Foundation

“We have dreams that have to be true. But we are in a new situation now. We are facing HIV&AIDS. We all are at risk, in the same boat. We have to do something about it and not die at this early age”

Thus, we have organized our self and established a youth club where we can meet and discuss each other about HIV&AIDS and other relevant issues and work together.

This was the first discussion we had together with the founding members to establish the then Hiwot anti-AIDS Club/association and now Hiwot Ethiopia.

Hiwot Ethiopia was initially established as a youth club by fourteen young people who wished to make a difference. From these small beginnings, Hiwot Ethiopia grew and developed into an association, then a registered NGO, and is now re-registered with the Charities and Societies Agency as an Ethiopian resident charity focused on working with children and youth. Hiwot Ethiopia delivers a range of multi-year projects with a number of local and international partners.

15 Years Working With The Community

Since its establishment in 1995, Hiwot Ethiopia has been working with the community on SRH and HIV & AIDS issues among youth and children. Innovative approaches have been employed such as the ‘youth to youth’ approach, engaging boys and men to fight gender based violence and using a targeted approach to support better SRH among adolescent girls and reduce early marriage.

Vission

Hiwot Ethiopia envisages a future where children and youth in Ethiopia live healthy, happy and productive lives.

Mission

Hiwot Ethiopia’s Mission is to work for the positive development of children and youth in Ethiopia, so that they are able to become healthy, happy and productive by

• Raising awareness of issues affecting children and youth and working to change and attitudes and practices that are harmful to them

• Building the capacity and skills of children and youth, partner organizations and its own capacity and expertise, and

• Providing practical support and services to children and youth
  

Values

Hiwot Ethiopia’s values as an organization are:

• Accountability

• Transparency

• Confidentiality

• Respectfulness

• Responsiveness

• Ethical

• Equality of Opportunity

Target groups

Hiwot Ethiopia's Primary target groups are children and youth in Ethiopia, which is the population currently under 30 years of age.

Strategic Goals

• Improve the sexual reproductive health situation of adolescents and youth and reduce HTPs and HIV infections.

• Improve the situation of youth by increasing their abilities and opportunities to access employment.

• Improve the situation of children by reducing child abuse and exploitation and other forms of harm against children.

• Improve the situation of children and youth by helping them to have quality education.

• Strengthen organizational capacity and expand activity into new regions of Ethiopia.