“Hiwot” means “Life”.
Hiwot Ethiopia was initially established as a youth club by fourteen young people who wished to make a difference. From these small beginnings, Hiwot Ethiopia grew and developed into an association, then a
registered NGO with the Charities and Societies Agency as an Ethiopian Civil Society Organization/NGOs/ charity focused on working with children and youth. Hiwot Ethiopia delivers a range of multi-year projects with a number of local and international partners.
Vision
Hiwot Ethiopia envisages a future where children and youth in Ethiopia live healthy, happy and productive lives
Mission
Hiwot Ethiopia’s mission is to work for the positive development of community through,
- raising awareness of issues affecting children and youth and working to change attitudes and practices that are harmful to them,
- Providing practical support and health services to children and youth,
- building the capacity and skills of children and youth, partner organizations and its own capacity and expertise,
- ensuring participation and sustainability and
- networking and partnership
Strategic Goal
Strategic Goal 1: Improve the life children, youth and women’s through SRH, FP, maternal health, RMNCH, Nutrition, WASH and other gender sensitive health interventions.
Strategic Goal 2: Improve the situation of children, girls and youth by helping them to have quality education
Strategic Goal 3: Promote wellbeing of children’s, girls and women’s through capacity building and strengthen community- based protection and prevention mechanism
Strategic Goal 4: Improving livelihood and food security status of youths, and women/girls through various IGAs and economic support.
Strategic Goal 5: Improve organizational capacity of CBOs, CSOs, government partners working for better wellbeing of children and youth
Programs
- Health
- children’s right
- Education
- Livelihood/empowerment
Cross Cutting Issues
- Gender and
- Disability
Engaging boys and men
Values
- Accountability
- Transparency
- Confidentiality
- Respectfulness
- Responsiveness
- Ethical
- Equality of Opportunity
- Efficiency, Effectiveness and professionalism