A new Project launched to empower youths!
Youth Empowerment for Successful Transitions to Decent Work in Amhara and Somali Regions of Ethiopia/ RESET Plus/ project is launched to access safer and nondiscriminatory wage based employment opportunities for vulnerable young men and women aged from 15 to 29.
The project is targeted to benefit 4,500 Poor and marginalized young girls/women and boys/men to improve their income, reduced unemployment rate and improved functionality of one stop service.
RESET Plus project, financed by the European Union with a total budget of € 2.57 Million (82.3 million Birr), will be implemented in in Sekota Zuria, Zequala, Dehana & Gazgibla Woredas of Waghemra zone in Amhara region from 1/04/2018 to 30/10/2021.
ORDA-RESET Plus is to be implemented in Dehana & Gazgibla Woredas, whereas, Save the Children will work in Sekota Zuria & Ziquala woredas respectively with the same budget amounted € 1,128,489.16 each.
It’s indicated that being low skilled of youth, landlessness, limited employment and economic opportunities in rural areas, cultural, behavioral and attitude problems are the major causes. Hence, the project will create an enabling environment to transit youths to decent jobs/wage employment.
A launching workshop was held in Sekota town on 3 November 2018. Consortium members at ORDA, Save the Children and Oxfam GB and stakeholders from Waghemra Zone Administrative, Entrepreneurs, Woreda Children & Women Affairs, Micro & Small Enterprises and Youth 7 Sport office heads, Technical & Vocational Training Institutes participated & shared responsibilities to fruitfully achieve the project.
Ato Abebe Tekeba Waghemra Zone deputy administrator claimed " this project is a wonderful opportunity for jobless youths in the area. Hence, we are responsible as a government to achieve project goals." The deputy administrator eventually reminded to be fruitful to scale out in different areas.
Consortium Partners Visited ORDA SPIR DFSA Project Achievements
(25 September 2018 ORDA -Lalibela)
Consortium Partners from Care Ethiopia, World Vision and ORDA visited the grand SPIR DFSA project achievements in Lasta, Gazgibla & Gazo areas on 24 September 2018. Teams organized from each consortium headed to Gazgibla & visited wonderful accomplishments of CLH work in Miyo Hadi & Debre Woila Watersheds. A variety of crops such as barley & wheat and legumes (chick pea) are being produced in clustered approach after a tedious earthen work of bench terraces on the highly degraded tough rugged mountain that ranges from 2600-3100m asl. It is noted that a total of 52 ha of cultivable land (28 ha and 24 ha of land) is formed from Miyo Hadi & Debre Woila Watersheds respectively.
Visitors appreciated integration of cereals and forage production, production of honey bee flora from local herb species, conservation (of the natural regeneration) & plantation of tree seedlings on farmer management of natural regeneration (different from area closure) and an extension of SSI canals & water harvesting ponds for engaging jobless youths to crops & vegetables and forage seed production, poultry, fattening, and apiary are considered as major achievements of the project.
Hence, degraded lands rehabilitated, soil fertility improved, erosion hazard and land degradation reduced, forage production increased & enhanced, temporary job opportunity created for youths through accessing cultivable land and CLH knowledge increased & scaled up to other 20 kebeles in a woreda.
In the same token, visitors appreciated improved school infrastructure works and ODF declared areas of Degosach & witnessed strong community structure for its sustainability. Engagement of women on poultry production & they started feeding egg primarily for children to alleviate stunting is to be considered as wonderful. Household water harvesting & backyard vegetable farming and CLH are the major achievements of ORDA-DFSA of Lasta.
Moreover, Gazo project triumphs, such as supplying improved potato seed for beneficiaries/producers, engaging beneficiaries on shoat value chain, constructing artificial Dam to supply water for livestock & VESAs are to mention a few of project successes.
Gaps & recommendations were also provided to better achieve the intended project goals/purposes.
Members of Board of Directors of ORDA visited projects
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