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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....
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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.....
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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......
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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......
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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....
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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.....
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CRDA Unveils its Roadmap
The CRDA Roadmap, designed from the critical appraisal of program areas, assessment of the
implementation of the third four-year programs, recommendation of donor-commissioned evaluation and
analysis of the prevailing issues of the Civil Society sector was presented to donors and partners at a
Mini Donors’ Round Table discussion organized at the CRDA Headquarters on February 27, 2008....
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CRDA Raises its Membership to 321
Participants of the Extraordinary Membership Meeting of March 7, 2008 at CRDA Hall unanimously approved
the nomination of 40 new NGOs/CSOs as members of Christian Relief and Development Association (CRDA),
which brings membership up to 321...
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Executive Director, UNAIDS Visits CRDA
Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS will visit Addis Ababa from March 29 to 2nd of April 2008
to partake in the 41st Session of ECA's Joint Meeting of AU and ECA Ministers of Finance to be organized
at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Hall...
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Urban Renewal Committee on a move to decide set up
The Addis Ababa Civil Society Urban Renewal Committee, established as a steering committee in August
2005 and merged with the CRDA’s Urban Development Forum in October 2006, is currently investigating
workable organizational set up and designing strategy to address main findings of its major research
work on “The Consequences of Condominium Housing in Addis Ababa: with a focus on Housing Access to the
Poorest in the City Project in Addis Ababa”...
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Capacity Building Training Workshops Conducted
The Ethiopia Nile Basin Discourse Forum organized a capacity building workshop for members of the
Ethiopian civil society on “Action Research, Advocacy and Policy Influencing, Resource Management and
Mobilization, Project Cycle Management and Impact Assessment” at the CRDA from March 17-25, 2008....
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Proceedings on Nile Water Mainstreaming Disseminated
The Ethiopian Nile Basin Discourse Forum prepared and disseminated a 168 pages proceedings of a workshop
on “The Nile Waters and Ethiopia Mainstreaming the Nile Issues into Media, Academia and Research
Institution” organized at the Global Hotel from April 19-25, 2007....
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German Members of Parliament will Visit CRDA
The Church Development Service of Germany - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst - EED announced that an
eight to ten member delegation of Germen Parliament will visit CRDA on February 25, 2008 as part of
their three days visit to Ethiopia. According to the letter sent to CRDA the objective of the visit
will be to facilitate a dialogue between the CSOs and the government on various issues which will be a
baseline to reinforce the activities and the longstanding cooperation between the two parties....
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CRDA’s 34 years achievements are on display at the Millennium Hall
CRDA has displayed its 34 years noble attainments on the exhibition entitled “the 1st African Millennium
Trade and Investment Fair”. The then CRDA’s relief and rehabilitation, and the current development and
capacity build interventions and outstanding activities of some of its members are on display....
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CRDA officially launched Water and Sanitation Forum
CRDA launched its Water and Sanitation Forum, a forum that would be a showcase for strong linkage among
various water and sanitation actors on February 5, 2008. On the launching workshop held at CRDA
conference hall, Ato Assfaw Dingamo, Minister of Water resources in his opening speech, said that Water
and sanitation is a major issue in our country in terms of reducing poverty and improving the livelihood
of the poor, particularly women and children...
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ACSOT book launching held
Wzo Semira Alhadi, Acting Director of CRDA reported to the management that the book which is compiled by
Association of Civil Society Organization of Tigray (ACSOT) is an exemplary for good practice to other
regions. The book was launched last week...
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Semira says African CSOs should engage actively with the African
Union for continental development
Wro Semira Alhadi, Acting Director of Christian Relief and Development Association (CRDA) said African
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and coalitions are doing their level best for the people in the
continent. On her key note address on the two days conference held at Ghion Hotel from January 23-24,
2008, Wro Semira underlined the need to engage African Civil Society in the African Union to drive the a
genda of the Union through the people in consistency with the principle enshrined in the constitutive
Act of the African Union...
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Regional workshop on the construction of dams on the Nile
Regional workshop on the construction of dams on the Nile was held in Khartoum, Sudan for three days.
The workshop, from January 19-21, 2008, was organized by the Sudanese National Discourse Forum in
collaboration with the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources, and the NBI...
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CRDA hires a consultant to review the Beijing platform on gender
CRDA in Collaboration with Eastern Africa Sub Regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women
(EASSI) has hired a consultant to compile a National and NGOs Reports on the implementation of Beijing
Platform for Action which aims mainstreaming the twelve critical areas of concerns...
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CRDA to launch Water and Sanitation Forum (WSF)
The seventh forum under the auspices of Christian Relief and Development Association (CRDA), Water and
Sanitation Forum (WSF) will be launched soon with its main objective of networking the civil society
organizations...
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Discussion was held on a Draft Strategy on ICT for Community Development
A one day workshop organized by Ethiopian Information and Communication Technology Development Agency
(EICTDA) was held on the draft strategy paper on ICT for Community Development at Ghion Hotel on
January 22, 2008...
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CRDA and its Partners hold a one-day round table meeting
July 2, 2007 CRDA held a round table meeting of its partners. The purpose of this meeting was to
discuss the 4th three years program plan of CRDA which covers the period 2008-2010. Partners from abroad
and those within country attended along side the CRDA Board and Secretariat. Some of the partners
include, ICCO, Trocaire/CAFOD/SCIAF, EED, CORDAID, Ireland Aid, Sida, etc. ...
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