May the Ethiopian New Year 2014 bring a fresh start, new aspirations, and inspiring  successes?" Alemayehu Wassie Eshetie (Ph.D)

When New Year comes, we aspire new plans and hopes. We take a fresh start with new dreams and many new inspirations in our life. We do this just not because it is a norm but rather the New Year is a source of new perspectives. It is also a bridge between the past and the future. It holds a promise of new opportunities and the possibility to change our lives for the better.

In this New Year, I humbly request all to stand together as one and resolve our problems. Let’s avoid conflicts and misunderstandings, work together for peace and development and restore the strong unity of Ethiopia.

I sincerely wish the New Year to be a year of peace, love and unity for Ethiopians at home and abroad, Ethiopian descendants and friends.

On this occasion, allow me to introduce you a little about ORDA Ethiopia.

ORDA Ethiopia is a charitable organization founded in 1984 and mainly carries out humanitarian/emergency assistance and development projects. The organization is making significant contributions to filling the development gaps of the people and the government. We design short and long-term programs and projects which has strategic importance in changing the livelihood of the community.

ORDA Ethiopia currently works on 5 major development programs and 33 projects with over 1.6 billion birr including food aid to improve the lives of more than 1 million people living in poverty.

The organization significantly plays a pivotal role in strengthening forestry development, providing agricultural technologies that increase productivity of farmers, providing safe drinking water, maintaining personal and environmental hygiene and preventing trachoma, developing small-scale irrigation systems, improving nutrition and preventing stunting. We also struggle to create better job opportunities for the youth and benefit women, children and people with disabilities in our projects. In general, we stretch our hands to assist the needy and address problems of social displacement in our country.

Currently, ORDA is striving to bring about changes of the lives of the people living in extreme poverty, and calls on government institutions, civil society organizations and partners to work in harmony for a greater achievement.

Happy New Year, again!

ENKUTATASH!

Alemayehu Wassie Eshete (Ph.D)