Our service and projects
Our service and projects
Addis vision learning materials manufacturing (AVLMM)
AVLMM is the back bone of Addis Development Vision focusing on manufacturing children educational materials and equipment with international and Local NGOs, Government and private customers in Ethiopia .Our products are of good quality developed with years of experience and are manufactured to best quality standards. They are made on the requirements laid down by the current knowledge and practice on children education. We are confident that the educational materials will be very useful for the education of children at kinder garden and to early grades of primary school or to children up to age 10 and will be loved by children, parents, facilitators or teachers. We also give short term tailored trainings to facilitators or pre schoolteacher’s.
Besides AVLMM produce preschool furniture’s. We are happy of our success because this is a result of our early childhood education program initiated in 1998 and still serving many children living under difficult circumstances.
The early childhood development program
A specific early childhood component to ADV began in 1998. We recognized that early childhood development is an important component in our disability intervention program. This is because delayed children development can be helped better at this crucial stage. By creating, an environment where disabled and non-disabled children can play, learn, and grow together , thought that right attitude could be inculcated in the minds of the children. In addition to this, it designed to demonstrate to the community members what could be possible done in the education of children with special needs. The healthier the children are today the healthier the future of society.
Social Accountability: Protection of Basic Services
Addis Development Vision (ADV) has been implementing “protection of basic service” project in eleven Woredas located in three zones (Silte, Hadiya, and Guragie). ADV with three implementing partners (Dalocha Women and Development Association, Participatory Poverty Reduction Organization (PPRO), and Guragie Development and Culture Association (GDCA), The project strives to strengthen and deepen quality, effectiveness, efficiency, access etc. to basic services. The General Objective of the Project is to contribute to the country’ development effort, to improve the quality of service delivery by improving the engagement of communities at grass root level and builds the capacity of the service providers.
The Specific Objectives are:
– To Support service users and service providers in 11 Woredas:
– Towards enhancing their knowledge and on the concept, principles and tools of SA with regards to basic services delivery so that they would engage in constructive dialogue and negotiation.
– To create a base for pro-active and practical engagement, and develop the culture of collaboration and joint action by capacitating and sensitizing service users and service providers (Woreda and Kebele administrations) on the rights and responsibilities with regards to basic services.
Reproductive Health Programs
The project focus is: improve the attitude of the community to RMNH needs of women and youth empowering girls and women to make RMNH choices and access services and In enhancing the accountability and responsiveness of service providers to the target communities and women Besides the programs works on building the institutional and technical capacity of reproductive health clubs to engage the youth in reproductive and HIV/AIDS preventive education and treatment activities. By mobilizing and strengthening the clubs (both in and out of schools) they will in turn reach local youths as well as the wider community with RH information through different entertainment education methods, while at the same time supporting the clubs to initiate youth friendly, affordable and confidential RH services.
Integrated population, Health and Environment (IPHE)
Aimed at improving population, Health and Environment knowledge skills and Practice, among youths, this project of ADV specifically focused on building the technical and managerial capacities of PHE girls and farmers’ clubs to increase their knowledge, skills, and practice on population, health, and environment. The project mobilized and coordinated clubs, associations, communities, and concerned government bodies that have stakes on PHE issues to create integrated community messages and cost efficiencies through joint planning and implementation
Women Promotion Program
The objective of the program is to promote women participation in decision-making and development through fostering freedom of associations. The program applied several approaches and strategies to achieve its objectives, these includes; promoting human rights education to foster freedom of associations, capacity building, building a participatory human rights culture and developing local links.
The program has also helped promoting women and community participation in decision making, running for elections, involvement in leadership were enhanced through awareness creation in democracy and human rights, gender, and building the capacity of grassroots organizations such as women associations to contribute for the realization of democracy, respect for human rights and freedom of association. The human rights education designed in such a way that it can address issues of democratic electoral process at local level and strengthening the basis of civil society dialogue and democratic discourse.
The other similar project of ADV aimed at improving the capacities of grassroots organizations/CBOs to design and implement programs that promote women’s wellbeing and privileges, and enhance the awareness of non-state actors and the public on gender issues. To this effect coordinates short- training events on issues such as gender relations, gender analysis, organizational development, paralegal development and on legal support to victims of violence. Training of trainers for schoolteachers on gender relations designed to facilitate outreach to schools and communities.
OVC program
Addis Development Vision has been implementing a community based support program for orphans and vulnerable children within communities and cities. The program aimed at improving the well-being and protection of orphan and vulnerable children.
CBR Program for Persons with Disabilities
The rehabilitation program offered its services through the provision of physical exercise with participation of parents, medical rehabilitation, provision of appliances and simple aids, awareness raising about disability, and provision of educational and skill training opportunities. More ever, the organization attempted to integrate HIV/AIDS prevention and care into its on-going CBR program that proven successful and cost effective
Health and Sanitation works
ADV has also been involved in health and sanitation programs. In this regard, it has undertaken a health and sanitation project in some selected Kebeles’ of Lasta Wereda of North Wello, Awassa, and Addis Ababa Cities. The objective of the project was to enable the community to have access to communal latrines and to raise the awareness of the community with regard to environmental sanitation. The project has constructed communal latrines and handed over to the target households and communities.
OVC program
Addis Development Vision has been implementing a community based support program for orphans and vulnerable children within communities and cities. The program aimed at improving the well-being and protection of orphan and vulnerable children.
ADV has been implementing an elderly support project in Awassa and Lalibela town along with its other community based programs. The objective of the project was to improve the lives of older persons in these towns through a community based support program. The major activities of the project include improving the living environment of older persons through shelter, communal latrine and water construction and maintenance, medical support and income generation schemes.
CBR Program for Persons with Disabilities
The rehabilitation program offered its services through the provision of physical exercise with participation of parents, medical rehabilitation, provision of appliances and simple aids, awareness raising about disability, and provision of educational and skill training opportunities. More ever, the organization attempted to integrate HIV/AIDS prevention and care into its on-going CBR program that proven successful and cost effective
Health and Sanitation works
ADV has also been involved in health and sanitation programs. In this regard, it has undertaken a health and sanitation project in some selected Kebeles’ of Lasta Wereda of North Wello, Awassa, and Addis Ababa Cities. The objective of the project was to enable the community to have access to communal latrines and to raise the awareness of the community with regard to environmental sanitation. The project has constructed communal latrines and handed over to the target households and communities.
ADV has been implementing an elderly support project in Awassa and Lalibela town along with its other community based programs. The objective of the project was to improve the lives of older persons in these towns through a community based support program. The major activities of the project include improving the living environment of older persons through shelter, communal latrine and water construction and maintenance, medical support and income generation schemes.
Improving learning outcomes
ADV in partnership with five local NGOS is leading a program aimed at improving the learning outcome of children from resource poor families in Addis Ababa. The program is devised to encompass six components and tries to triangulate the intervention for its sustainability. The Project has six program components that ranged from improving learning outcome of children to improving parent’s livelihood.
Education
This education project developed under the general Education program and has the objective of empowering girls and young women to have adequate knowledge and skills to shape their own lives. Specifically, the project is to ensure that girls and young women enroll and complete primary education and to increased awareness of girls and communities on the importance of attending primary and post primary education. To achieve the aforementioned objectives, the project employs several strategies like gender equality, strong protection and participation system link, strengthening Civil Society Organizations, building partnerships and networking, supporting related advocacy campaign and promoting child participation.
Non-formal and Adult Education
ADV works to empower disadvantaged persons to attain equal and full participation in society and to have improved lives by accessing basic health, education, and livelihood opportunities. Currently it is operating early childhood education both organized and non-organized and non-formal programs for 1597 children. In areas where ADV is operational, the people are confronted with health problems, lack of basic services like education and health.
The magnitude of the problem, combined with limited resources, limited training institutions that can accommodate special needs, makes it extremely difficult for many disadvantaged persons to get knowledge and skills from the formal education sector. This is the reason why ADV took non-formal education and training as a more effective option.
Adult training centers
Since its inception, ADV developed knowledge, skills, and attitudes for self-employment business creation of youngsters. Trainings emphasized competences and need-based courses in various trades or multi skills. Illiterate adults who apply for the training are given literacy classes that is directed towards training in specific area and consequently to self-employment possibilities.
Parent education
The ECD is involved in educating parents about family planning, nutrition, livelihood about special needs of children. Besides, services of ADV where parents are visited once or twice 15 days acquired skills in child rearing is also another example of non-organized formal education work (-in the non-organized early childhood education). Where there is an illiteracy in a family, ADV’s program include a literacy action among strongly motivated families in conjunction to family planning, reproductive health etc.
Sponsorship Program
ADV financially supports adults who are disabled and socially disadvantaged to attend education or trainings in high schools or colleges or learn trades from formal and non- formal settings. The sponsorship program has supported over 100 adults.