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Ethiopia
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Somali Deaf Development Association

Works with

  • All Deaf/Hard of Hearing Children and Adults 

Works In

  • Somali Region in Ethiopia

  • Head Office in Jigjiga

  • Faafan, Jarar, Korahay, Shabelle, Sitti, Dollo

Services Offered

  • Preschool program and preparing for mainstream school

  • Sign language training

  • Sign language development research

  • Sign language Interpreter services

  • Rights-based Advocacy and Awareness development

  • Inclusive services and programs activities

  • Capacity development projects for educational, health, social and economic empowerment

  • Facebook
  • Email
  • Email
  • phone
  • phone (SMS only)
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Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf (ENAD)

Works with

  • All Deaf/Hard of Hearing Children and Adults 

 

Works In

  • Nationwide
     

Services Offered

  • Preschool program for deaf children and preparing deaf children for mainstream schools in Ethiopia- The only and the first program in Ethiopia

  • Sign language training, 

  • Sign language development research 

  • Sign language Interpreter service provision for its members

  • Rights based Advocacy and Awareness development

  • Activities to ensure that deaf are involved in available services and programs

  • Implementing capacity development projects for educational,health, social and economic Empowerment of Deaf community in Ethiopia 

  • Website - Black Circle
  • Email - Black Circle
  • Facebook

Hope Walks​

Works with

  • Children with Clubfoot
     

Works

  •  Nationwide
     

Services Offered

  • Training

  • Awareness

  • Treatment supplies

  • Braces

  • Education

  • Parent support

  • Website
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
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Kal Center for Special Needs

Works with

  • Children with Disabilities

 

Works In

  • Bahir Dar

 

Services Offered

  • Inclusive Education

  • Teacher Training

  • Family Support

  • Email - Black Circle
  • Facebook - Black Circle

Dilla University

Works with

  • Youth and Adults with Disabilities

Works In

  • Ethiopia
     

Services Offered

  • Inclusive Education

  • CBR

  • Assistive technology devises provision

  • Capacity building training

  • Community services related to disabilities

  • Email
  • Facebook

Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD)​

Works with

  • Children and Adults with Disabilities

Works In

  • Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), Afar and Somali

  • City administrations in Addis Ababa and DireDawa

Services Offered

  • Inclusive Health (Family Planning and Reproductive Health)

  • Inclusive Education (at all levels: primary, secondary and tertiary levels of education)

  • Inclusive Livelihood (on vocational skills training, self and formal employment opportunities, access to start-up capital)

  • Inclusive Community Development (on cross-sectoral disability mainstreaming)

  • Website - Black Circle
  • Email - Black Circle
  • Facebook - Black Circle

Nehemiah Autism Center​

Works with

  • Children with Autism

 

Works In

  • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

 

Services Offered

  • Education

  • Therapy

  • Training​

  • Website - Black Circle
  • Email - Black Circle
  • Facebook - Black Circle
  • Twitter - Black Circle

Ethiopian Women with Disabilities National Association

Works with

  • Women with Disabilities

Works In

  • Mekele

  • Bahir Dar

  • Awassa

  • Adama

  • Dire Dawa

  • Harar

Services Offered

  • Vocational Training

  • Economic Empowerment

  • Advocacy/Awareness

  • HIV/AIDS Education

  • Psycho-social support

  • Literacy

  • Interpreters

  • Website - Black Circle
  • Email - Black Circle

Fikir - Ethiopia National Association on Intellectual Disability (FENAID)

Works with

  • People with Intellectual Disabilities

 

Works In

  • Main office in Addis Ababa

 

Services Offered

  • Education

  • Awareness

  • Vocational Training

  • Physiotherapy 

  • Facebook - Black Circle
  • Email - Black Circle

CURE International

Works with

  • Children with Disabilities

 

Works In

  • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

 

Services Offered

  • Orthopedics

  • Surgery

  • Counseling

  • Website - Black Circle
  • Email - Black Circle
  • Facebook - Black Circle
  • Twitter - Black Circle
  • YouTube - Black Circle

The Leprosy Mission
International

Works with

  • People affected by leprosy

  • Children and adults with disabilities

  • People affected by neglected tropical diseases

Services Offered

  • Health care 

  • CBR

  • Livelihoods support

  • Education support

  • Mobility equipment

  • DPO support and capacity building

  • Advocacy

  • Fundraising

  • Training

  • Research

  • Website - Black Circle
  • Facebook - Black Circle
  • Twitter - Black Circle

Teki Paper Bags ተኪ

Works with

  • Deaf Empowerment

  • Inclusion Start-up

Works In

  • Ethiopia
     

Services Offered

  • Production of eco-friendly paper bags

  • Sustainable employment

  • Entrepreneurship

  • Raising awareness

  • Circular economy

  • Social equality 

  • Website - Black Circle
  • Facebook - Black Circle
  • Email
  • phone
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
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Federation of Ethiopian National Associations of Persons with Disabilities (FEAPD)

Works with

  • Children, Youth, Women and Adults with Disabilities

 

Works In

  • Work Nationwide

  • Main office in Addis Ababa
     

Services Offered

  • Capacity building 

  • Disability Awareness Raising 

  • Advocacy

  • Inclusion on Education, Health and Job Creation programs

  • Inclusion on National Election and Insuring political participation of Persons with Disabilities

  • Inclusion on National Census

  • Website - Black Circle
  • Email - Black Circle
  • Facebook - Black Circle

Cheshire Services​

Works with

  • Children with Disabilities

  • Physical Disabilities

  • Autism

  • Deaf/Hard of Hearing

  • Blind/Visual Impairment

 

Works In

  • Addis Ababa

  • Harar

  • Awassa

  • Dire Dawa

  • Menagesha
     

Services Offered

  • CBR

  • Prosthetics and Mobility Equipment

  • Physiotherapy

  • Social Rehabilitation

  • Website - Black Circle
  • Email - Black Circle
  • Facebook - Black Circle
  • Twitter - Black Circle

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