Hiwot Ethiopia
in collaboration with the its major donors, partners and
the community has achieved the following: -
Program
Project Expansions and Right Based Intervention
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- Geographical expansion in to five Sub cities
of Addis Ababa and extended its project to Amhara
Region.
- Hiwot has replicated its program through partnering
21 out of school youth SRH clubs
- Hiwot has been shifting its program in such
a way it promotes the Sexual and reproductive
health rights of young people
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- Hiwot has created educational/ training opportunities
for more than 80 young people to develop their skills
and knowledge for better life management.
Youth
to youth Project
- Hiwot has contributed to the development and growth
of youth leadership in the sphere of youth to youth
SRH program
- Sixth Youth clubs have been awarded small Income
Generating/ IGA fund to sustain their program.
Gender
based SRH intervention
- Hiwot has been playing a leading role for promoting
gender based sexual issues by bringing young boys
at the front line of the project.
- 40 young people and 40 parents from two sub cities
have been trained and involved in the wider community
conversation program.
Policy
Level
- Hiwot has contributed to the formulation of Ethiopian
Youth Policy through conducting a grass-root youth
dialogue and participating national and international
forums.
Institutional
Capacity
- Hiwot has developed its organizational scope from
club to national youth NGO
- It has improved its organizational setup through
human resource development
- It has developed its five years strategic plan
, 2006 to 2010
Benefits
Club members’ and young peoples
benefit
The youth in general and the members
of the club in particular have benefited from the awareness
creation and behavioral change communication program and
the like which was organized by the clubs.
“Being a member of the boys group
is above all entertaining, educative, a place where one
makes a difference. I am very happy that I am part of
such group”
Male youth, 18 years old, Hiwot Boys’
Group member
“Our grand parents are hard to change but our parents
are getting so much new knowledge and are changing. If
we would approach them and discuss with them, I think,
we will be able to change them.”
Girls from Hiwot boys group
Community groups benefits
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Community members,
particularly young men and women, benefited from
Hiwot program. Their awareness and knowledge on
VCT, FP and HIV/AIDS has improved. The interantion
has also received good response.
There is active involvement of men and women, particularly
HIV positive women, as well as young people who
demand for and require access to VCT, FP and other
RH information and Services. |
During our discussion and the project’s
dissemination seminar, the leaders from Idirs, Women Associations
and local government units more than once expressed their
interest to work with Hiwot. They emphasized that the
concept of Hiwot project should be brought to the grassroots
levels. Idirs is established voluntarily by the community
members for serving the community, it is community based
association. Everybody in the community is a member to
the Idirs group. Idir is best agent to reach the community
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