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COMMUNITY WORKERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE
Mr. Mohamed Geele, 21, lives in Bokh town. He has basic literacy skills and volunteered to work with OWDA to improve the health of his community. The health system in Bokh and other parts of Doolo zone has been very poor and people did not get the necessary health education and awareness required to understand…
Read MoreBaliad Priamry School
Delivering quality education to displaced Children. “We were facing critical problems since we did not have enough space to accommodate all our students,” says Nimo Abdi, Director at Bali’ad primary school in Warder Woreda. OWDA in partnership with NRC has implemented an emergency education programme to address the access to education problem for IDPs and…
Read MoreAFP(Acute flaccid paralysis) surveillance in Kabobe Kebele of Mustahil Woreda
“Supporting our community voluntarily is our pride” Polio is highly infectious viral disease which mainly effects young children, the virus spreads from person to person through the fecal-oral route or less frequently through droplets from…
Read MoreCore Group Polio Project intervention in Daratole Woreda
Daratole Woreda is one of the 5 woredas of Dollo Zone of Somali Regional State operating core group polio project and 45 km away from warder Town with islam in spiritual practice among the population in the woreda and the Woreda have 9Kebeles administration/ lower Ethiopia Government administrative structure and 7 health facility while 5…
Read MoreWash and Livelihood Project funded by GFO (German Foreign Office) Somali Region
Ubah Wardi, 24, is a mother three children and one of the residents in the small rural village of Kudunbur in Goglo district in Somali region. MrsUbah’s family, like other residents in the village, depends on rainwater for their water needs due to absence of groundwater in the area. Rainfall has been decreasing dramatically for…
Read MoreAbout Core Group Polio Project (CGPP)
General Information Project Title: Core Group Polio Project (CGPP) sub-partner(s): Organization for Welfare and Development in Action (OWDA) Cooperative agreement number: Period of implementation: October 17, 2017 – September 29, 2022 Submission Date: September 12, 2017 Name & contact address of the COP: Mr. moha P.O.Box: 1502 E-mail: mohamedak@owdaeth.org Office Tel: 01115537041…
Read MoreOwda News
A team from Organization Welfare and Development Association represented by Mohammed Omer and Development Fund represented by Ato Ayele visited Gode, Shabelle zone, on 24/12/2012. The mission of team was to monitor and evaluate the achievements of Adadley community development project (ACDP-II) on the progress of following interventions…
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OWDA Renewed Its Certificate for another 3 Years As per proclamation No. 621/2009 Ogaden Welfare and Development Association renewed its working certificate starting from Nov 14, 2012 up to the coming three years. OWDA is working in different zones of the Somali regional state and has been implementing many development and emergency interventions in the…
Read MoreNetworking Project Funded by CSSP of British Council
OWDA started implementing a Networking project which is expected to bring on board different local civil societies to reach the-hard-to-reach communities. This project intends to bring CSOs together so that they share experiences, learn lesson and bridge gaps. This project gives focus on how to reach the hard to reach groups. Building the capacity of…
Read MoreDrought Resiliency Project in Aware
Organization for Welfare & Development in Action and OXFAM GB (OWDA) have recently signed Ethiopia and Somaliland Cross Border Community Managed Drought Resiliency Project to be implemented in Aware district. The project aims to build pastoralists resilience to drought, focusing upon cross border coordination, strengthen the management of strategic resources and services, building disaster resilient…
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