ORDA Ethiopia Showcases Achievements at 'Food Security in Action' Event
Addis Ababa, December 13, 2024 - The U.S. Government, through USAID, hosted the "Food Security in Action: Advancing Resilience" event at the Skylight Hotel on December 12-13, 2024. This event gathered important stakeholders, including Ethiopian government ministers, donor country representatives, agencies, and USAID partners to celebrate USAID's contributions to Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) and highlight various achievements and lessons learned.
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ORDA Ethiopia Executive Director Advocates for Localization in Aid Delivery
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia - Alemayehu Wassie (Ph.D.), Executive Director of ORDA Ethiopia, has sent a heartfelt message to funding partners and donors, expressing gratitude for their strong support of vulnerable communities. He also highlighted the inefficiencies in the current aid delivery system due to multiple intermediaries.
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Bee keeping as a means to save nature and improve farmers’ livelihood
Photo/ Ato Mesafint Worku in his bee keeping garden
Ato Mesafint Worku, 38, lives in Jibasira kebele, Estie Woreda, South Gondar Zone of Amhara Regional State. He is married and having two children. Ato Mesafint is a subsistence farmer with 1.25 hectare of cultivated land. But he was in difficulty to fulfill his family food consumption. He said that life was difficult for him.
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Fattening Ensures Livelihood Improvement for Farmers
Ato Mengaw Kindie, 35, lives in Shina Tsion kebele, Libokemekem woreda. He is married, and a father of 3 children. He is grade 5 complete and his wife W/ro Nigsite is grade 3 complete. He was working hard on agriculture to fulfill his livelihood expenses by renting lands and working off farm activities. But, he was in trouble to fulfill his food consumptions and other basic expenses. They used to lead their family’s life by renting land to plough and planting rice, and oat. Besides, he used to engage in daily laborer to cover living costs.
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ORDA Ethiopia has been awarded the highest gold award at the national level for its effective humanitarian and social development activities.
The Executive director of ORDA Ethiopia Alemayehu Wasie (Ph.D.) is Awarded the highest leadership award from Abyssinia Industry Award. In addition, senior management members, project managers and employees of the organization are awarded gold medal for their efforts to effectively carry out the humanitarian and social development activities that merited the award.