ASDEPO
ASDEPO, or Action for Social Development and Environmental Protection Organization, is a non-profit, indigenous Ethiopian NGO established in 2013. They carry out humanitarian response projects in seven areas of concentration: environmental protection, climate change, health, education, WaSH (water, sanitation, and hygiene), humanitarian response, and gender based violence. ASDEPO partners with many other organizations such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Union of Ethiopian Women Charitable Association, and Initiative Africa in order to work diligently towards the existence of a safe and healthy environment for all.
***Individuals, Women
Institute for Sustainable Development
The Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) is an organization in Ethiopia dedicated to creating sustainable livelihoods and a better future for all by utilizing a combination of traditional culture, indigenous knowledge, and modern technology. Their projects focus on issues such as biodiversity, climate change, natural resources, self-sustainability, nutrition, and traditional agricultural practices. They host and organize meetings, conduct research, promote dialogue, and publish their own sources of information to raise public awareness and knowledge of these issues. They also have educational campaigns that are targeted towards inspiring and guiding children and young people.
***Individuals, Youth
One Acre Fund
One Acre supplies smallholder farmers with the financing tools and training they need to grow more food and earn more money. One acre’s approach to aid is by not giving handouts but investing in human capital so that they can spread knowledge and food security across regions. One acre currently operates in about 7 different countries within the African continent: Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya, and Burundi and has seen impressive results over the years, granting food security for those in need.
***Sustainable development, Agroecology, Climate change
PHE Ethiopia Consortium
Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) Ethiopia Consortium aims to increase access to health services, help communities manage natural resources, and conserve the country’s ecosystems. Some of PHE’s current projects involve improving biodiversity conservation through integrated sustainable agricultural practices and participatory forest management. The organization also hopes to promote food security and sustainability by rehabilitating degraded communal land and providing vocational training for unemployed youth. PHE promotes multi-sector integrated approaches as a means to ensure sustainable development through advocacy for national, regional and global engagement, gender equality, integration of SRHR into climate action, and environmental rights.
***Conservation, Natural Resources
