2013 Goshe Bado

ADHENO INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

Proposed Secondary
School Building

PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING A

SECONDARY SCHOOL AT GOSHE BADO,
NORTH SHOA, ETHIOPIA
CONTENT
1. BACKGROUND.......................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 ADHENO's Objective and Approach to Improve Livelihoods in Bassona Worana Woreda ................4
1.2 ADHENO's Achievements through its Development Interventions ................................................... 5
1.5 Promotion of Health and Gender Services....................................................................................... 11
2. THE PROPOSED GOSHE BADO SECONDARY SCVHOOL BUILDING PROJECT ........................................... 15
2.1 Problem Statement.......................................................................................................................... 15
ADHENO is a Partner of PLAN INTERNATIONAL ETHIOPIA......................................................................... 20
List of Projects Executed by ADHENO with Donor Funding ....................................................................... 21
List of Projects Executed by ADHENO with Donor Funding ..................................................................... 22
SECONDARY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION DESIGN AND ESTIMATED BUILDING COSTS ................................. 23

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

CRDA Christian Relief and Development Association

CSSP Civil Society Support Program, British Council

GBV Gender Based Violence

GEF Global Environment Facility

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HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus

MRDF Methodist Relief Development Fund

SGP Small Grants Programme

SIDA Swedish International Development Authority

STD sexually transmitted diseases

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

SNV Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers (Foundation of Netherlands

Volunteers)

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 ADHENO: INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING A SECONDARY SCHOOL AT GOSHE BADO

1. BACKGROUND

ADHENO Integrated Rural Development Association is a not-for-profit grassroots non-

governmental organization founded in October 2002, re-registered in 2009 with the Agency for
Civil Societies (registration number 0353). It started as a committee to mobilize resources for
rebuilding the St. Gabriel church, one of the oldest in North Shoa, at the rural village of
Workgur. After successful construction of the new church, members of the committee resolved
not to disband but to use their energy and resources towards alleviating the chronic poverty of
the community in the area brought about by fragmentation of farmlands into very small
landholdings and degradation of the environment as a result of the increasing population that has
grown fourfold in the last 25 years. The average family of seven people is now subsisting on a
farm holding of about 0.75 ha.
The farmland has low productive capacity resulting from removal of natural vegetation and soil
erosion. The poor farming methods, deforestation and overgrazing contribute to the degraded
condition of the land. Drinking water and fuel wood have become very scarce, causing women
and girls to travel long distances to fetch water for domestic use and to collect materials for fuel
(cow dung, straw, dry leaves and bush branch). Shrinking of grazing lands has limited the
number of livestock raised by farmers. Moreover, the absence of soil improving inputs such as
litter falling from trees, compost, manure and chemical fertilizers contributes to the low
productivity of the soil. In short, the productive capacity of the land has continuously declined
over the past decades. The Bassona Worana district, where ADHENO is operating is one of the
poorest in the Amhara Regional State. The people in the project area are hardworking, exerting
tremendous effort for survival. Men, women and children have to toil from dawn to dusk in an
attempt to secure the requirements for a bare minimum existence.

1.1 ADHENO's Objective and Approach to Improve Livelihoods in Bassona Worana

Woreda
After a situation analysis of the Bassona Worana woreda project area, ADHENO resolved the
pathway to the objective of improving the living conditions of the people is through: (i) restoring
the productive potential of the degraded land that is the major cause of poverty; (ii) promoting
use of agricultural technologies to increase land and labor productivity; (iii) strengthening
human capacity through basic education, promotion of improved health practices; and (iv)
economic empowerment by working closely with the community, the local government and other
development agencies that seek to improve the livelihood of the people. This would be achieved
through specific projects that address the following major development issues in an integrated
manner:

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 i. Environmental rehabilitation;
ii. Economic empowerment via promoting improved agricultural technologies and
through income generating activities;
iii.
Provision of quality formal and non-formal basic education;

Promotion of gender equality, reproductive health services; and community

conversation to raise awareness and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and mitigate its
impact.

1.2 ADHENO's Achievements through its Development Interventions

ADHENO has achieved impressive results through its development interventions, particularly in
restoring the productive potential of land through environmental rehabilitation. ADHENO
introduced an innovative concept of tree Gudifecha in planting trees in degraded areas to
increase green cover, promote soil and water conservation. Gudifecha is an Oromo word for
adoption of a child and raise as one's own. The idea behind ADHENO's Tree Gudifecha strategy
is to motivate farmers to plant an agreed number of trees on steep sloped areas of hills and
mountains and care for them by watering, weeding and keeping out their livestock from the area.
They would be paid a small sum of money annually for each tree that survives. This has resulted
in 70% survival rate of planted trees. This innovation won for ADHENO the 2003 World Bank
competition for innovative development idea.

1.3 Environmental Rehabilitation: ADHENO has used a watershed management approach to

arrest soil degradation and enhance water conservation through construction of stone bunds,
terraces, trenches and planting economic and indigenous trees. So far 455 hectares of land
covered with different soil and water conservation structures and 1.56 million trees have been
planted. Five area closures covering about seven ha of land have been developed to increase
biodiversity and provide fodder for livestock and honeybees. Six community wood lots of nearly
3,000 trees each were planted to provide fuel wood and timber. This has increased the vegetation
cover and restored the environmental health of the area. Farmers derive both direct and indirect
benefits in terms of improved income, increased water supply and tree flowers for beekeeping.
There is a noticeable change in the greening of the environment, reemergence of plant species,
bird, and wildlife that had disappeared. Water is seeping into the soils instead of disappearing
fast as runoff, resulting in streams lasting far longer into the dry season. ADHENO has
developed six water points for communities so that they can have clean water protected from
contamination. The water springs benefit more than 400 households and 1600 domestic animals
by providing adequate and clean water and by reducing the long return journey of fetching water.
The hygienic water supplies have helped reduce the incidence of water borne diseases in
humans.

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 Soil and water conservation interventions

Check dams to reduce speed of runoff water

and conserve soil and water
Contour bunding of farmland

Reducing speed of runoff water with gabions

 After

Before After

Supplying clean water for human & livestock consumption reducing trekking time
and water borne diseases resulting in improved labor productivity & livelihood

ADHENO has introduced stoves that increase fuel efficiency and thereby reduce
consumption of fuel by as much as one third, thus decreasing the pressure on
environmental degradation. ADHENO's environmental rehabilitation work has been
supported by CCRDA/SIDA, UNDP/GEF/SGP, Irish AID, DB/TCF, CSSP, MRDF etc.
and has been awarded the 2011 Ethiopian National Green Hero Award in recognition of
its outstanding work and results.

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 Area closure development
Woodlot development Species of plants, birds and wildlife that had
disappeared are starting to re-emerge

Fuels saving stoves were constructed on the project site and distributed to 700 households

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 1.4 Economic Empowerment. ADHENO is working with the district's agricultural
extension services to promote the widespread use of agricultural technologies to increase the
productivity of the land so that both the quantity and quality of crop and livestock output is
increased. The major innovations that have been introduced are the production of: (i)
highland and lowland fruits such as apple, peach, plums, citrus, papaya and mangoes; (ii)
vegetables, mainly onion and garlic; (iii) honey, using improved beehives and honey
extraction technology; (iv) improved poultry breeds and (v) fattening of sheep, using a
revolving credit scheme for women.

ADHENO gave due attention to the development of water resources for backyard gardening
irrigation. Twenty-six rainwater-harvesting structures and four water storage tankers for
irrigation purpose have been constructed. The ground water harvesting structure has gained
acceptance by the community, brings substantial income to the family, and enable them to
diversify their farming systems by producing high value crops and improve their diets as
well as their income. ADHENO supplied 3,100 apple, 800 plum, 800 peach, 800 casmir,
1150 orange, 600 mango, 300 avocado seedlings and 40kg of vegetable seeds. Most of the
distributed seedlings are well-established and producing fruits.
ADHENO has established a Bee Producers' Association that is collecting honey from
farmers, processing, packaging and selling honey and bees wax. It has obtained a grant from
the Methodist Relief Development Fund (MRDF), UK to strengthen the association and
expand its operations to reach more farmers.

Improved bee keeping & honey production

Bee keepers organized in a farmers' cooperative are processing and
marketing improved quality of honey and beeswax at higher prices

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 Fruits & vegetables produced under project
interventions boost household income and improve
household nutrition

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 Women and
children fattening
sheep & rearing
poultry to
increase
household
income and
improve family
nutrition

1.5 Promotion of Health and Gender Services

ADHENO has intervened in the community to promote awareness on HIV/AIDS, sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs) and gender based violence (GBV). Communities in ADHENO's
project area were engaged in community conversations to raise their awareness on these
issues. Two meetings per month in six different sites to discuss these issues were facilitated
by health extension agents that are specially trained for this work. The objective was to
generate open discussion on these issues by the community to create awareness on the adverse
effects of these on the life of girls and women such that the community will make a collective
decision to stop these harmful practices and to encourage community wide prevention of
HIV/AIDS and STDs.

Thanks to the financial support provided by the OAK Foundation, members of the community
are now well aware of the harm caused by GBV including sexual assaults. Most members of
the community have decided to stop the practice through their traditional societies (Idir,
Equb, Maheber, etc). Those who continue the practice are now considered criminals and
ostracized.
With the sensitization program and training given to the justice system (the police, prosecutor
and judges), they are now better enlightened of the social problem of GBV, and are more
concerned members of the committees that are established to control and prevent GBV. With
enhancement of their capacity for child friendly services, health workers are now providing
essential service to sexually abused girls, and when necessary refer them to hospitals.
Over 90 girls, who dropped out of school due to GBV, have been rehabilitated
psychologically and economically and returned to school.

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Traditional life in rural communities gives little attention to the rights of women who have
little control over their reproductive rights. ADHENO has prepared a reproductive health
promotion project and is looking for funds to implement it. There is a pressing need in
intervention to control the high fertility rate in these communities that are averaging six
children per woman that has resulted in population pressure inevitably leading to
fragmentation of the limited arable land that sustains poverty unless checked. The project will
also address the traditional practice of forced or arranged marriage at an early age to reduce
high fertility rate and increase girls’ participation in education and development.

Community education and health conversation is raising awareness on HIV/AIDS, STD and
harmful traditional practices

1.6 Provision of quality formal and non-formal basic education

ADHENO believes that the gateway to development and improving people's livelihoods is
through promotion of basic formal and non-formal education in the communities it works
with. Positive change in a given community happens only when members of the community
are aware of the problems and issues they face and are convinced that actions can be taken to
address them. The main driver of positive change is, therefore, education and the conviction in
the minds of people that such change is possible. Only then can the latent potential and energy
of the individuals in the community become mobilized to bring about positive change.
With financial support of the Japanese Embassy, ADHENO completed construction of the first
modern primary school in the village of Workgur in 2006. The school has proper sanitation
and pedagogical facilities and currently 239 students (107 girls and 132 boys) are enrolled in
grades one through four. ADHENO assists in the provision of books and furniture for the
increasing number of students every year. A plan is underway to expand the school by adding

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instruction in grades five and six. This will alleviate the problem of young students in the area
that have to walk more than 10 kilometers every day to attend grades 5 and 6 at Goshe Bado
village.
ADHENO has started to give prizes to outstanding students of the year who pass their eighth
Grade examination with distinction in order to encourage and promote excellence in
scholarship. A benefactor is sponsoring this award annually for five students.
ADHENO has provided support to two elementary schools and five satellite schools based on
their identified needs where two classrooms were added, fourteen classroom floors were
paved, 223 combined desks provided, 423 reference books supplied and 12 school clubs
strengthened.

Workgur New School

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 Before After

Goshe Bado satellite elementary school renovated

Moy School under construction

Goshe Bado satellite elementary school children
attending class in a cleaner & more hygienic
condition

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2. THE PROPOSED GOSHE BADO SECONDARY SCVHOOL BUILDING PROJECT

2.1 Problem Statement

Bassona Worana woreda has 39 primary schools out of which 31 offer grades 1-4 level education
while the remaining eight schools have grades 4-8. Of the 29,153 children between the ages of 7
and 14, only 16,779 students (58%) attend school due to the great distance between some
villages and schools. In fact, some students have to walk 10 km every day to attend school. There
is a primary school in each of the seven kebeles that ADHENO is working in. High school
education is available only at Debre Berhan town, capital of Bassona Worana woreda. This town
is some 20 - 40 km away from students' homes. Students that have completed elementary
education in the ADHENO project area cannot walk back and forth from their homes to attend
the secondary school at Debre Berhan. They have to be separated from their parents and live
with relatives or rent rooms in strangers' houses in Debre Berhan in order to continue their
secondary education. There is no boarding school facility at Debre Berhan town.

This situation poses two serious problems for the students. The first is lack of money to rent
rooms because many families cannot afford to pay for rent. Secondly, students whose parents can
afford to rent rooms at Debre Berhan may be exposed to various unwanted habits in Debre
Berhan where they have to live without parental guidance. Such situation may promote a
negative social impact instead of favoring academic success. The situation is worse for girls. In a
family of boys and girls, the boys are favored over girls when it comes to giving opportunities of
secondary school education. Even for those girls for whom their parents can afford to pay room
rent, the circumstances of their rooming and the lack of parental supervision while in Debre
Berhan at such a young age carries risks that expose them to sexual abuse and forced marriage,
resulting in unwanted pregnancies that force them to drop out of school. Thus, girls in the
ADHENO project area have limited chance of getting secondary education and become
condemned perpetually to a low level of education and standard of living. Many outstanding
female students complete primary school but remain at home for lack of an appropriate place
where they can stay while attending high school. The fate of these girls is to remain at home and
get married at an early age of 15, 16, 17 and become child mothers. The fate of the boys who
cannot continue with their high school education is to leave home in search of jobs at such young
age and with no skill that can make finding a job possible. The chance of getting out of poverty
is most unlikely for such boys who may end up living on the streets and of whatever the streets
offer them. Lack of a secondary school within walking distance denies boys and girls in these
villages the means of liberating themselves from ignorance to become a productive part of
society and nation building.

In the 30 kebeles of Bassona Worana Woreda kebeles, a total of 1,709 students (852 male and
857 female) sat for grade 8 examination in 2013 (2005 E.C.) qualifying them to continue their
high school education. Of these, 582 (280 male and 302 female) students live in 10 of the 30
kebeles. ADHENO is actively working in seven of these 10 kebeles to change the lives of the
people.

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Secondary education is a gateway for basic change in the status of boys and girls that will equip
them with skills to improve their livelihood and give them opportunities to get out of poverty.
More students from such poverty-stricken areas will get chances of continuing their education in
colleges and serve their villages and their country. Poverty can be beaten through education of
girls and boys, giving them equal opportunities to change their lives and the destiny of the
villages they live in. It is, therefore, essential to strengthen this sector of education by providing
access to secondary schooling for girls and boys and improving their chances of a better
livelihood.

2.2 The Solution – Building a Secondary School at Goshe Bado Town

ADHENO board members have been pondering on this problem for some time. If the boys and
girls in ADHENO's project area could somehow complete their secondary school education, they
could join the university or attend vocational schools with the government's student loan
program and change their lives completely. As a temporary solution, ADHENO decided to give
scholarship to a limited number of girls in the 2012/2013 academic year with a benefactor who
pledged to contribute annually Birr 20,000 ($1,100 or €844). Another benefactor also contributed
funds in support of the same beneficiaries to meet their other expenses (school uniform, school
materials and sanitary up keep). In collaboration with the parent/teachers committee of schools in
six kebeles, 16 girls who completed 8 th grade with outstanding results, but whose parents are so
poor that they cannot afford to pay for their room rent at Debre Berhan were sponsored with a
scholarship of Birr 1,200 ($66 or €51) per year. These 16 girl students who would have otherwise
not been able to attend Grade 9 have now started their secondary education. Their parents are
providing them with food and clothing. ADHENO will continue to provide the scholarship for
these girls for the next three years until they graduate from high school. It is impossible to
describe the joy and happiness of both the girls and their parents on getting this, once in a
lifetime, opportunity to continue their secondary education. ADHENO is looking for sponsors to
finance the intake of additional girls in the coming years.

One of the drawbacks of the scheme ADHENO has introduced for these girls is that they are
living in different people's houses scattered around Debre Berhan town. Some may be lucky and
land in good families that care for them as their own children and see to it that they do their
homework and assist them in developing their personalities and protecting themselves from the
pitfalls of town life. Others may not be so lucky and no one may care about their schooling nor
their personal welfare and development. They may be even subjected to abuse by male members
of the families they live with. Furthermore, no one may care what they do after school.

ADHENO’s temporary solution to alleviate the problem of further education in these kebeles has
left out the male students believing that male students get priorities by parents for education.
However, the financial situation of parents is so poor that only a handful of male students get
opportunity to continue their secondary school education at Debre Berhan.

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ADHENO believes that while the scholarship it has created will help some girls, it may also
expose some of them to the risks mentioned above. Moreover, the temporary solution it has put
in place does not give similar opportunity to boys. It is, therefore, proposed to construct a high
school at Goshe Bado, which is accessible to 10 out of the 30 kebeles in Bassona Worana woreda
that can serve both girls and boys. The Head of the Woreda Education Office in a letter to
ADHENO has confirmed that it will make land available for constructing the high school. It has
also provided a copy of the blue print and bill of quantities that has been accepted by the
Ministry of Education as a standard for building of a secondary school. In the letter, it is stated
that the Education Office will provide teaching materials and hire teachers as well as auxiliary
staff.

2.3 Estimated size of student body at the proposed secondary school

It is estimated that out of the 500+ students who sit for grade 8 examination that qualifies them to
go to secondary school, about 300 may be able to attend secondary school. ADHENO proposes
to build a secondary school at Goshe Bado for a total of 1200 students with an intake of 300
students to grade nine every year. Each class will accommodate about 60 students and there will
be five classrooms designated for each grade (Grades 9-12).

2.4 Facilities of the Secondary school

The secondary school will have the following facilities:

1. Class rooms (20)

2. Laboratories (chemistry, physics and biology)
3. Library
4. Meeting hall
5. Administrative offices
6. Toilets for staff and students
7. Pedagogic center.

The Woreda Education Office has promised to secure an area of 30,000 – 60,000 m2 of land to
accommodate the above facilities.

ADHENO will be responsible for raising funds and for overseeing the construction of the
secondary school in collaboration with the Woreda Education Office. Once the construction is
completed, ADHENO will hand over the school to the Woreda Education Office that will hire
the teaching and auxiliary staff for the school.

2.5 Construction cost of the Secondary School

It is estimated that the total cost of the secondary school that can serve up to a total of 2,500
students will be Birr 11560,000, that is equivalent to about USD578000 excluding furnishing the
class rooms and laboratories . A fund raising effort will be mounted by ADHENO both in

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Ethiopia and abroad to secure financing of the project. The estimated cost of furnishing the class
rooms, meeting hall and offices and equipping the laboratories should be included in the fund
raising effort.

2.6 Capability of ADHENO in Overseeing the Construction of a Secondary School at Goshe

Bado

ADHENO is highly experienced in executing

projects financed by donors. Beginning in
2001, ADHENO has executed and is
executing 10 major projects financed by
seven donors with total funds amounting to
Birr 5.87 million (US$322,518 or €241,711)
the details of which are given in Annex 3.
ADHENO has received highly
complementary reviews on its community
participatory approach and efficiency in
implementing projects in a timely and cost- St. Gabriel Church in Workgur started in 1998 and
completed in 2001 by the committee that founded
effective manner (See Box 1 and letters of ADHENO
partnership from Action Aid and Plan
International in Annex 1 and 2

ADHENO is working at the grassroots level and has considerable experience in managing
construction projects. ADHENO's origin was in raising funds and constructing the St. Gabriel
Church at Workgur, which it has successfully completed within the schedule and below the cost
estimate. ADHENO also has experience in constructing the Workgur elementary school with the
financial assistance of the Japanese Embassy. It is now constructing the headquarters of the
Tegulet Beekeepers' Association. One of ADHENO's members is an architect who prepared the
design the drawings of the Workgur
Box 1 Letter from Civil Society Support Programme (CSSP)
school and carried out supervision of
the construction. Supported by the peoples of Denmark, Ireland, Norway,
The Netherlands and UK
ADHENO has a highly dedicated
Executive Board members, who have We would like to congratulate you (ADHENO) that your full
proposal application has been selected for 1st round
extensive experience in rural innovation grant. The following are the Strength of your
development, health, education, proposal:
social work and gender issues and in
ξ Objectives well formulated and results quantified;
designing and managing development
ξ Full and detailed contextual analysis;
programs both in the domestic and ξ Impact over women and youths and wider community;
international arena. It has a well ξ Fair presentation of activities;
trained staff committed to achieving ξ Action plan fairly detailed
ξ Well elaborated and practical sustainability strategy;
ξ The approach is innovative;
ξ Lots of rural project experience; 18
ξ Community and government collaboration experience as
ADHENO's mission and vision (See profile of ADHENO Board of Directors and staff in Annex
9). Indeed, overseeing the building of the proposed secondary school construction at Goshe Bado
is well within the competence of ADHENO Board members and staff.

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 Annex 1

Annex 2

ADHENO is a Partner of PLAN INTERNATIONAL ETHIOPIA

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 Annex 3

List of Projects Executed by ADHENO with Donor Funding

Project Project Objective Size of Fund Donor Execution Period

1.Tree Gudifecha Phase I to rehabilitate degraded land through ET Birr 176,604 CCRDA/Sida 2003-2005
planting indigenous and economic Equivalent to Ireland Embassy
trees US$ 20,440
2.Tree Gudifecha Phase II to rehabilitate degraded land through ET Birr 288,750 CCRDA/Sida 2005-2007
planting indigenous and economic US$33,150
trees
3. Workegur Primary 472,735 birr Japan Embassy 24 January 2006- 21
School Construction US$54,060 October 2006
4 Poverty Alleviation to rehabilitate degraded land through ET Birr 513,494 Global Environment January 1st, 2008
through Rehabilitation planting indigenous and economic Equivalent to Fund/SGP - August 31st, 2010
and Conservation of trees and conserving degraded flora US$56,585
Natural Resources through area closures.

5. Integrated Watershed 1. Rehabilitated degraded ET Birr 1,292,570 CRDA/Sida January 2009 -

Management with the environment within the target Equivalent to December 2010 and
Strategy of Tree project area US$114,450 February 2010-July
Gudifecha 2. Introduced, promoted and 2011
improved alternative livelihood
means and economic condition
of the targeted rural
communities
3. built the capacity of the target
community

6. Integrated Watershed 1. Rehabilitated degraded ET Birr 649,962 Christensen January 1st, 2009 –
Management with the environment within the target Equivalent to Foundation/Dir December 31st, 2010
Strategy of Tree project area US$57,935 Biyaber and February 2010 –
Gudifecha 2. Introduced, promoted and February 2011
improved alternative livelihood
means and economic condition
of the targeted rural
communities
3. built the capacity of the target
community

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 Annex 3 (continued)

List of Projects Executed by ADHENO with Donor Funding

Project Project Objective Size of Fund Donor Execution Period

7. Scaling-up 1. To build the capacity of 1,938 ET Birr 616,700 CRDA/SIDA July 2011- December
Environment and population/community member 2012
Natural Resources Equivalent to
2. strengthening the economic and US$36,290
Conservation and
managerial capacity of the
Economic
Empowerment Towards previous established community
Poverty Alleviation institutions
3. To scale-up and scale-out sound
environmental, natural resources
management and economic
empowerment practices
4. address cross-cutting issues like
reproductive health, HIV/AIDS
and harmful traditional practices.

8. Strengthening the to build capacity of the TBDMC, its ET Birr 266,962 Methodist Relief May 2011- April 2013
Tegulet Bee Product executive committee and ordinary Equivalent to Development Fund
Development and members to increase production and US$15,710
Marketing Cooperative improve the quality of honey
(TBDMC)
9. Environmental to improve the livelihood of poor and ET Birr 708,750 British Council September 2011-
Conservation and marginalized farmers in the project Equivalent to Civil Society August 2013
Economic area through environmental US$41,710 Support Program
Empowerment for rehabilitation and economic
Poverty Alleviation empowerment interventions.
10. Environmental To protect the environment and to ET Birr 1.5 Dir Byabir / January 2013 -
conservation and generate income for destitute women million Christensen December, 2014
economic development and jobless youth Equivalent to Foundation
in Moy kebeles US$82,870

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 Annex 4
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SECONDARY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION DESIGN AND ESTIMATED BUILDING

COSTS

Facilities of the Secondary school

The secondary school building will consist of the following facilities:

1. Twenty classrooms with a capacity for 2,500 students

2. Three laboratories one each for Physics, Chemistry and Biology
3. Library
4. Assembly Hall
5. Toilets
6. Administration wing including offices for:
a. Director
b. Vice director
c. Human resource
d. Communication and office administration
e. Student council (2)
f. Store officer
g. Cashier
h. Finance officer
i. Education plan & preparing
j. Student record office
k. First aid room
l. CPD Office
m. Reception
n. Toilets (2)
7. Pedagogic Center
Land Requirement:
The Bassona Worana woreda Education Office in its letter to ADHENO dated 02/09/2005 E.C.
had stated that the office would make available 30,000 to 60,000 square meters of land for the
building of the secondary school at Goshe Bado. ( Annex 5).

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 Annex 5
Letter from Woreda Education Office to ADHENO dated 2/09/2005 E.C.

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Architectural Design of the secondary school: The architectural drawings and bill of quantities
for the secondary school are provided by the local Woreda Education Office. The design is a
standard set by the Ministry of Education for all secondary schools build in the country.

Annex 6.

The architectural drawings and Bill of quantities

Blue print available at ADHENO office.

Cost Estimates:

Building Cost: A rough estimate of the cost of building the secondary school is approximately
ET. Birr 11,560,000($XXXX or € XXXX). See Annex7. The specific cost will be established
only when the secondary school building site is secured and the soil characteristics are known.
(Annex 7)

Annex 7

Estimated cost of building a secondary school at Goshe Bado

School facility Estimated cost

1. Classroom 3,800,000
2. Laboratories 1,430,000
3. Library 1,430,000
4. Student toilet block 600,000
5. Meeting Hall 1,200,000
6. Administration Office Block 2,400,000
7. Pedagogic center 700,000
8 Total cost 11,560,000

The above cost estimation is obtained from the Woreda Education Office. See attachment.

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 Annex 8

PROFILE OF ADHENO BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF

ADHENO is governed by a Board comprising seven members, three of whom are female. It has a head
office in Addis Ababa and a project office at Debre Birhan. It is staffed by seven full time staff. The
Executive Director of ADHENO is also member of the Board of Directors. He is assisted by a Deputy
Director, who is in charge of the field program and an administration officer who is in charge of
personnel and finances. The field coordinator at the Debre Birhan office is in charge of implementation
of all ADHENO field activities. He is assisted by a full-time social worker and development agent.
ADHENO has a lean staff because it utilizes woreda agricultural and health extension and education
officers. The communities it works with are fully engaged in the implementation of its projects.
ADHENO's motto is creating an enabling environment and training members of the community to take
full ownership of the projects so that they can manage them sustainably once the projects mature and
close.

1. ADHENO Board Chairperson - Ms. Almaz Haile-Selassie: obtained her M.A. in Human resources
Development in 1987 and her B.A. degree in Business Administration in 1974. She has also received
short-term training in social work, social counseling, Gender and Democracy and Human Rights of
Women. She has served in various professional capacities. She was Coordinator of Inter Africa
Committee (IAC) in 2008-2012. She was Manager and Administrator for various consulting firms,
including African Creative Consultancy Network and DAS-EDC Consult, whose main activities were
capacity building, gender and sustainable development, gender mainstreaming in health, education
environment, etc. She served as Head of the Planning Department of the Ethiopian Tourism
Commission in 1983-1985; Head of Social Welfare Division of the Municipality of Addis Ababa (1971-
1979) and Head of the Family Welfare Section of the Department of Municipalities of the Ministry of
Interior. She has consulted extensively for YWCA of Ethiopia and for the United Nations Economic

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Commission for Africa, ILO and UNIDO. Ms. Almaz has served as President of the Society for Women and
AIDS - Ethiopia (1992-1994); and as Vice President of the YWCA- Ethiopia (1999-2002).

Ms. Almaz has published several papers on women in development, harmful practices and the spread of
HIV. She has published her autobiography, chronicling her lifetime work in social work, women's
development and gender mainstreaming.

2. ADHENO Executive Director and Board Member - Dr. Fisseha Haile Meskal: holds PhD in
biology and masters in public health. He has a considerable experience in university teaching, research
and management. He was also Director of the National Health Research Institute (1977-1992) and Acting
Director of the Armaver Hansen research Institute (1999-2002). He also worked as a freelance
consultant mainly conducting investigation on harmful traditional practices and environmental impact
assessment. He has been a founding member of ADHENO of which he is currently the director since
2002.

Dr Fisseha has published extensively in parasitic diseases basic biological sciences and harmful
traditional practices. He has participated in several committees and associations including Ethiopian
Biological Society, Ethiopia Public Health Association Pan African and Ethiopian Bioethics Initiatives. Dr
Fisseha is recipient of awards in recognition of his scholarly performance, services and innovative ideas.

3. ADHENO Board Member Ms. Melkrist Hailu: received her M.Sc. degree in International Trade
and Finance in 1992. She has been a freelance consultant since 1997, mainly working for the UN
Economic Commission for Africa on development of financial and technical aid for women
entrepreneurs in Africa, strategies for poverty reduction and achieving the Millennium Development
Goals (MDG) of African countries; development of youth and leadership; action on gender equality,
women's empowerment and ending violence against women. She was the monitoring and evolution
specialist at Save the Children Federation in USA (1994-1995).

Ms. Melkrist has published several papers on small and medium scale industries, trading strategy for the
IGAD sub region, the Ethiopian leather industry and micro-finance and women entrepreneurship in
Africa. Ms. Melkrist is a member of the YWCA, Ethiopia.

4. ADHENO Board Member - Ambassador Teferra Haile-Selassie obtained his M.A. degree in
Social Services Administration in 1961. He has since then served the Ethiopian Government in high-level
capacities. He was the Ethiopian Ambassador to the UK and Northern Ireland in 1985-1991. He served,
in 1982-85, as an Advisor for Administration and Social Affairs to the Chairman of the Council of
Ministers. He was Head of the Institute of Management and Training in 1977-1983 and Minister of
Labor and Social Affairs in 1976-1977. He has made various work visits to several countries, including
Japan, India, USA and Porto Rico. He has led many delegations of the Ethiopian government to the
International Labor Conference and ILO annual meetings in Geneva and the annual social affairs
meetings of the UN Economic and Social Council in New York. He has attended numerous conferences
on labor issues in African countries, including Accra, Libreville and Freetown.

Ambassador Teferra has served on various boards and governing councils in Ethiopia such as:

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 1. Civil Service Tribunal
2. Board of Trustees of Addis Ababa University;
3. Settlement Authority Board;
4. Livestock and Meat Board;
5. Addis Ababa Water & Sewerage Board;
6. Grain Corporation Board
7. Center for Entrepreneur and Management Board;
8. Labor Relations Board; and
9. National Employment Advisory Board.
Ambassador Teferra has authored and co-authored numerous articles on social and labor affairs. He is
renowned for his books entitled, The Ethiopian Revolution 1997-1994 Revolution: From a Monarchical
Autocracy to a Military Oligarchy as well as, Ethiopia and the Great Britania: a diplomatic History from
1798 to 1966 E.C., written in Amharic

5. ADHENO Board Member - Ms. Etenesh W. Beyene: obtained her M.A. in Special Needs
Education in 2002 and her BA degree in Social Work in 1980. She has also received training in social
research and rehabilitation and leadership. She is founder and Executive Director of Handicap National-
Action for Children with Disabilities, which is a local NGO working for and with Children with disabilities
and OVC (1998 to present). She served as a Social Worker for SOS Children's Villages during 1989-1998.
She was Project Coordinator (1986-1989) for the Rehabilitation Agency for the Disabled working on
development programs for disabled children and their families in rural and urban settings. She headed
the Social and Relief Section of the Ministry of Labour and Social affairs of Tigray Province in 1982 and
served as the Head of social services for the Eguale Mawutan Orphanage (1980-1982). Ms. Etenesh has
provided consultancy services to the International Labor Organization (ILO). She has written and
published in topics such as CBR, prevention of disability and rehabilitation of children with special needs.

6. ADHENO Board Member - Dr. Solomon Bekure: Holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics (1971).
He has extensive experience in academia, research and in international agricultural development and
finance. He taught and conducted research at the Haile Selassie I University (1970-1972). He served as
Head of the Agricultural Research Division of the Agricultural and Industrial Bank (1972-74) and as Vice
Minister of the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture (1974-1976). He later joined the International Livestock
Center for Africa (ILCA) as a Senior Researcher in Ethiopia, Botswana and Kenya (1976-1988). He became
Senior Officer at the World Bank (1988-2002). He was a freelance consultant and worked for the World
Bank and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (2002-2004). He then joined Tetra Tech ARD as Team
Leader for the Ethiopia - Strengthening Rural Land Administration Program (2005 until present).

Dr. Solomon has published extensively on various agricultural development issues in refereed journals
and books. He has also edited a number of research publications and scientific proceedings. He has
served as board and ordinary member of several organizations including:

i. Ethiopian Economics Association (1995 till present)

ii. World Economics Association (2010 till present)
iii. Ethiopian Agricultural Professional Association (2004 till present)

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 iv. Ethiopian Academy of Sciences ( Founding Member 2010 till present)
v. International Agricultural Economics Association (1996 - 2005)
vi. American Agricultural Economics Association (1971-1982)
vii. Chairman of the Ethiopian Dairy Development Board (1974-1976)
viii. Member of the Ethiopian Dairy Development Board (1972-1976)
ix. Honorary Member of the Ghana Animal Production Society (1999 till present)

7. ADHENO Board Member - Mr. Berhan Hailemeskel: holds a BA degree in Business

Administration and a great deal of experience in business financial and business management since
1970. He was General Manager of Melotti Brewery (1980-83), Pepsi Cola Bottling Company (1976-78)
and Coca Cola Bottling Company (1972-1976). He served as Commercial Manger of the Livestock & Meat
Corporation (1983085) and Head of Operations Department of the Ethiopian Beverage Corporation
(1980-1983). He later joined the United Nations World transport Operations in Ethiopia as Deputy
Project Manager (1985-1987) and then the UN High Commissioner for Refugees as a Program Officer
and served in that post from 1989-2002. He also served as Project Manager for Ethiopian Gemini Trust
as Project Manager (2003-2004) and as Country Representative to Angola for Africa Humanitarian Action
(2004-2005). He is now, in addition to ADHENO, a board member of Ethiopia Gemini Trust.

8. ADHENO Board Member Mr. Abebe Kebede: holds a post-graduate diploma in Organization
Development and has finished course work for a Masters in Business Administration and
currently preparing his thesis. He has hands on working experience at senior management and
project/program coordination level with the responsibility of coordinating and facilitating the
execution of pertinent programs and projects implemented by local and international NGOs. He
was Director of Technical Services for Marie Stoppes International Ethiopia (2008-2010);
Executive Director of National Committee on Traditional Harmful Practices, an Ethiopian NGO
(2005-2008); and Program Manager of UNHCR - Somali Refugee Program (1999-2004). In
addition, he has attended short courses in: Participatory Ethnographic Research & Evaluation
Research Methods; Fund Raising, Public Relations and Advocacy for NGOs; Gender and
development; Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of projects; and Participatory Rural Appraisal.
9. ADHENO Deputy Director and Program Officer - Mr. Messay Berecha: holds a B.Sc. degree in
Forestry (2002). He has 11 years of experience working as a natural resources development expert and
team leader in Oromia regional state government and in non-government organizations . In his last
assignment prior to joining ADHENO he was Project Manager at Aleltu, Oromia Regional state, for Rural
Integrated Development Project Africa Foundation, an Irish NGO (name of organization) leading (type of
work and place)

10. ADHENO Administrative and Finance Head - Ms. Selomie Hailu: ADHENO Administrative and
Finance Head-Ms Selomie Hailu: holds a diploma in administration (1992) and trained in young women
leadership development by World Young Women Christian Association in Geneva (2004). She has
worked in the Refugees Department of the African Union (1992-1996), in the fund raising and Training
Department of YWCA (2002-2004) before joining ADHENO as an administrator in 2006.

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11. ADHENO Assistant to the Head of Administration - Ms. Lamrot Gebrigziabher: is a graduate of
the Royal University College in Secretarial Science and Office Management (Diploma 2007). She has
worked as secretary for AD General Electronics.

12. ADHENO Social Coordinator - Meaza Girma: holds Diploma in Plant Science (2004). She has
worked in Amhara Regional State Basso Agriculture Office from 1997-2001 EG, EGLDAM as Assistant
Project Coordinator (2009-March 31, 2011)

12. ADHENO Project Officer at the Debre Berhan Office Mr. Isayas Fikre: holds a Diploma in
Natural Resources Management (1996) with three years of experience as a Natural Resources
Development Agent in Basso Worana Woreda prior to joining ADHENO.

14. Ms. Ergetch Mamo: with high school education is a field Development Agent

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