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Women and girls in Afar are facing growing risks as conflict and climate crises push families deeper into poverty. Hard-won progress against female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage is under threat. With your support, APDA can continue empowering communities and driving meaningful change.
The Afar Pastoralist Development Association (APDA) is uniquely well-placed to shape new cultural traditions so that future generations of girls in Afar can look forward to improved health.
With your support, APDA can continue to build and sustain community momentum, through:
Together, we can help ensure that no woman or girl in Afar is left behind.
Postnatal care training will include checking infants have not been cut.
Last year, around 30% of births saw complications that required referral.
Based on 50 people x 5 days + transport for long-distance travel.
Including annual training, equipment and deployment costs, and salary per WEW.
APDA are encouraging the next generation to take control of their futures.
Change is not always linear, but Ethiopia now has multiple, effective strategies. Community education, local leadership and advocates with lived experience are helping shift attitudes and protect girls from harmful practices.
Every girl deserves the chance to grow up healthy, safe and free from harmful practices.
Your donation will help APDA continue its work with communities across Afar, providing education, training and support that protects women and girls and creates lasting change.
Together, we can help ensure that no woman or girl in Afar is left behind.
Download our latest Impact Report to find out more about our partners’ life-changing work last year, made possible with your support.
We raise funds for local Ethiopian charities to transform lives and achieve lasting change.
Our partners know the context and solutions; we listen and provide appropriate support. Growth and development are tracked in local communities using robust monitoring and evaluation. Partnerships continue as long as there’s a clear need and opportunities to make a lasting impact.
Our vision – an Ethiopia in which every person has access to quality education, healthcare and a life of dignity.
Our mission – breaking the cycle of poverty by enabling the poorest and most vulnerable and their communities to live with dignity, to build resilience and achieve real and sustainable solutions to the challenges they face.
