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Why does ORDA come into existence?
ORDA was established by voluntary and committed individuals in 1984 in the response to the famine caused by drought and civil war in the northern part of the Amhara National Region. It was mainly engaging in relief and rehabilitation works to rescue hundred thousands of people of the region suffering from lack of food, migration and death while it was so hard to obtain a little food a day. Because of the pervasiveness of such deep-rooted and pathetic situations in Amhara, ORDA has come into existence, in the first instance with abounded mission of relief and rehabilitation, and then it evolved towards a developmental NGO to support the poverty eradication struggle of Amhara people.