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preschool material production (PMP) Through its involvement in the education sector over the last 10 years, DEC has realized that there is a huge unmet demand for learning and playing materials in the country. By looking this as a good opportunity, DEC planned to implement income-generating activities by establishing a center that produces educational and …

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Green Clubs

Green Clubs in the school and nutritional security Food security, environmental protection, stable livelihoods and better nutrition are the main concern of Green Club. DEC believes that Green club can be a seed ground for students to gain these skills. We are supporting primary schools; and currently 14 Green Clubs have been established and mainstreaming …

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The CMDRR

·         Establishing community institutions : Basic to CMDRR, DEC has established and supported community based Early Warning System and Community Development Committee in Afar and Adulala. •Introducing Model DRR tools to the community:    DEC has introduced model environmentally friendly activities from which the community learns and adopts the technologies in their own accord. Examples of DRR …

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Water for livelihood improvement

Water for livelihood improvement of pastoralist community This project is under implementation in Afar, Ayssaita district since September 2013 to benefit 80 households (over 400 direct beneficiaries). Using Awash River as entry point the project seeks to diversify the livelihood strategies of the pastoralist community. The intervention is designed in such a way to improve …

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Let us support children for their holistic development

Children of age 0-8 years are at the critical stages of holistic development (Physical, cognitive, emotional, language and psycho-social). To accelerate the holistic development of children of these age groups, the pre-school teachers and guardians must be well equipped with required knowledge and skills on how to produce cultural and development appropriate play material and …

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Education Program Major Activities and More

     Major Activities: Some of the major activities accomplished by education program are: o    Continuous capacity building trainings o    Both and inter-region and cross country experience sharing visits o    Timely monitoring and follow-up activities o    Community sensitization discussions o    Provision of educational materials and school facilities o    Construction and rehabilitation of classrooms, libraries, toilets and …

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Education Program Strategies and More

 Strategies To this end, education program adopt the following strategies: v  Continuous capacity development of stakeholders through training and experience sharing visits among local actors v  Conduct timely and common follow-up and supervisions v  Common planning, learning, monitoring and evaluation with stakeholders v  Engagement of students in school development programs v  Community mobilization through sensitization …

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Education Program Major Pillars

             Major Pillars of education program:         Teachers’ capacity development in child centred active learning methods: The program has a well-designed teachers’ training manual that consists 9 active learning methods. The material is published both in hard and softcopy and ready for easy and friendly teachers’ training. In collaboration with the tutors from College of …

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SRH Program Challenges and Achievements

1.       Challenges ·         Most of our target areas are in rural and semi-rural areas, thus electric power and Network for internet utilization sometimes fluctuate interfering with the CSE programs ·         The long standing traditional and cultural attitudes towards sexuality have challenged comprehensive sexuality education. As a result, it required exert painstaking effort to the communication …

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SRH Program Strategies Employed

       Strategies Employed  Use of Innovative Approach Comprehensive Sexuality education (CSE)– Use of Age appropriate and culturally sensitive CSE manuals (WSWM and Meharebe)targeting in school and out of school youth.The World Starts with Me (WSWM) is computer based CSE designed for age 13+ and the second manual, Meharebe, is paper based developed for age 11-13. …

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