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Ethiopia

New country office | Operating since 2023

Although the Ethiopia country office was formally established in March 2023, ForAfrika has engaged in Ethiopia for many years through agriculture, WASH, health and food security initiatives, contributing to both programme implementation and sector coordination. Today, the organisation works through a distinctive localisation model, with 90% of programme delivery implemented through local partners and government systems. This approach strengthens local institutions while embedding programmes within existing public systems.

Impact in Ethiopia

In 2025, ForAfrika reached 103,155 people in Ethiopia across food security and livelihoods, WASH and economic empowerment programme activities.

103,155

people reached across all programme activities in 2025

2 regions

ForAfrika operates in Oromia Region and South Ethiopia

3 years

of sustained operation in Ethiopia since 2023

5

permanent staff delivering impact across two regions

Core capabilities

Food Security and Livelihoods

Our work strengthens the resilience of farming and pastoral communities through weather‑adaptive, sustainable agriculture practices. By combining hands‑on training, access to appropriate inputs, demonstration farms, and support for cooperatives — particularly for women—we improve productivity, income diversification, and environmental stewardship. Integrated digital solutions, savings groups, kitchen gardens, and livestock health interventions enable households to move beyond subsistence and sustainably manage their livelihoods in the face of weather-related and economic shocks.

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)

Our integrated WASH programmes aim to enhance water supply to vulnerable communities, addressing both urgent needs and long-term development. We rehabilitate water points into solar-powered systems and lead hygiene awareness campaigns in communities and schools. These efforts improve access to clean water and improved sanitation, strengthening community resilience. We advance water security and resilience by collaborating with local authorities and partners, while also encouraging conservation techniques and investing in naturebased solutions such as tree planting, assisted natural regeneration and rainwater harvesting.

Economic Empowerment

Our work equips communities with the skills, financial access, and market opportunities needed to drive inclusive and sustainable economic growth. Through financial inclusion skills building and entrepreneurship support the programme strengthens household incomes while enabling women and young people to actively participate in local economies. Through Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) groups, communities are equipped to move beyond subsistence and manage their livelihoods sustainably.

Programme highlights

Restoring productive landscapes

Across selected kebeles in Konso, Borena and Gofa, ecosystem restoration is helping communities rebuild degraded landscapes while restoring agricultural production. A total of 446,500 indigenous tree seedlings were established to support long-term environmental recovery, while farmers resumed weather-adaptive production through improved land management practices. Alongside this, coffee and fruit tree seedlings are expected to begin producing within the next two years, providing earlier returns that can strengthen household nutrition, diversify incomes and reinforce the value of investing in sustainable land management.

446,500

Indigenous tree seedlings raised

61,900

Fruit tree seedlings distributed

12,503

Households benefited from restoration

1,260

Producers resumed weather-adaptive production

Strengthening local systems through the cascade model

Across Konso, Borena and Gofa, ForAfrika’s cascade model enabled agricultural knowledge to spread well beyond direct programme participants. Working through Farmers Training Centers, government extension services and local implementing partners, model farmers demonstrated improved practices that were then shared with neighbouring farmers through peer learning. By strengthening existing government and community systems, the approach created a practical pathway for knowledge to continue spreading long after formal training had concluded.

4,160

Model farmers trained

38,200

Follower farmers reached

45

Farmer learning sessions facilitated

3

Demonstration plots established

Integrating water security with landscape restoration

Across selected kebeles in the Konso, Borena and Gofa zones, integrated WASH and land restoration interventions linked reliable water access with more productive landscapes. In Jaresso Kebele in the Konso Zone, improved water access was combined with nearby soil and vegetation restoration and small-scale production areas. This reduced the time women spent collecting water and increased the time available for household farming and income-generating activities, strengthening water security and land productivity at household level.

4,744

People gained access to safe water

11,682

Benefited from weather-resilient water systems

6

Water systems rehabilitated

Protecting pastoral livelihoods

n the pastoral communities of Borena Zone, protecting livestock meant protecting household livelihoods. Large-scale vaccination campaigns helped safeguard cattle and other livestock during prolonged drought conditions, reducing the risk of disease and protecting the productive assets on which families depend for food, income and recovery. By strengthening animal health, communities were better positioned to withstand future shocks while maintaining the livelihoods that sustain them.

50,001

Livestock vaccinated

3,611

People benefited from animal health campaigns

Country Director

Tsedeke Deslegn

Tsedeke is a highly experienced Ethiopian development expert with over 24 years of experience in humanitarian and resilience-focused programming across Eastern Africa, including Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Sudan

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Long-standing engagement with government offices andlocal implementing partners has helped turn localisation into a practical way of working.”

Tsedeke Deslegn
Country Director, Ethiopia

Stories

Gizachewu Gilana, centre, with his team at the Gocha Kebele tree nurseryRead more +20 July 2026 By ForAfrika in Economic Empowerment, Ethiopia, Food Security and Livelihoods

Youth revive degraded watersheds bringing Konso back to life

Roba Gabino fetches water at the Jaresso water schemeRead more +14 July 2026 By ForAfrika in Ethiopia, Food Security and Livelihoods, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Jaresso Kuita Village: Water scheme rehabilitation in Jaresso uplifts the life of a pregnant mother

Contact

ForAfrika Ethiopia

Gabon Street, Adjacent to Dembel City Center
MKS building Center, 10th floor
Adiss Ababa

Adiss Ababa, Ethiopia
+251 932 561 430
[email protected]

Where we work in Ethiopia

We operate in two regions in Ethiopia:

  • Oromia Region
  • South Ethiopia
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© 2026 | For Afrika to Thrive (Registration Number: 2010/025117/10) is a multi-national public charity with a global reach. We have affiliate offices in:
• South Africa (ForAfrika South Africa NPC, Registration Number: 1983/011022/08, NPO Number: 052-455-NPO, PBO Number: 130000144)
• United Kingdom (ForAfrika UK, England and Wales Registered Charity Number: 1050992, Scotland: SC043643)
• USA (ForAfrika USA, EIN: 38-2726350)
• Canada (Canada ForAfrika, Charity Number: 865982573 RR 0001)
• Germany (ForAfrika Deutschland e.V., Tax Number: 99019/38930)
• Switzerland (Stiftung Schweiz ForAfrika, Registration Number: CHE-114.509.322)
• Australia (ForAfrika Ltd, Registration Number: 651 493 980)
• Norway (ForAfrika Norge, Registration Number: 828 055 232)

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