The Inclusive Economic Empowerment (IEE) project is a three-year initiative implemented from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2025, with financial support from Light for the World. The project focuses on economically empowering 180 persons with disabilities (PWD)—equally divided between men and women—across six woredas in the Bahir Dar Zuria Zone of the Amhara National Regional State. The intervention aims to improve the overall wellbeing, income, and access to inclusive services for PWDs through targeted awareness, capacity building, and inclusive development support.
Project Summary
- Target Areas: 6 woredas in Bahir Dar Zuria Zone, Amhara National Regional State
- Target Group: 180 persons with disabilities (50% female)
- Project Period: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2025
- Donor: Light for the World
General Objective
To economically empower 180 persons with disabilities (90 male and 90 female).
Expected Outputs / Results
- Output 1: Awareness of 180 PWD (90 male and 90 female) enhanced
- Output 2: Physical, medical, emotional, social, and cognitive status of 180 PWD improved
- Output 3: Income of 180 PWD (90 male and 90 female) improved
- Output 4: Access to inclusive and disability-friendly services—including financial, education, health, and rehabilitation—for 180 PWD improved
