the guidance of the following core values.

Work and act in consistence with our mission, being honest and transparent in what we do and say, and accept responsibility for our collective and individual actions at all time and levels.

Work together effectively and efficiently to serve our impact groups and community at large while giving priority and interest to the people whom we serve.

Fully answerable to our decisions and works as well as to our donors, partners and beneficiaries.

Respect the dignity, culture, religion of the people we serve and beside respect the norms and policies of the government and donors whom we work with.

Constantly will demonstrate the highest level of learning and consider best practices that can lead us to attain our set objectives and goals.

Seek and enhance effective gender mainstreaming in all its service delivery at any level.

Guided by professionalism and volunteerism in all its service delivery to the target beneficiaries and stakeholders.


Capacity

ED is women led organization and established and managed by highly devoted professionals having different levels of qualification with good NGO reputation. Staff members of ED have abundant experience in implementing various donor support projects and working with different stakeholders and vulnerable communities. The board members of ED (Lead by female, 3 MA & 2 BA) have good reputation in working with civil society organizations and other sectors which believed to promote ED as a front runner in this field at East African level. ED has good experience in mobilizing communities for change and has more than 317 volunteers across Ethiopia. 

ED uses its own Manuals and policies for smooth and transparent implementation of its projects. Among the manuals are financial management, Human Resource, Procurement, Monitoring & Evaluation, Volunteers manuals are indorsed by the board of ED and currently in use. In addition to this ED has the following policies: – Child protection policy, gender policy, anti-fraud & anti-corruption policy, anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Policy, Safe guarding policies, Travel and perdiem policy, Internal Control Policy and Procedure, Cost Allocation policy, and Code of ethics are the basis for EDs work.  The organizational structure of ED is aligned with its strategic plan, intervention areas and its mission. 

USAID has approved
ED’s organizational
profile after a
thorough evaluation, leading to its inclusion in the Work with USAID Partner Directory. This recognition highlights ED’s
distinctive value proposition and enables ED to seek sub grants from USAID‘s established partner organizations. Moreover,
the USAID Ethiopia
mission is currently offering a capacity building program to ED in preparation
for a future direct grant from USAID.

Objectives

Membership & Networking

ED contribution at continental and global level