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Boshe Ilgira Integrated Rural Development Project boosts food security (more .... pdf)

 

EECMY Development and Social Services Commission mid-year report - 2007 (more ....  pdf)

 

EECMY Development and Social Services Commission annual report - 2006 (more ... pdf)

 

Partners visit some of DASSC projects

Two distinguished guests from our major supporting agencies of the Church namely, Mrs. Margret Stasius, Project Administration and Monitoring Officer at the Lutheran World Federation Department of Mission and Development (LWF/DMD) in Geneva and Dr. Gunther Augustini, Department Head of Africa Desk I at the German Protestant Development Service (EED), were on visit to different development activities of EECMY-DASSC (more ...)

 

 

A HIV positive prisoner receives a sewing machine

A life-long prisoner who is HIV positive received a sewing machine.  The EECMY South Central Synod Care and Support program for HIV positive persons in Hosanna responded to the need of this prisoner and revived his hope and livelihood. By involving his wife and daughter into the planning the center purchased a new sewing machine for the prisoner. (more ...)

 

 

 

Seminar on root causes of famine and conflict in Borena zone

A team from Christian Aid (East Africa and London) along with Christian Aid Ethiopia office and EECMY-DASSC visited Borena zone, Oromiya Regional State, southern Ethiopia, from 23 through 27 November 2006. The purpose of the visit was to find out the situation of drought affected communities who are undertaking different rehabilitation activities with the assistance rendered by the Christian Aid early in 2006.  (more ...)

 

 

Violence within Muslim and Christian Communities

A level of violence not witnessed in years between members of differing faith groups has gripped western portions of Ethiopia. The violence has included members of the Ethiopian Muslim community, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church community and members of the Protestant or Evangelical community. (more...)

 

 

The EECMY-CMCC celebrates 20th anniversary

The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Center for Mentally Challenged Children has celebrated 20th Anniversary on the 28th October, 2006 in Mekanisa, Addis Ababa. (more...)

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Partners from ACT International, Church of Sweden Aid and Lutheran World Federation visited EECMY- DASSC

Mr. Michael Hyden, Program Officer, ACT International, visited Ethiopia to conduct one and half days workshop for members of the ACT Ethiopia Forum and to introduce himself to the Forum. The workshop focused on what ACT is, its policies, guidelines and principles to be used by ACT Ethiopia Forum. (more ....)

 

 

Brief report about Gambella Baseline survey

A team consisting three persons namely: Ato Belachew Ensermu from EECMY/DASSC, Ato Hansamo Hamela and Ato Habtamu Eriro freelance consultant traveled to Gambela to conduct Baseline Survey and Need Assessment on OVC from September 22 to 29/2006 (more ...)

 

 

 

Ethiopian Evangelical Chruch Mekane Yesus Development and Social Service Commission Micro Hydro Power Program (MHPP)

MHPP is one of on going programs of EECMY-DASSC. It was started dealing with turbine/mill installation in rural Ethiopia. The MHPP was chosen for the following reasons; (more ...)

 

 

 

 

Development and Social Services Commission

Strategy Mid-term Review

One of the recent decisive steps the church has taken to ensure proper restructuring is the formation of DASSC to assume the leadership role.  With support from EED, CoS and others, the newly formed DASSC initiated the formulation of a strategic plan, which was started in 1989 but never took effect until 2002.  Its implementation was unfortunately delayed due to the untimely death of two of its senior most leaders, who were architects of the process.  This midterm review is to inform the church, DASSC and the strategic partners on the achievements to date, the factors that helped or hindered the plan’s realization and suggest the way forward.  (more ... pdf)

 

 

Inauguration of Segen river diversion scheme at Yanda-Faro , Konso special Woreda of NPNNRS

The Konso Woreda is hilly and mountainous, which has been under cultivation for generation and less productive. The plains of Yanda, Segen and Weyto are also inhabitable due to malaria and lack of drinking water.

Periodic conflicts with the neighboring pastoralists on the use of land range resources of the low land, force them also to stay crowded on the hills, so that a naturally hard-working people of  Konso depends on foreign aid since the mid of 1970. .... more

 

 

 

Celebration of International women's day (March 8)

 

 

 

 

 

EECMY DASSC Launches Emergency Relief Food Distribution in four Regions

In response to the 2006 humanitarian appeal of the Federal Government of Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church MakaneYesus Development and Social Services Commission has launched Emergency Relief Food Distribution to drought victims in Afar (Asayita), Oromiya (Mada Wolabu, Hageremariam and Gelana) and Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples (Dale and Angecha) Regions. About 34100 people in six Woredas will benefit from the project for three months (February-April, 2006). ... more

 

 

A workshop for DASSC Directors, Program/project managers of the Northern church units of the EECMY was conducted from February 17 – 19 2006, at Gorgora Port Hotel, North Gonder. ...more

 

 

 

Consultants or teams were assigned to be engaged in the base line survey and need assessment in three church unit in line with the understanding that have been reached between EECMY-DASSC and the partner organization KNH, which has been supporting children programs of the EECMY for the last three decades to shift institutional childcare to non-institutional child support ...more CYCP base line survey

 

 

Emergency Alert

The Ethiopian southern rangelands inhabited by the pastoralists and agro-pastorlists are currently in acute crises where human lives are most at risk. ...

The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Development and Social Services Commission are following the situation and will come up with more updates as soon as they are available to us. ... more

 

 

SUMMARY REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2005

            Prepared for the 27th CMCR Meeting

The ECMY-DASSC has completed the second year of the actual commencement of the implementation (2004) of the 5-year-Strategic Plan (2003-2007) after going through the unexpected difficulties in first year of implementation, the year 2005 started with full motivation and commitment to ensure enhanced performance and achieve expected results and bring difference for the communities it serves through various interventions in a number of sectors in which the EECMY-DASSC is involved. more ... (pdf)

 

 

The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Western Wollega  Bethel Synod ( EECMY –WWBS) Development work annual report 2005 more ... (pdf)

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY OF EECMY-DASSC RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS UNDER IMPLEMENTATION (2005)  more...

 

 

Mentally Challenged Children celebrating Christmas About the center, read more ...

 

 

 

 

                                                              

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