Program Priorities
Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Disability rights and advocacy helps to make persons with disabilities and the general public aware, so governments can be held accountable.
Inclusive Health Services
Increased awareness among health professionals to provide basic health services, and make referrals for specialized services, to persons with disabilities, and their families by 2023.
Inclusive Education
Improved design and implementation of inclusive education policies and legal frameworks for students with disabilities by 2023 as a result of ECDD support.
Inclusive Livelihoods
Increased number of individuals with disabilities earning income through participation in sustainable self and group income-generating activities by 2023
Social Inclusion and Protection
Improved design and implementation of inclusive social protection policies and practices for persons with disabilities by 2023
Inclusive Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Response
Disability inclusion in all
phases of emergency response and preparedness is crucial and required.
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One-stop Disability Information Platform.
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EBDN
Ethiopian Business & Disability Network.
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Stories
From ETB 950,000 to ETB 8 Million: How Accessibility Sparked a Bigger Change at Gondar Gebriel Health Center
For a wheelchair user, an uneven pathway can turn a routine visit to a health facility into a difficult journey. For an older person or someone with limited mobility, a steep slope or muddy ground can become a serious barrier to reaching essential services. At Gondar...
“I Want to Go to School.”
How One Child's Voice Inspired a Pathway to Inclusion "I want to go to school, but I can't move. I don't have a wheelchair. If I had one, I could go anywhere." For a 13-year-old boy in Wolaita Sodo (name withheld to protect his privacy), these were not just words—they...
The Coffee Business That Restored a Father’s Dignity
A Life Rebuilt, One Cup at a Time "I never imagined I would lose everything," recalls Miebale Niguse Teshale. For many years, Miebale lived in Western Tigray, where farming was more than a livelihood, it was the foundation of his family's life. Together with his wife,...
The Success Story of Zeyba Ashenafi
Sewing Strength from Adversity Zeyiba Ashenafi is a 34-year-old lady with physical impairment lives in Addis Abeba. According to her family, the cause of impairment was due to a medical error when she was 2 years old.Zeyiba started her education when she was 4 years...
News
A Community-based Training Opens New Livelihood Opportunities for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities
A joint field mission by the Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) and Christian Blind Mission (CBM) country office and CBM Global highlighted the progress of youth with intellectual disabilities who recently completed a three-month candle-production...
ECDD Launches Inclusive BPO Skills Training for 312 Persons with Disabilities
The Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) has commenced a one-month digital skills development training for persons with disabilities under its I-BPO Project, “Upskilling and Employing Persons with Disabilities through an Inclusive Business Process...
Testimonials
The Empower project has become a turning point to change the medical based socially constructed community to think about an inclusive higher learning institute in the area of teaching, research and community service engagement.
Sp/Ne/Edu/Support Center Directorate Director.
“Tekle, who is 28, 10+3, sociable and active, is a barber in a rented small shop. Almaz, who is 25, 10th grade, has many skills to support their life. She makes sauce named datta /ዳጣ/ basically from green pepper and pepper powder /በርበሬ/ when ordered to prepare and dresses women’s hair in traditional way /ሹሩባ/.
Couples benefited from SRH and life skill Training
ECDD implemented Accessibility modification works at the Debre Berhan University.
On behalf of Debre Berhan University I am would like to express my heartfelt thanks to ECDD/EMPOWER Project for their ongoing support.
Gender and Cross Cutting Issues Directorate Director /Debre Berhan University
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