Ethiopia

Current Projects

Zeway and Hadiya Community Health Project
This is the second phase of an integrated water, sanitation, and hygiene program that focuses on improving the health of 57,600 people in 22 peasant associations in the Zeway and Hadiya. The goals of this project are to improve management and maintenance of safe water pointes, to improve access to safe water and sanitation, to improve hygiene and health behaviors, and to strengthen the Ethiopian Red Cross Society’s capacity to manage community-level health projects.

Borale Water Project
The objective of this project is to provide a sustainable, potable water source to 9,613 beneficiaries in two peasant associations, Were Ali and Were Guye. The project focuses on mobilizing local community members to participate in the rehabilitation of a surface pond in Borale. Community members help provide labor for desilting and rehabilitation of the structure and are also active members of water committees that help manage the appropriate use of the water source once it is completed.

Past Projects

Measles Initiative (October 2003, January – July 2004)

Doba Wored a Food Recovery Program (July 2003 -- May 2004)

Gursum Woreda Water and Sanitation Project (January 2003 - May 2004)

Child Health Project (January 2001 - December 2003)

Supplementary Food Distribution (May 2000 – April 2001)

To read more about American Red Cross relief efforts in Ethiopia, go to:

American Red Cross Responds to Floods in Ethiopia

Red Cross responds as flooding worsens in Africa

Warehouse Workers and American Red Cross support integral to success of flood relief in Ethiopia

American Red Cross Delegation Visits Clean Water Projects in Ethiopia

Modernity and Tradition Unite Against Measles in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Street Children Vaccinated Against Measles

Food Crisis in Africa

World Food Day 2003: Alliance against Hunger

American Red Cross Sends $1 Million for Africa Food Relief

Sacramento Immigrants Bring Water to Dusty Ethiopian Village