CRDA will organize a Membership Consultative Meeting on Monday 12, 2008 at its Hall (Kality) at 8:30
a.m.
The membership meeting, among others, is expected to discuss and enrich the Draft “Charities and
Societies Proclamation No. 00/2008.”
ALL MEMBERS ARE DEARLY INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING
Recent News - Updated April 18, 2008
CRDA Gets A New Director
Participants of the extraordinary membership meeting unanimously endorsed the appointment of a new
director, Dr Meshesha Shewarga G/Tsadiqe, to CRDA, in an extraordinary membership meeting conducted at
the Headquarters on March 7, 2008..... Read More
DPPA and Partners Declare a Net Requirement of 41,684 MT Humanitarian Aid for 2008
The Federal Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) and partners declared that based on a
series of humanitarian need assessment carried out in various parts of the country a total of 171,646 MT
of humanitarian assistance is needed in 2008 to feed 2.18 million people. Of these 137,106 Mt is from
the already available stock but 41,684 Mt, food grain, blended food and oil is required from local and
international donors..... Read More
A Workshop to be organized on Deepening the Participation of CSOs in the NBI Projects and Processes
The Confidence Building and Stakeholder Involvement Project (CBSI) of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI)
and the Ethiopian Nile Basin Discourse Forum (EtNBDF) are jointly organizing a one day workshop on April
24, 2008 that helps to deepen and concretize the civil society activities and roles under the NBI
efforts.... Read More
Children Parliament to be Launched in Awassa
The establishment of Children’s Parliament, an initiative supported by the Christian Relief and
Development Association (CRDA), World Vision Ethiopia, Jerusalem Children and Community Development
Organization (JeCCDO), Intervolvo (Netherlands Organizations), Bright Image for Generation Association
(BIGA), and secured due support and recognition of Awassa City Administration, is now due to be
officially launched with election campaigns of interested children to be held across schools and other
places of the town to set up a new Children’s Parliament by the end of this month..... Read More
Efforts Underway to Rehabilitate Destitute across Ethiopia
A National Task Force for the Rehabilitation of Fellow Citizens Engaged in Begging, established
by comprising of various committees and forums of government bodies, members of the civil society and
the private sector is currently preparing to launch a massive fund mobilization campaign of Birr 400
million to be used as a seed money to rehabilitate and repatriate 200,000 beggars in Addis Ababa and
other main towns of Ethiopia...... Read More
Consultative Forum Discussed on the Current Drought Situation
In a consultative forum organized by CRDA for member NGOs implementing projects in drought affected
areas with donors, and partners discussed the current situation of drought in Borena, Guji, Somale and
other parts of Ethiopia, exchanged ideas on the way forward and pointed out strategies of the civil
society to responded to the emerge needs...... Read More
CRDA Organizes Workshop on Participatory Development and Leadership
Programmatic Institutional Support Department (PISD) in Christian Relief and Development Association
(CRDA) organized a workshop on April 7, 2008, entitled ‘Partciaptory Development and Leadership’ with
the objective to strengthen leaders’ commitment on social justices.... Read More
Amharic Bible in Braille Was Inaugurated
Adaptive Technology Center for the Blind, a new CRDA member, in collaboration with Ethiopian Bible
Societies launched Amharic Bible in Braille for the blind for the first time..... Read More
United Nation’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA-UN) provides weekly updates on
the situation of the current drought in Ethiopia on its website in order to better inform concerned
bodies to help in their actions.
May 17th, CRDA’s
establishment, was marked as Ethiopian Volunteers Day, for the first time
at national level, in Addis Ababa, on May 17, 2007, in the presence of
senior Government Officials, NGO representatives and other development
actors. The day was marked under the theme of “Volunteerism for National
Development”. A corner- stone was laid at a square found along the ring
road near Furi-Harbu River. This square was named as Volunteers Square.
The occasion was organized by the Ethiopian Volunteers Day Organizing
Committee established by Ethiopian Volunteers Association (EVOs) in
collaboration with Christian Relief and Development Association (CRDA),
Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO), Addis Ababa Rotary Clubs and Kaleb
Instruments P.L.C.
CRDA North America Branch (CRDANA)
CRDA North America is
part of CRDA Ethiopia, an ambitious initiative to strengthen the global
Ethiopian community so that individually and collectively we can make a
positive contribution to the world in which we live without marginalizing
our history, culture, and connection with Ethiopia.
The very idea of accomplished Ethiopians from around the world
participating in the development of their motherland has the potential to
revolutionize the Ethiopian concept of voluntarism and social
responsibility For a nation plagued by a desire to leave, the return of
non-resident Ethiopians and their children to serve Ethiopians a subtle,
but powerful statement. When joined by their brothers and sisters in
Ethiopian taking responsibility for progress, the collective power to
transform our country becomes an unmistakable reality.
There is no question that Ethiopia has the intellectual capital and
physical resources to become a strong developed nation. By encouraging
civic participation within Ethiopia and reconnecting committed persons to
Ethiopian origin to Ethiopia through service, CRDA North America hopes to
make a humble contribution to Ethiopians’ development.
Small scale success can revitalize the idea that every individual can make
a difference in our country.
Our dream is to galvanize a movement where Ethiopians around the world
give back to Ethiopia through grassroots service and help awaken the
spirit of Ethiopia, one person at a time.
In the next few years, CRDA North America as a branch to CRDA Ethiopia,
aims for its expatriate programs to complement a largely domestic
initiative utilizing the tremendous talent and energy within Ethiopia’s
own borders by launching large-scale domestic service programs.
Such an exhibition of civic participation and collective social
responsibility within Ethiopia will help renew faith in the concept that
one person can make a difference.
