Education for Development Association (EFDA)
EFDA is a non-governmental, national development organisation established in May 1999 in Ethiopia. The organization is licensed by the Ministry of Justice with registration number 402. EFDA uses education and skills transfer as a key for empowerment and social transformation. Children are the focus of its interventions.
It has a modest organizational capacity implementing the following projects in two Regional States of Ethiopia:
An annual subsidy of CHF 100’000 by the RFF finances a project of the EFDA since 2007 and for the coming years. This financial aid will help improve the quality of education for 649 children in the Kore Roba and now also the Moya Gajo Primary Schools. In the two schools, situated 38km north of Addis Ababa, the following measures for standard 1 to 4 pupils will be taken:
Ethiopia facts
* Human Development Report 2006 (UNDP)
It has a modest organizational capacity implementing the following projects in two Regional States of Ethiopia:
- Access and Quality Basic Education Services
- Orphans and vulnerable children support
- Women reproductive health right support
- Community livelihood development
- Environmental Rehabilitation and Protection
An annual subsidy of CHF 100’000 by the RFF finances a project of the EFDA since 2007 and for the coming years. This financial aid will help improve the quality of education for 649 children in the Kore Roba and now also the Moya Gajo Primary Schools. In the two schools, situated 38km north of Addis Ababa, the following measures for standard 1 to 4 pupils will be taken:
- 360 children are already able to go to school every day in the renovated Kore Roba primary school
- 135 girls receive extra tuition
- 21 female teachers lead the class by means of new, interactive forms of tuition
- All children can take part in different sports, environment and painting workshops
- Children develop their talents and capability of expression in special kids-clubs (e.g. environment, health, chicken farming, etc)
- 15 elder children can complete an orientation period at a recently setup potter's workshop.
Ethiopia facts
| Population*: | 75.6 Mio. |
| Compulsory education*: | 7-13 years |
| Enrolment ratio*: | primary 46%, secondary 25% |
| Illiteracy rate*: | 58.5% |
| Life expectancy*: | 47.6 years |
| Sustainable access to an improved water source*: | 22% (cities 90%, countryside 20%) |
| Nutrition*: | 47% of the children und 5 years of age are undernourished |
| Did you know: | The Kaffa province in Ethiopia is believed to be the origin of coffee. It was already found to be mentioned in the 9th century. Coffee presumably reached Arabia from there via the slave trade in the 14th century. |
* Human Development Report 2006 (UNDP)