Catalogue of Organizations Providing Services For Persons With Disabilities in Addis Ababa

Catalogue of Organizations Providing Services for
Persons with Disabilities in Addis Ababa
ENDAN/CCM
2010
Table of Contents
1. Governmental Organizations 1
2. Non-Governmental Organizations 9
2.1 Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs) 9
2.2 Self-Help Groups of Persons with Disabilities 16
2.3 Others 19
3. International Agencies 41
4. Health and Education Institutions 42
4.1 Health Institutions 42
4.2 Educational Institutions 47
5. Private Institutions 55
6. Details on ENDAN Member Organizations 56
Preamble
Ethiopian National Disability Action Network (ENDAN) is a consortium of organizations working on

disability issues in Ethiopia. It envisages “to see a responsive, fostering and inclusive society where by the
needs of PWDs are fully and effectively met in all spheres of life in the country.” Though re-registered
under the recent Associations and Charities Law (Proclamation No. 261/2009), it has been operational
in the country since 2004. Presently, ENDAN has 24 organizations as its members.
Comitato Collaborazione Medica (CCM) is an Italian NGO based in the city of Turin, which has been in
operation globally since 1968. A legally registered organization in Ethiopia, CCM has been present in the
country since 1998. It is facilitating interventions in the areas of development and emergency in Somalia
and Oromiya regional states.
ENDAN and CCM collaborate in joint undertakings to maximize achievement of their objectives in
supporting PwDs. In 2009, the Organizations have entered into a three years partnership agreement
targeted at building the capacity of ENDAN member organizations. One major objective of this capacity
building project, which is titled “Strengthening Organization Working with Persons with Disabilities
in Ethiopia”, is widening “the coverage and scale-up programs and services in Ethiopia for ENDAN
member organizations” whilst “strengthening the organizational capacity of ENDAN itself”.The project
has three components: Capacity Building, Creation of the Resource Centre and Research/Awareness.
One activity of the research component of the project is producing a catalogue containing practical
information on opportunities and services PwDs have in Addis Ababa. Towards this, the NGOs
commissioned a national consulting firm, SiCon, to conduct a study on opportunities and services
available for PwDs in Addis Ababa. Outputs of the study are presented here in two separate documents:
a research report and a catalogue of organizations engaged in providing services for PwDs.
For most PwDs in Ethiopia, supports and assistances come mainly from families and friends. However,
the Federal Government and the city administration as well provide a range of opportunities and
services in various ways to help those with disabilities. Civil society organizations and the private sector
also make a range of services available for PwDs through self-targeted, project-based, community-based,
and/or institution-based approaches.
Nevertheless, it appears that available opportunities have not been well utilized by PwDs due to various
reasons. Experience shows that service providers often concentrate on establishing and developing
services, but give less thought to how PwDs find out about and access them. The research in Addis
Ababa (see the report in a separate document) reveals that PwDs are not fully utilizing support services
and opportunities made available for their benefit due to lack of information and other factors. It is
thus crucial to gather and disseminate practical, accurate and systematically organized information on
the services and opportunities PwDs have in Addis Ababa in a form of a comprehensive catalogue.
This Catalogue is thus an initial step towards creating and maintaining a comprehensive database of
governmental, non-governmental and private institutions engaged in providing services for PwDs in
Addis Ababa.
The Catalogue is prepared based on information obtained from a template completed by ENDAN
members, previous publications (guides and directories) of governmental Ministries (such as MoE and
MoLSA), printed materials of DPOs (including brochures and leaflets), electronic (websites) and other
secondary sources . Based on available information, the Catalogue attempts to provide basic information,
including names, identity, contact addresses, list of services, target groups etc on organizations currently
providing services for PwDs in Addis Ababa.
Overall about 111 governmental organisations, charities, societies, donor agencies, and private
operators are covered in this Catalogue. The range of services being provided by these organizations,
and are available for PwDs, include: home and community based services, health care/medical assistance,
vocational and educational, counselling, production and provision of specialized medical equipment/
supplies and assistive technology, research, information, and communication. Services provided
by umbrella associations and governmental Ministries available for DPOs mainly include research,
information, coordination and capacity building services. In general, government Ministries and Bureaus
play roles in creating opportunities (including setting out conducive policy environment), coordination
and monitoring while public institutions (such as health institutions and schools) and non-state actors
are directly engaged in different preventive and rehabilitative service delivery. Umbrella organizations
of DPOs, on the other hand, involve more in research, networking, capacity building, information and
communication.
It is essential to note here that information on the organizations is not uniformly provided in adequate
detail in all the cases due to limitations in obtaining the required information. To the extent possible,
utmost effort is made to include all active organizations working in disability issues in Addis Ababa.
Expectedly few may have not been included. In addition, the description of services provided by the
organizations may not necessarily represent what they are actually providing at present. It appears that
in some cases, indicated services embrace all activities for which the organizations are constituted
to provide for. In addition, it should be noted that there are many more state and non-state players
that mainstream the interest of PwDs in their programs, projects and plans or provide some kind of
services to PwDs as part of their broader development interventions in different sectors. Including all
these institutions in this Catalogue was, however, beyond its scope. As a result, only those that directly
deal with disability issues are included. Moreover, it is worth noting that the mandates of government
ministries and the operational location of many NGOs cover regions beyond Addis Ababa. This means,
the information given on the Ministries and other organizations operating at national level has wider
application. Furthermore, it remains essential to view this Catalogue as a live document that needs to
be updated from time to time to include missing and newly established organizations, to exclude those
that are no more active in the sector, and as new information, including changes in addresses, service
types, etc, comes on existing ones.
In organizing the document, organizations are grouped by type (Governmental, NGOs, Private, etc.) and
by the type of services they provide (such as health and education). It was, however, found difficult to neatly
classify the organizations for the fact that most organizations engage in multiple activities or services
for different families of disabilities. Nevertheless, attempt has been made to present the organizations
in a manner suitable for users. Under each category, the list of organizations is given in alphabetical
sequence. The list is given in the table of contents below and their details in the corresponding page
numbers. More detailed information is given on ENDAN members at the end. In all the cases, the same
names and acronyms given by the organizations themselves or in the above-stated documents are used.
The Catalogue is intended to be used by a range of stakeholders/actors including PwDs, PwD associations,
NGOs, the private sector, governmental and donor agencies.To make it available for and accessible by all
interested users, it can be published and distributed to partners in hard copies and posted on websites
for wider users.
Finally, we would like to thank all the institutions and PwDs for providing us with the required information.
We especially thank ENDAN and CCM staffs for their alacritous and unflagging support throughout in
the course of the assignment. We believe that this Catalogue will make some contribution in making
information available on services and opportunities available for PwDs in Addis Ababa for all those
interested in the issue.
Abebe Mekasha
Siseraw Dinku
1. Governmental Organizations
Addis Ababa City Administration Education Bureau
Name of organization Addis Ababa City Administration Education Bureau
Address Addis Ababa
Sidist Kilo, in front of Janmeda
( +251-11-1223884
+251-11-1223891
Target group Students
Services Prepare elementary level curricula, publish books and ensure the
availability of teaching aids in compliance with the national education
policy, strategy and standard and considering the prevailing situation
of the City Government; prepare standard for the construction of
schools in the city in accordance with the national requirements
and implement same up on approval.
Execute national examination in the city; establish standards for
examinations and certificates given by elementary and high schools
in the city; ensure implementation of same upon approval.
Administer technical and vocational training junior colleges not provided
by this proclamation or other laws; facilitate the provision of
vocational and skill upgrading trainings consistent with the
economic activities of the city for school drop-outs and high school
graduates that are unable to join higher educational institutions
and unemployed persons, design strategies for capacity building
for the existing centres that are engaged in non-formal basic and
vocational training activities.
Cause the provision of educational programs to be supported by
mass media, devise mechanisms to extend distance and continuing
education programs and supervise the implementation.
Take affirmative measures as regards educational services given for
women, children, adults and for persons with special needs.
Train or cause to train teachers and other educational personnel
in accordance with the national standard of training and give
institutions engaged in the sector.
Supervise educational institutions run by the Government with a view
to ensure their compliance with the set standard and accredit
same; provide information service and other supports for investors
who want to engage in the sector; ensure that high schools
established by local investors are in comply with the standards set
forth.
1
Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau
Name of organization Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau

Address Addis Ababa
* 34567
( +251-115-513911
Fax: +251-115-515674
E-mail: aahb@ethionet.et.net
Target group General Public
Services Manage and coordinate governmental regional health institutions
Assist, facilitate, and promote investment in health services by the
private sector.
Assist, and facilitate involvement by non-governmental organizations
to render health service in the city
Follow-up and inspect private and NGO health institutions
Coordinate drug supply management and follow up the rational use of
drugs in the city.
Design a strategy to improve the participation of traditional healers
incorporating modern medicine
Carry out proper resource mobilization and utilization to improve
quality of the health service
Provide and promote maternal, adolescent and child health programs
as well as nutrition
Prevent and control communicable diseases by strengthening integrated
diseases surveillance and response system
Provide refresher and on the job training to ensure the quality of
health care delivery system in the city
Prepare and disseminate guidelines and standards for health service
based on the national health policy and guidelines
Develop IEC/BCC strategy for health promotion and disease
prevention
Coordinate and develop Health Management Information System and
promote research activities
Coordinate the overall health sector response for the prevention and
control of HIV/AIDS
Maintain medical equipment (Informal mandate)
2
Ministry of Education
Name of organization Ministry of Education

Address Addis Ababa
* 1367
( +251-11-155-3133
Fax: +251-11-555-0877
E-mail: minedu@moe.gov.et
Web site: http://www.moe.gov.et/

Target group Whole population
Services Devise and facilitate the implementation of ways and means of

extending education throughout the country
Determine and supervise the implementation of the country’s

educational standard
Determine the educational curriculum
Ensure the availability of educational materials and textbooks in

adequate quality and quantity
Devise ways and means of providing special assistance in

rendering educational services to minority nationalities,
women, children and adult
devise ways and means of encouraging the provision of various

student services
3
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA)
Name of Organization Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

(MoLSA),
Social Welfare Development Directorate
Established in 1957
Address Addis Ababa, Kazanchis
Kirkos Kifle Ketema, Kebele 18 Kazanchis
* 2056
( +251-115-517080/537970/71/78
Fax: +251-115-515316/518396
E-mail: molsa.comp@ethionet.et
Website: http://www.molsa.gov.et
Target Groups The elderly, PwDs and other vulnerable groups
Services Research
Draft laws, policies and guidelines
Undertake all acts necessary for the

implementation of the Convention
(CRDPD)
Monitoring and evaluation

Partners All concerned GOs and NGOs
4
Ministry of Health
Name of organization Ministry of Health

Address Addis Ababa
* 1234
( +251-11-5517011
Fax: +251-11-5519366
E-mail: moh@telecom.net.et
Web site: http://moh.gov.et/
Target group Whole Population, including PwDs
Services Cause the expansion of health services
Establish and administer referral hospitals as well as study and
research centres
determine standards to be maintained by health services
determine the qualifications of professionals required for
engaging in public health services at various levels
Ministry of Justice
Name of organization Ministry of Justice

Address Addis Ababa
* 1370
( +251-111-515099/5157950
Fax: +251-11-1517755
E-mail: justice@telecom.net.et
Web site: http://www.mojet.gov.et/index.htm
Target group Whole Population

Services Chief advisor to the Federal Government on matters of law
Enforce federal laws
Direct and supervise, the Federal, police force and prison
administration
Assist in the drafting of laws
Provision of legal aid to crime victims who are needy
provide legal education through the use of various methods
5
Ministry of Revenue and Custom
Name of organization Ministry of Revenue and Custom

Address Addis Ababa
( +251-11-6629887
Fax: +251-11-6629818
E-mail: erca@ethionet.et
Web site: http://www.erca.gov.et/

Services Collect revenues of the federal government
Enforce tax and custom related laws and regulations of the

federal government
Provide support to regions to harmonize federal and regional

tax administration systems
Ministry of Transport and Communication
Name of organization Ministry of Transport and Communication

Address Addis Ababa
* 1238
( +251-11-1516166
Fax: +251-11-1515665
Services Cause the expansion of, and supervise, communication services
Prepare draft laws on transport and communication services
Facilitate the integrated development and effective and
coordinated utilization of all modes of transport and
communication of the country
6
Ministry of Urban Works and Development
Name of organization Ministry of Urban Works and Development

Address Addis Ababa
* 5608
( + 251-111-510000
Fax: +251-11-1511200
E-mail: nupi@ethionet.et
Web site: www.nupi.gov.et

Services Prepare the country’s building code

Issue standards for design and construction works
Follow up and supervise the implementation of same
Supervise and inspection on execution of construction works
financed by the federal Government
Register and issue certificates of competence to engineers and
architects
Undertake study and research activities
Ministry of Women’s Affairs
Name of organization Ministry of Women’s Affairs

Address Addis Ababa
* 5160
( +251-11-6672242
Fax: +251-11-6672243
Target group Women and children
Services Coordinate national policy/plans on women and children
Raise awareness about the rights of women and children
Training
7
Social and Civil Affairs Bureau (BoSCA)
Name of organization Social and Civil Affairs Bureau (BoSCA)
Address Addis Ababa
* 3328
( +251-11-1550244/1550245
Fax: +251-11-1578691
E-mail: aasca@telecom.net.et
Target group Workers and vulnerable segments of the population, including persons
with disabilities
Services Appraise and sign project agreements with NGO’s
Undertake joint follow-up and monitoring and evaluation upon the
project implementation
support disaster victims
Provide technical and professional support for people under difficult
circumstances
Promote the rights of PwDs to employment, training and education
Insure the rights of the child
Promote alternative protections for children under difficult circumstances
Enhance community participation at all development initiatives
Support economic capacity building endeavors directed to destitute
family head mothers.
Support the rehabilitated persons through training and IG programs.
Provide rehabilitation services for orphan and abandoned children in
institutions and support NGOs efforts to rehabilitate them.
Promote Child Sponsorship programs
Reconcile parties involved in collective labour dispute
Provide educational and training services for employers and employees
Register employers’ associations and trade unions
Attempt to amicably resolve disputes that arise during negotiations of
collective agreement
Register collective agreements
Supervise labour standards issued for the protection of the safety and
health of workers
Issue license for Labour Exchange Agencies
Undertake job classification, employed and unemployed human resource.
8
2. Non-Governmental Organizations
2.1 Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs)
Federation of Ethiopian National Association of Persons with Disabilities (FENAPD)
Name of organization Federation of Ethiopian National Association of

Persons with Disabilities (FENAPD)
Address Addis Ababa
* 18430
( +251-11-1567312, 1564458, 1565158
Fax: +251-11-1567312
E-mail: efpd@ethionet.et
Ato Alemayew Teferi, President
Ato Menberu Tekame, General Manager
Target group Persons with any type of disabilities
Services Advances the cause of PwDs
Promote and influence the full participation of PwDs in

socioeconomic life of the society
Support and enhance the activities of member associations
Create disability awareness
Assist PwDs develop strong self-esteem or self-concept
Information and research
9
Ethiopian National Association of physically Handicapped (ENAPH)
Name of organization Ethiopian National Association of physically

Handicapped (ENAPH)
Address Addis Ababa
* 8746
( +251-11-5552891
E-mail: enaph2000@yahoo.com
Ato Yaschilewal Shiferaw, Chairperson
Ato Abaguya Ayele, General Manager
Target group Persons with physical disability
Services Right based activities
Advocate revision of laws
Follow proper implementation of laws
Distribution of wheelchairs and crutches and teaching their use
Assist member to get referral services from Black Lion Hospital and
POC
Awareness raising for members
Gender and disability training for women
Empowerment training, human rights training and mainstreaming gender
Ethiopian National Association of the Blind
Name of organization Ethiopian National Association of the Blind

Address Addis Ababa
Sub City (Kebele 12/13)
* 30057
( +251-11-119293, 111021, 550542
Fax: +251-11-1555162
E-mail: enab@ethionet.et
Ato Awoke Degu, General Manager

Target group Persons with blindness
10
Services Educational/Vocational rehabilitation: at the time of data collection,
twenty four instructor were teaching ninety students in Bako
and another hundred in Wolayta boarding schools for the blind
Advocacy
Livelihood training
Production of educational materials Braille materials and

publications
Audio Braille translation
Braille training
Gender mainstreaming and women training
HIV counselling
Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf (ENAD)
Name of organization Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf (ENAD)

Address Addis Ababa
* 21359
( +251-11-222517
Fax: +251-11-222516
E-mail: enad@ethionet.et
Ato Tesfaye Gebru, Chairperson
Ato Abraham Belay, Acting Director

Target group Persons with hearing impairment throughout the country
Services Distribution hearing aids
Free medical care and referral for members
Awareness raising
Provide sign language interpreter service to individuals and

institutions
Pre-school service for the deaf
Trainings on various issues
11
Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf-Blind (ENADB)
Name of organization Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf-Blind

(ENADB)
Address Addis Ababa
* 32041
( +251-11-555086
E-mail: anadb@ethionet.et
W/ Roman Mesfin, Chairperson
W/ Yeshimebet Dagn, General Manager

Target group Deaf-blind persons
Services Awareness raising
Data collection
Promotion of tactile and sign language
Providing training in Braille, sign language, and mobility
Education
Advocating for the educational right of deaf blind children
Providing training on the educational needs of deaf blind

children especially for teachers and the school community
Providing educational materials
Providing special support to ensure their educational

achievements
12
Ethiopian National Association of Persons Affected by Leprosy (ENAPAL)
Name of organization Ethiopian National Association of Persons Affected

by Leprosy (ENAPAL)
Address Addis Ababa
Sub-city: Kolfe Keranio
Kebele: 02/03
* 70811
( +251-11-3211503, 3211259/87
Fax: +251-11-3211502
E-mail: enapahd@ethionet.et
Website: www.enapal.org
W/ Birke Negatu, Chairperson
Ato Memberu Adane, Managing Director

Target group Persons affected by Leprosy
Services Awareness raising
Socio-Economic rehabilitation
Capacity building
13
Ethiopian National Association on Intellectual Disabilities (ENAID)
Name of organization Ethiopian National Association on Intellectual

Disabilities ( ENAID)
Address Addis Ababa
Sub-city: Bole
Kebele:04/06/07
House number:026
* 14457
( +251-11-6631866
E-mail: sdom@ethionet.et
Website: www.intellectualdisabilitesethiopia.org
Dr. Gessesse Tadesse, Chairperson
W/ro Tsige Amberbir, General Manager

Target group Children and Youth with Intellectual disabilities and their families
Services ENAID Provides Amharic reading and writing classes, health

Education
Physiotherapy
Vocational Training
Networking
Awareness raising and training programs related with intellectual

disability.
Conducting programs on HIV/ AIDS prevention and reproductive

health
14
Ethiopian Women with Disabilities National Association (EWDNA)
Name of organization Ethiopian Women with Disabilities National

Association (EWDNA)
Address Addis Ababa
In front of British Embassy
* 43128
( +251-11-2555261
E-mail: ewdna2004@yahoo.com
W/ Birhane Daba, Chairperson

Target group Women with disabilities
Services Promoting the rights of women with disabilities and empower
them to access the social, economic and educational
opportunities available in the country
Advocates law reform and women’s equal access to education,

employment opportunities and appropriate health care
Undertakes public awareness raising activities
Building the capacity of women with disabilities to improve their

self-esteem and to enable them earn a dignified living
Provide up-to-date information to members of EWDNA on

disability issues
15
2.2 Self-Help Groups of Persons with Disabilities
Addis Ababa City Administration Leprosy Victims and Disabled Rehabilitation

Association
Name of organization Addis Ababa City Administration Leprosy Victims

and Disabled Rehabilitation Association
Address Addis Ababa
Sub-city: kolfe keranio
Kebele:02/03
House number:3602
( +251-11-3211383
Target group Persons Affected by leprosy
Services 1) Social rehabilitation
2) Works on education and training for very disadvantaged and

poor families
3) Provision of stipend for severely old and disabled members.
Addis Small Trade and Microfinance Saving and Credit Association
Name of organization Addis Small Trade and Microfinance Saving and

Credit Association
Address Addis Ababa, Arada Sub-city
* 5667
( +251-11-1572720
Target group Any Person with disability but priority is given to women
Services Economic rehabilitation
Loan
Teaching business and saving method
16
Bako and Addis Ababa Vision for the Blind and the Needy Association (BAVBNA)
Name of organization Bako and Addis Ababa Vision for the Blind and the
Needy Association (BAVBNA)
Address Addis Ababa
Sub-city: Gullele
Kebele: 02
House number: 1702
( +251-91-3 14 12 42
E-mail: baavbna@yahoo.com
Ato Aweke Ejigayehu, General Manager

Target group The blind and needy disabled person
Services ICT training
Assisting of 22 people
Giving awareness about HIV/AIDS, sending children to school
Birhan Taye in ALERT Compound Leprosy Disabled Persons Self-Help Work Group
Name of organization Birhan Taye in ALERT Compound Leprosy Disabled

Persons Self-Help work Group
Address Addis Ababa
Sub-city: Kolfe keranio
* 165
( +251-11-3211518
E-mail: cwondi@yahoo.com or glra@ethionet.et
Ato Shewatatek Tafesse, Chairperson

Target group Persons Affected by Leprosy
Services Vocational trainings to members
17
Development and Support for Ethiopian Women with Disabilities Organization
(DSEWDO)
Name of Organization Development and Support for Ethiopian Women with

Disabilities Organization (DSEWDO)
Address Addis Ababa
* 40915
( +251-11-4164328/9
+251-11-411379
Email: dsewdo@ yahoo.com
W/ro Elizabeth Abay
Target Groups Women with disabilities
Services Capacity building and socio-economic empowerment
Community based development works focusing on accessibility

(physical environment and information), education and
employment opportunities
Oasis Blind Support Association (OBSA)
Name of organization Oasis Blind Support Association (OBSA)

Address Addis Ababa
Sub-city: Nefas Silk Lafto Kifle Ketema
Kebele: 15
House number: 4810
* 1766 code 1250
( +251-11-8 40 10 13 / 0911 76 48 74
E-mail: obsa.2004@gmail.com
Ato Moges Getnet, General Manager
Target group Person with visual impairment

Services Education :- Library service
Health support
Self Help Group (SHG)
18
Ye’ager Tibeb Maderaja Dirjit
Name of organization Ye’ager Tibeb Maderaja Dirjit

Address Addis Ababa,Yeka Sub-city
( +251-11-6461895
Target group Persons with blindness, physical disability, and deafness
Services Economic rehabilitation (employment for disabled people in the

enterprise): They produce handicrafts like carpets, curtains,
table cloths, and mattress; do embroidery, tailoring, printing
and metallurgy.
2.3 Others
Addis Development Vision (ADV)
Name of organization Addis Development Vision (ADV)

Address Addis Ababa
Nefas silk Lafto Kefle Ketema,
Kebele 02, Mekanissa area
* 12017
( +251-11-519624
E-mail: addisvision@ethionet.et
Website: http://addisdevelopmentvision.org/
Ato Adane Alemu, Executive Director
Target group Children and adults with disabilities

Services Awareness and prevention
Community based orphan and vulnerable children (OVC)

care and support
Economic rehabilitation Vocational training
Education rehabilitation: inclusive education development,

pre-school education for students with disabilities
Medical rehabilitation
19
Addis Hiwot Centre of the Blind
Name of organization Addis Hiwot Centre of the Blind

Address Addis Ababa
Sub-city: Arada
Kebele: 11/12
House number: 484
* 31655
( +251-11-1118589
Fax: +251-11-11-8589
E-mail: ahcb2006@yahoo.com
W/ Assgdeche Tefera
Target group Persons who lost their eye sight in post-childhood period or as
adults
Services Library services
Implementing inclusive HIV/AIDS project

Basic Braille Literacy
Organizaing different awarness raising workshops
Adonay Sign Language and Social Service
Name of organization Adonay Sign Language and Social Service

Address Addis Ababa
* 32657
( +251-11-6189857/91-1823706
E-mail tsinatdeb@yahoo.co.uk
Ato Solomon Wegayehu
Target group The deaf, their parents and siblings
Services Sign language training
Awareness raising for advancing the welfare of the deaf
Adolescent reproductive health
Awareness raising on HIV/AIDS
20
Community Based Rehabilitation Network-Ethiopia /CBRN-E/
Name of organization Community Based Rehabilitation Network-Ethiopia

Address Addis Ababa
* 28284 Code 1000
( +251-11-1560670/1550330
E-mail: cbrne@ethionet.et
W/ Tesfanesh Tadesse, Coordinator
Target group Member Organizations and persons with disabilities
Services Coordination
Experience sharing elaboration of best practices and resources

sharing among actors in rehabilitation and development
sectors
Capacity development CBR actors at grass-root through training,

experience sharing, workshops and information exchange
Cheshire Services Ethiopia
Name of organization Cheshire Services Ethiopia

Address Addis Ababa
* 34270
( +251-11-64 66 862/64 66 863
Fax: +251- 11- 64 66 848
E-mail: cheshire@ethionet.et
Website: http://cheshireservicesethiopia.org/
Ato Gebremedhin Bekele, Executive Director

Target group Children with disabilities and their parents
Services Provides orthopaedic and social rehabilitation through
Menagesha Rehabilitation Centre
Outreach Programme
Community Based Rehabilitation Program
21
Cheshire Foundation Action for Inclusion /CF-AI/
Name of organization Cheshire Foundation Ethiopia

Address Addis Ababa
* 31938
( +251-11-3213869
Fax: +251-11-3213879
E-mail: cheshirefoundation@ethionet.et
Website: www.cheshirefoundation.com
Ato Kedir Mohammed, Executive Director
Target group Persons with disabilities, their families and the community at large
Services Disability prevention
Inclusion/integration
Rehabilitation of PwDs
Daughters of Charity Urban Development Program
Name of Organization Daughters of Charity Urban Development Program /

DOC/UDP/
Address Addis Ababa, Gulele Sub-City
* 8771
( +251-11 -2116244
E-mail doc.udp@telecom.net.et
Target Groups Youth and children, elderly, poor women, PwDs, HIV/AIDS victims
and Orphans
Services Community- based rehabilitation
Physical rehabilitation: exercises and referral for assisting devices
Educational rehabilitation: Support schooling via paying for school
fees and transport
Vocational training
Medical services: covering the cost of medication for epilepsy
Economic rehabilitation income generating programs
Home visits
22
Disabled People and Friendship Fellowship
Name of Organization Disabled People and Friendship

Fellowship
Address Addis Ababa
* 3186
( +251-11- 3725539
Email: dpaffeth@yahoo.com
Target Groups Persons with any type of disabilities
Services Employment opportunities for poor PwDs
Vocational training
Networking with different organizations in and

outside the country and create partnership
to best benefit the disabled
Ethiopian National Disability Action Network (ENDAN)
Name of organization Ethiopian National Disability Action Network

(ENDAN)
Address Addis Ababa
Sidist Kilo between Entoto TVET (Teferi Mekonnen) and Yekatit
12 (Menen) school
* 34270
( +251-11- 1236720/1246637
Fax: +251-11-1246629
E-mail: info@endan-ethiopia.org
website: www.endan-ethiopia.org
W/t Betelhem Abebe, A/General Manager
Target group Member organizations and persons with disabilities
23
Services Exchange information and share experience among the
network members via various channels
Collect information on organizations working on disability,
identify needs, strengths and gaps to be addressed by the
network
Build the capacity of the member organizations through
different types of training and research conduction and
dissemination
Create good working relationship with member and non-
member organizations
Networking with non-member organizations to publicize the
network and familiarize its activities
Facilitate the establishment of Regional Disability Networks.
ENDAN Resource Center-containing collection of materials
focusing on disability, special needs education, inclusion,
poverty, HIV/AIDS and violence against women and
children. The Resource Center also provides internet and
multimedia services
Ethiopians for Ethiopians (EFE)
Name of organization Ethiopians For Ethiopians (EFE)

Address Addis Ababa
Sub-city: Arada
Kebele: 13/14
House number: Ambachew Tessema Building, 552/1
* 4509
( +251-124-66-83/84
E-mail: efeeorg@yahoo.com or
enquires@ethiopiansforethiopiansaddis.org
Website: www.ethiopiansforethiopiansaddis.org
Ato Emeyshitaw Tessema, Chair
Target group Persons with disabilities
Services Women empowerment
Health program
E-Project: provision of capacity building training on computer
literacy
Educational program
Awareness creation program
Internet Service Program
24
Ethiopian Centre for Disability and Development (ECDD)
Name of Organization Ethiopian Centre for Disability and Development

(ECDD)
Address Addis Ababa
Sub-city: Kirkos
Kebele: 19
House Number: 015
* 1530 code 1250
( +251-11-554-5568/69
Fax: +251-11-554-5570
Email: info@ecdd-ethiopia.org
Website: http://www.ecdd-ethiopia.org
W/t Yetnebersh Nigussie, Program Manager
Target Groups Disabled Persons Organizations and Self-help Groups, staff members
of different GOs and NGOs, building owners, architects and
urban planners, human resource managers of different private
and public companies, prospective graduates, job seekers and
athletes with disabilities,
NGO and GO service providers and educators working on family
planning and reproductive health services,
Micro-finance institution’s
Staff members,
Services Economic Empowerment of PwDs
Provide technical and financial support to the Addis Ababa University
Disability and Career Development Center (DCDC)
Inclusive Development Training
Guide to Accessible Addis Ababa
Inclusive Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services
Disability Inclusion Support Service
Improving the Employability of People with Disabilities
Research works
Disability Information Service Center
25
German Church
Name of organization German Church

Address Addis Ababa, Arada
( +251-11-1234452
Fax +251-1-1223082
Email:- gcschool@telecom.net.et
Target group Children with blindness, mild physical disability, and learning difficulty
(slow learners)
Services Educational/vocational rehabilitation:At the time of data collection,
there were two resource rooms and instructors teaching forty
four (25 blind, 17 low vision, and 2 slow learners) students
Economic rehabilitation
Counselling
Networking with families
German Leprosy and TB Relief Association (GLRA)
Name of organization German Leprosy and TB Relief Association (GLRA)

Address Addis Ababa, Kolfe Keranio
Kebelle 01/05
* 5033
( +251-11-3211344
Fax: +251-11-3213470
E-mail: glra@ethionet.et
Ato Ahmed Mohammed Country Representative
Target group Persons affected and disabled by leprosy
Services Economic empowerment though formation and support of CBOs
and SHGs
Education support
Housing support
Prevention of disability (PoD) through self care groups, provision

of orthopaedic appliances and materials
26
Grarbet Ledekuman
Name of Organization Grarbet Ledekuman

Address Addis Ababa
* 15824
( +251-11-6622238
Target Groups Persons with post-polio paralysis, blindness, club foot, cleft palate
and physical disability
Services Screening and physiotherapy for persons with post-polio paralysis
with fitting braces
Corrective surgery/POP for club feet
Surgery for cleft lip and cleft palate
Mobility training for blind persons
Production of white cane for the blind
Production of low cost spectacles
Physical rehabilitation
Educational/ vocational rehabilitation (At the time of data collection,
the organization had two classrooms and four instructors
teaching twenty students per round (every 2 months))
Community – based rehabilitation
Economic rehabilitation
27
Handicap International
Name of organization Handicap International

Address Addis Ababa
Sub-city: Kirkos
Kebele:01 House number: H 407/11/02
* 1160
( +251-11-5514305/09
Fax: +251-11-5150872
E-mail: handicap@ethionet.et
Website: www.handicap-international.org
Mr. Matteo Caprotti, Country Representative
Target group Disadvantaged and most vulnerable population such as PwDs
Services Physical rehabilitation project in Dire Dawa and Somali region

City and disability project in Dire Dawa
Capacity building and empowerment of local DPOs in Addis
Ababa
Mainstreaming disability into the existing PEPFAR HIV initiatives
Addressing disability in Ethiopia through the development of
Physiotherapists as Human Resources for Health
28
Handicap National Action for Children with Disabilities
Name of Organization Handicap National Action for Children with Disabilities

Address Addis Ababa
* 1442
( +251-11213447/49
Email: hnacd@ethionet.et
W/ro Etenesh W/Agegnehu Director
Target Groups Children with disabilities ( below 18 Years of age)
Services Community- based rehabilitation
Medical services and referral system
Provision of appliances
Information, education, and communication
Saving and credit services
Networking with governmental and non-governmental
organizations
Help for Persons with Disabilities Organization (HPDO)
Name of Organization Help for Persons Disabilities Organization (HPDO)

Address Addis Ababa
( +251-11- 156 37 04
Target Groups PwDs
Services Medical Rehabilitation
Education
Economic Rehabilitation
29
Hope Enterprises
Name of Organization Hope Enterprise

Address Addis Ababa, Arada Sub City,
* 30153
( +251-1 1- 56 03 45/46
Fax: +251-1 1- 55 03 46
E-mail: hope@ethionet.et
Website: http://hopeenterprise.org
Target Groups Youth, street children, PwDs and others
Services Education
Basic Care
Competence
Sufficiency
House of Mercy
Name of organization House of Mercy

Kebele 01/02
* 24443/Code 1000
( +251-11-1224230
Target group Children with mental retardation
Services Day care service for children with intellectual disabilities and
other children with disabilities
Physical rehabilitation for children with physically and intellectual

disabilities
Speech , occupational and physical therapy
Educational/vocational rehabilitation
Provision of appliances and medical support
30
Hope for the Blind and Handicapped Rehabilitation Association
Name of Organization Hope for the Blind and Handicap Rehabilitating

Association
Address Addis Ababa, Arada Sub City,
Kebele 11/12, House Number 1761
* 27045
( +251-11-222482
E-mail: hope_fortheblind@yahoo.com
Ato Yohannes Geday, General Manager

Target Groups Persons with disabilities
Services Vocational training and group employment
Awareness raising activities to members family
Information and Development for Persons with Disabilities Association (IDPDA)
Name of Organization Information and Development for Persons with

Disabilities Association (IDPDA)
Address Addis Ababa
* 15412
( +251-11-1220759
E-mail: idpa@yahoo.com
Ato Woldesenbet Birehanemeskel, General Manager

Target Groups Persons with any type of disability
Services Conducting assessment studies on PwDs
Improve physical access to PwDs through provision of hearing and

other assisting devices
Facilitate the information and communication access of PwDs
31
Information and Awareness of People with Disabilities (IAPD)
Name of Organization Information and Awareness of People with Disabilities

(IAPD)
Address Addis Ababa
* 11082
( +251-11-6185965/91-1667331
E-mail: inffdis@yahoo.com
Website: www. iapdethiopia.org
Ato Yoseph Hailemariam, General Manager

Target Groups General public
Services Information on PwDs
Public awareness creation media effective
Integrated Holistic Approach/Urban Development Project
Name of organization Integrated holistic Approach/Urban Development

Project
Address Addis Ababa
* 5597
( +251-11-3714671
Fax +251-1-3717740
E-mail: iha-udp@telecom.net.et
Target group Persons with any type of disability
Services Community development includes generally awareness raising
activities
Primary health care: sanitation, vaccination, family planning,
Physical upgrading includes construction of schools/classes for
children with disabilities
Income Generating Activities: saving and credit scheme, loan
schemes etc
Academic education and vocational training
32
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Name of Organization International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Address Addis Ababa
* 5701
( +251-11-5513161
Fax +251-11-513161
Email: addis_ababa.add@icrc.org
Target Groups PwDs and others
Services Training to build the human resource of the profession on prosthesis
and orthotic
Financial support to increase the accessibility to services for the
war – wounded
Technical assistance in orthopaedic technology to improve the
quality of the services
Supply of orthopaedic equipment components
Misrach Centre
Name of organization Misrach Centre

Address Addis Ababa
* 30732
( +251-11-1234528
Fax +251-11-6454165
E-mail: misrachc@yahoo.com
Target group Persons with blindness, deafness and physical disability (Age 18-30
years)
Services Provides vocational training in wood and metalwork, broom making,
tailoring, optical works, and other marketable skills
Offers start-up capital and tools to engage in employment for
trained PwDs
Braille Literacy, and Orientation and Mobility training
Produce and repair glasses at a price considerably lower than that
of the average specialized market
Educational support for academically good students with disability:
allowance for food, clothing and housing
33
Missionaries of Charity Brothers
Name of organization Missionaries of Charity Brothers

Address Addis Ababa, Gulelie Subsity,
Kebele 08/16
* 33825
( +251-11-1270898
Target group Persons with intellectual and physical disabilities
Services Institutional rehabilitation for the intellectually disabled
Education: two classrooms and two instructors teaching eighty

students with intellectual and physical disabilities
National Child Initiative
Name of organization National Child Initiative

Address Addis Ababa, Nifas Silk Lafto Sub-city
* 9646
( +251-11-4401642
Services Community-based rehabilitation
34
Network of Organizations of/for the Visually Impaired and the Blind (NOVIB)
Name of Organization Network of Organizations of/for the Visually Impaired

and the Blind (NOVIB)
Address Addis Ababa
Sub-city:Yeka, Kebele: 13/14
House number: 673
* 41161
( +251-118-100882
+251-911-151326
Fax: +251-11-5513633
E-mail: enovibethiopia@gmail.com or
enovibethiopia@yahoo.com
Ato Getu Mulatu, General Manager

Target Groups Member Organizations
Services Building the capacity of member organizations
Mainstreaming ICT programs to visually impaired students in

technical and preparatory schools
HIV/AIDS focused interventions
35
NIA Foundations-Joy Centre for Children with Autism and Related Developmental
Disorders
Name of Organization Joy Centre for Children with Autism and Related
Developmental Disorders
Address Addis Ababa
Sub-city: Nifas Silk Lafto Sub city
Kebele: 06/07/08
House number: 887
* 1695 code 1110
( +251-11-3206160
Fax: +251-11-3206159
E-mail: info@autism.org
Website: www.ethioautism.org
Zemi Yenus, Managing Director
Target Groups Children with Autism and related developmental disorders
Parents of the children
Researchers in the area of Autism Spectrum Disorders
The community at large

Services Behaviour modification
Occupational therapy
Self-help skills training
Speech therapy/communication
Cognitive skills and social skills development training
Family training
Intervention/rehabilitation services
Diagnosis/assessment
Sensory integration training
Awareness creation
Capacity building/family support group
Research and publication
36
Prosthetic Orthotic Centre
Name of Organization Prosthetic Orthotic Center

Address Addis Ababa, Gulele Sub City
* 3309
( +251-117-750125/7750760
Target Groups Persons with physical disability
Services Physical rehabilitation: production and supply of appliances like
crutches, wheelchair, CP chair, corset, orthotics and prosthetic
leg, hand and hip physiotherapy
Training and consultancy
Physiotherapy services
Rehabilitation and Development Organization (RADO)
Name of Organization Rehabilitation and Development Organization (RADO)

Address Addis Ababa,
Yeka Sub-city, Kebele 08
* 26643 code 1000
( +251-111-187467/627296/
+251-111-1636400/01
E-mail: rado@telecom.net.et
Target Groups Persons with physical disability, intellectual disability, and leprosy
Services Educational rehabilitation and support
Vocational training on tailoring and shoe-making
Tea and breakfast for the students
37
Rehabilitation and Prevention Initiative against Disability (RAPID)
Name of organization Rehabilitation and Prevention Initiative against Disability

(RAPED)
Address Addis Ababa, (Yeka Sub-city, Gurara area)
* 58214
( +251-111-238847
Services Community-based rehabilitation
Economic rehabilitation (income generating programs)
Educational rehabilitation
Salu self Help Blind and Handicapped Association
Name of organization Salu self Help Blind and Handicapped Association

Address Addis Ababa
Sub-city: Nifas Silk Lafot
Kebele:02/03
House number:800
* 40368
( +251-11-3724696
Fax: +251-11-3724697
E-mail: sshbha@ethionet
Website: www.salushbha.org
Ato Mezemir Belete Acting General Manager
Target group Persons with disabilities
Services Provision of vocational skills training and rehabilitation
Conducting skills training and rehabilitation program
Inclusion of persons with disabilities in mainstream HIV/AIDS

prevention and control interventions
Conducting a business and entrepreneurship skills training
38
Society for Rehabilitation of the Blind and Handicapped
Name of Organization Society for Rehabilitation of the Blind and Handicapped

Address Addis Ababa, Arada Sub City
* 23984
( +251-11-563866
Target Groups Persons with blindness, deafness and physical disability (age 25-70)
Services Employment opportunity for PwDs: in producing carpet, bricks
household furniture, brush and broom
Institutional rehabilitation
Care and support for PLWHA
Fight against direct and indirect causes of HIV such as poverty,

unemployment and commercial sex work
Teklegenet Foundation Prosthetic and Orthopaedic Equipments Production and

Repair Centre
Name of organization Teklegenet Foundation Prosthetic and Orthopaedic

Equipments Production and Repair Centre
Address Addis Ababa
* 28099
( +251-911-640299
E-mail: genetfound@yahoo.com
Target group Persons with physical disability
Services Production of multi-speed tricycle
Production of crutches (wooden crutch and metal crutch)
Repairs of appliances
39
Victory Special School for the Deaf
Name of Organization Victory Special School for the Deaf

Yeka Sub City, Kebele 08
* 2668 code 1000
Target Groups Children with deafness
Services Educational rehabilitation (from preschool up to grade 5): six
classrooms and eight instructors teaching sixty two deaf students.
Vocational training (on tailoring and shoe-making)
Tea and breakfast for the students
Uniforms and exercise books for some students
Wusate Birhan Abera Music Training Center for Visually Impaired
Name of organization Wusate Birhan Abera Music Training Center for

visually impaired
Address Addis Ababa
Sub-city: Arada
Kebele:13/14
House number:408
* 27436 code1000
( +251-111-234098
E-mail: wesate.birhan@ethionet.et
Website: www.wesatebirhan.org.et
Ato Getahun Abebe, G/Manager
Target group Persons with visual impairment
Services Musical training
40
3. International Agencies
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Name of Organization ILO

Address Addis Ababa
* 2788 Addis Ababa
( +251-11-5536374
Fax: +251-11-5513633
E-mail: addisababa@ilo.org
Website: www.ilo.org
Ato Fantahun Melles

Target Groups DPOs, GOs and NGOs working on disability mainstreaming
Services Knowledge sharing
Capacity Building
Policy advice
Entrepreneurship Development and disability mainstreaming
41
4. Health and Education Institutions
4.1 Health Institutions
4.1.1 Governmental and Non-Governmental Health Institutions
ALERT Hospital
Name of Organization Alert Hospital

Address Addis Ababa
* 165
( +251-11-3211335
Email: leprocytb@ethionet.et
Target Groups Persons affected by leprosy with physical disability and blindness
Services General medical service (diagnosis and treatment)
Ophthalmic services up to specialized eye care
Surgical services including plastic surgery for physical disabilities
Occupational therapy
Physical rehabilitation: works producing orthopaedic appliances like
shoes and crutch
Counselling
Ammanuel Specialized Mental Hospital
Name of Organization Ammanuel Specialized Mental Hospital

Address Addis Ababa
( +251-11-2757699
E-mail : chi@ethionet.et
Target Groups Persons with psychiatric illness
Services Psychiatric treatments (outpatient and inpatient)
Follow –up service to patients
Family educational on mental health
Substance detoxification
Forensics services
Rehabilitation service at Gefersa rehabilitation centre
42
Black Lion Hospital
Name of Organization Black Lion Hospital

Address Addis Ababa
( +251-11-5511211
Services Physiotherapy
Neurology care
Orthopaedic surgery
Amputation
External fixation
Intramedullar nailing
Postenomedial release
POP for club feet correction and major ear operation
Dermatological services like treatment of leprosy
Other medical services
Health education
CURE Ethiopia Children’s Hospital (CECH)
Name of Organization Cure International-Ethiopia

Address Addis Ababa, Hamle Park, Gerji area
* +21634 code 1000
( +251-11-467-3323
E-mail: info@cureethiopia.org
Website: http://cure.org/hospitals/ethiopia/
Target Groups Persons with physical disability (emphasis on children)

Services Orthopaedic surgery to correct contracture, deformity, metabolic
home diseases and bone
Infections physiotherapy
Provision of mobility appliances
Outreach clinic (at Black Lion and Korea Hospitals)Spiritual healing
of children with disabilities and their families bible education
43
Fistula Hospital
Name of Organization Fistula Hospital

Address Addis Ababa, Lideta Sub City
( +251-11-3716544
Target Groups Women fistula patients in Addis Ababa
Services Provision of medical and surgical treatment for fistula
Physiotherapy for nerve, joint and bone injuries
Handicraft works
Reading and writing lessons
Psychological supports
Menelik II Hospital
Name of Organization Menelik II Hospital

Address Addis Ababa
( +251-911-234039
Services Eye surgeries and eye bank
Primary ear care and minor ear operations
Surgical/ orthopaedic management for post polio paralysis, club
foot, and trauma
Other medical services
44
Yekatit 12 Hospital
Name of Organization Yekatit 12 Hospital

Address Addis Ababa
( +251-11-566486
Target Groups Persons with physical disability, blindness, deafness, and cleft lip and
palate
Services Post – injury exercise rehabilitation
Injury prevention teaching and heath educational
Care for burn patients
Cleft for burn patients
Cleft lip and palate operation and rehabilitation
Primary ear care, minor ear operation. and major ear operation
Other medical services including and ophthalmologic services
4.1.2 Non Governmental institution
Alemachin
Name of Organization Alemachin

Address Addis Ababa, Gulele Sub City
( 011-7752713
Target Groups Persons with cleft lip, burns, knock knee and club feet ( 5 to12 years
of age )
Services Temporary shelter for children with a disability under 14 getting
referral services.
Surgical correction of cleft lip, burns, knock knee and club feet
Covers the cost of medical treatment for children with disability

under 14
45
Fitsum Physical Rehabilitation Special Clinic
Name of Organization Fitsum Physical Rehabilitation Special Clinic

Address Addis Ababa
( +251-116-46340
Target Groups Persons with physical disability
Services Physical rehabilitation
Active exercise
Passive exercise
Coordination and balancing
Activity of daily living
Gait training
Electrical therapy
Massage
Manipulation
Traction
Positioning
Correction of club feet by POP
Gefersa Waiting for Mentally III
Name of Organization Gefersa Waiting for Mentally III

Address Addis Ababa, Burayu
Target Groups Persons with physical disabilities
Services Institutional rehabilitation
Medical rehabilitation : psychiatric treatment and counselling

services
Vocational training
46
Just Physiotherapy Clinic
Name of Organization Just Physiotherapy Clinic

Near Imperial Hotel, in front of Dashen Bank

Target Groups Persons with physical disability and neurological problems
Services Physiotherapy
Physical exercise
Massage
Sauna bath and steam bath
4.2 Educational Institutions
Akaki Government School
Name of Organization Akaki Government School

Address Addis Ababa, Akaki
Target Groups Persons with any disability
Services Education (up to grade4): at the time of data collection, the school
had two special needs classrooms, three teachers and fifty
students with disability
Alfa Person with Hearing Impairments School
Name of Organization Alfa Person with Hearing Impairments School

Address Addis Ababa
* 39108
( +251-11-1183496
Target Groups Persons with hearing impairment
Services Special regular education
Vocational skills training
Sign language training for parents
47
Betekihnet School
Name of Organization Betekihnet School

Address Addis Ababa
* 1442
Target Groups Persons with intellectual disability, deafness and physical disability
(under 24 years of age)
Services Educational rehabilitation (Grade 1-8):
At the time of data collection, the school had twenty disabled
students but did not have special needs instructors and dedicated
special classrooms
Music
Arts training
Vocational training
Belay Zeleke School
Name of Organization Belay Zeleke School

Gulele Sub City, Kebele 09/15

Target Groups Children with intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, deafness and post
polio paralysis (between 6-20 Years of age)
Services Educational rehabilitation (up to grade): at the time of data collection,
the school had one special needs classroom and two special
needs instructors teaching 32 disabled student
48
CBISDO School for Children with Intellectual Disability
Name of Organization Community Based Integrated Sustainable

Development Organization (CBISDO) School for
Children with intellectual disability
Address Addis Ababa
(+ 251 111 156375
Fax: +251 111 512177

Target Groups Persons with intellectual disabilities
Services Education
Church of Christ School for the Deaf
Name of Organization Church of Christ School for the Deaf

Address Addis Ababa
* 3147
( +251-11-3710981
Target Groups Persons with deafness
Services Education for the deaf (grades 1-8)
Sign language training for families of the deaf
Awareness raising campaign
Hearing test for the deaf
Institutional support for some deaf students
At the time of data collection, there were eight hundred students

getting educational rehabilitation with the help of forty six
instructors.
49
Entoto Technical,Vocational, and Educational Training College
Name of Organization Entoto Technical,Vocational, and
Educational Training College

Address Addis Ababa, Nigeria Street
* 1033
( +251-111-238766
Email: derebelechew@yahoo.com
Target Groups Persons with blindness and deafness
Services Vocational training at different levels (10+1, 10+2, and 10+3).
(PWDS mainly deaf and blind can attend classes in an integrated
classrooms)
Ethiopian Evangelical Church of Mekane Yesus Social and Educational Program for
the Deaf (EECMY-SEP Deaf)
Name of Organization Ethiopian Evangelical Church of Mekane Yesus Social

and Educational Program for the Deaf (EECMY-SEP
Deaf)
Address Addis Ababa
* 2397
( +251-91-1411434
E-mail: mekonen.multa@felm.org
Target Groups Persons with deafness or hearing disability
Services Education for the deaf: there is a school for the deaf located in
Hosanna (primary to secondary education) providing services
to one hundred and sixty deaf students at present.
Social services for the deaf like counselling help in finding job or
further studies, spiritual service, interpretation etc.
Capacity building training for special needs teachers of the deaf all
over country
50
Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus – Center for Mentally Challenged
Children (EECM-CMCC)
Name of Organization Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus - Center

for Mentally Challenged Children (EECM-CMCC)
Address Addis Ababa
* 7006
( +251-113-210002
E-mail: eecmy-cmcc@ethionet.et
Website: www.eecmy-cmcc.net
Target Groups Children with intellectual disabilities and their parents
Services Education
Life and vocational training
Felege Yordanos Primary Public School
Name of Organization Felege Yordanos Primary Public School

Address Addis Ababa
Cherkos area
Target Groups Persons with any of disability
Services Vocational training
Educational service: at the time of data collection, the school

had one special needs classroom and one instructor
teaching six students with mental retardation
Recreational games and films
51
Kokebe Tsibah School for Mentally Retarded Children and Youth
Name of Organization Kokebe Tsibah School for Mentally Retarded Children

and Youth
Address Addis Ababa
* 30272
( +251-11-6182167
Services Identification of the type of intellectual disability and notify to
parents on the situation of the child
Train intellectually disabled children in regular classes
Provide training such as sewing, woodwork and gardening skills
Lideta Peter Primary School
Name of Organization Lideta Peter Primary School :

Address Addis Ababa
( +251-114-166787
Target Groups Persons with any type of disability along with able students
Services Education (up to grade 4): there is one special classroom and 2
instructor teaching 6 student with disability
Awareness training
Awareness training about disability for students through disability
club
Medical rehabilitation with ADV and 10% contribution from the
school community
Lideta Selam School
Name of Organization Lideta Selam School

Lideta Sub City

Target Groups Children with intellectual disabilities
Services Educational rehabilitation: the school had one special classroom
and one instructor teaching eight students with intellectual
disabilities
Awareness raising in the school community
52
Menelik II Primary School
Name of Organization Menelik II Primary School

Address Addis Ababa
( +251-11-1232866
Target Groups Persons with deafness or blindness
Services Sign language training for the deaf
Education for the blind
Vocational education for persons with disabilities especially deaf

students
Awareness raising of students on HIV/AIDS
Menelik II Secondary School
Name of Organization Menelik II Secondary School

Address Addis Ababa
Arat Killo Area

Target Groups Persons with deafness or blindness
Services Sign language training for the deaf
Education for the blind
Sibstie Negasi School
Name of Organization Sibstie Negasi School

Address Addis Ababa, Nefas Silk Lafto Sub City, near Joseph Church
Services Educational rehabilitation: at the time of data collection, the school
had one special needs classroom and two instructors teaching
ten (7 male and 3 female) students with mental retardation
53
Yekatit 23 Elementary School
Name of Organization Yekatit 23 Elementary School

Addis Ketema Sub City, Kebele 06

Target Groups Persons with mental retardation (6-16 Years) and deafness
Services Educational rehabilitation (up to grade 4): at the time of data
collection, the school had eight special needs classrooms (6
for deaf and 2 for mentally retarded students), and thirteen
instructors teaching one hundred and twenty three disabled
students
Zerfeshwal Schools for the Intellectually Disabled Children
Name of Organization Zerfeshwal Schools for the Intellectually Disabled

Children
Address Addis Ababa
Target Groups Persons with intellectual disabilities (under 20 years of age)
Services Educational rehabilitation for students with intellectual disabilities
Vocational training (on carpet-making, gardening)
Awareness raising for teachers
54
5. Private Institutions
Addis Household and Office Furniture Production Centre
Name of organization Addis Household and Office Furniture Production

Center
* 3097
( +251-111-238847
Services Vocational rehabilitation (in weaving, metallurgy, and woodwork):
At the time of data collection, there were three classrooms
and three instructors providing the training to one hundred
and fifty students (PwDs and non-PwDs)
Economic rehabilitation: Employment for ex-leprosy patients in

the enterprise
Myungsung Christian Center (Korea Hospital)
Name of Organization Myungsung Christian Center (Korea Hospital)

Address Addis Ababa, Bole Sub City, Kebele 11
* 15478
( +251-116-295420
Services General medical services
Physiotherapy
Hydrocephalus operation and shunt
Orthopaedic operation
55
6. Details on ENDAN Member Organizations
Addis Ababa City Administration Leprosy Victims and Disabled Rehabilitation

Association
Name of organization: Addis Ababa City Administration Leprosy Victims

(State specific department, if and Disabled Rehabilitation Association
applicable)
Identity: Ethiopian Residents Society
Date of Establishment: 1993
Registration and/or re- Re-registration Date: January 6, 2010

registration date and
Number:1396
number: (if applicable)
Address: Addis Ababa
Sub-city: kolfe keranio
Kebele:02/03
House Number:3602
( +251-11- 3211383
Constituents (number and 41 staff members with different professions
characteristics):
Target groups: Persons affected by leprosy(2000 active members)
Number, Location, The association is working in Addis Ababa city administration
and Characteristics of
Beneficiaries
(For the different kinds of activities
and services)
Activities/Services: 1) Social rehabilitation, income generating activities (like grain
milling and serial shop, animal fodder production, edible oil
(List ongoing, planned activities and production, restaurant, and cafeteria services etc) and engage
services by component) members in to various income generating activities.
2) Works on education and training for very disadvantaged and
poor families, provides various support to elders and female
house hold heads that are unable to send their children to
school
3) Gives stipend for severely old and disabled members by
leprosy and can’t be engaged in any form of income generating
activities.
56
Collaborators and Funding Ethiopian National Association of Person Affected by
Partners Leprosy
American Embassy
(provide list of organizations and Netherlands Embassy
other stakeholders) Embassy of Canada
The Leprosy Mission new Zealand
The Leprosy Mission England and Wales
Addis Hiwot Centre of the Blind
Name of organization: Addis Hiwot Centre of the Blind
(State specific department, if

applicable)
Identity: Ethiopian Residents Charity
Date of Establishment: May, 2000
Registration and/or re- Re-registration Date: November 5, 2009
Number:0231
number:
(if applicable)
Sub-city: Arada
Kebele: 11/12
House number: 484
* 31655
( +251-11-1-118589
Fax +251- 111-118589
Name and Position of W/ Asegdache Tefra
Contact Person:
Address of Contact Person: * 31655
( +251-11-1-118589
Fax +251- 111-118589
Constituents (number and Individuals who lost their eye sight in post-childhood period
characteristics): or as adults 300 in number.
Target groups: Individuals who lost their eye sight in post-childhood period
or as adults
57
Number, Location, 300, Addis Ababa, persons who lost their eye sight in post-
and Characteristics of childhood period or as adults
Beneficiaries
and services)
Activities/Services: Library service: provision of library services in accessible way
including books, scanners, recording machine
(List ongoing, planned activities and Under the Inclusive HIV/AIDS project the centre is:
services by component) Conducting workshops on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and
the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMCT)
for a total of 400 beneficiaries. These include about 300
registered members of the Centre, close relatives and other
selected community members. In addition, provision of
trainings on HIV/AIDS and Reproductive health for a total
of 140 members of the Centre
The provision of VCT service to a total of 300 beneficiar-
ies. The target group includes registered members of the
Centre and close relatives not reached in the first phase
as well as members who need strengthened and continued
access to the service
The provision of care and support service to ten members of
the Centre identified to be HIV positive and in need of as-
sistance in the first phase of the project. The planned care
and support service package encompasses the training of
two home based care givers and the facilitation of access to
care and support providers by setting up a referral system
Reinforcement of the project impacts through the organization,
production and dissemination of the information obtained
during the workshops and trainings, as well as from other
sources in Braille and audio formats.
3) Basic Braille Literacy: the centre provides
Braille literacy for 40 blind members of the Centre
Orientation and Mobility skills training for 40 members of the
Centre
Psychosocial counselling on late visually impairment for members
who are in need of the service
Provision of audio Braille library service for all members of the
Centre and other blind people
Procurement of audio cassette, Braille paper, and guide cane
Leadership and management skill training and awareness raising
work shop on late visual impairment
58
Collaborators and Funding Christian Blind Mission
Partners
Embassy of Finland
(provide list of organizations and Dark and Light Blind Care
other stakeholders)
Bako and Addis Ababa Vision for the Blind and the Needy Association (BAVBNA)
Name of organization: Bako and Addis Ababa Vision for the Blind and the
Needy Association (BAVBNA)
applicable)
Registration and/or re- Re-registration Date: October 2009
Number: 0854
number:
(if applicable)
Sub-city: Gullele
Kebele: 02
House number: 1702
( +251-913-141242
Name and Position of Ato Aweke Ejigayehu, General Manager
Contact Person:
Address of Contact Person: ( +251-913-141242
Target groups: The blind and needy disabled person
Number, Location, Addis Ababa And Bako
Beneficiaries
and services)
59
Activities/Services: ICT training
Assisting of 22 people
(List ongoing, planned activities and
services by component) Giving awareness about HIV/AIDS, sending children to
school
Collaborators and Funding Swedish people
Partners
(provide list of organizations and
other stakeholders)
Birhan Taye in ALERT Compound Leprosy Disabled Persons Self-Help work Group
Name of organization: Birhan Taye in ALERT Compound Leprosy

(State specific department, if Disabled Persons Self-Help Work Group
applicable)
Identity: Ethiopian Residents Society
Date of Establishment: 1981 E.C
Registration and/or re- Re-registration Date: February 6, 2009
Number: 1401
number:(if applicable)
Sub-city: Kolfe keranio in ALERT Compound
* 165
( +251-11-3211518
E-mail: cwondi@yahoo.com
Name and Position of Ato Shewatatek Tafesse, Chairperson
Contact Person:
( +251-11-3211518
E-mail: cwondi@yahoo.com
60
Constituents (number and Chairman
characteristics): Deputy chairman
Accountant
Cashier
Store keeper
Secretary
Designer head
Sales person
Target groups: Persons Affected by Leprosy
Number, Location, Addis Ababa City administration
Beneficiaries

and services)
Activities/Services: Delivering training to leprosy affected persons on hand craft
production
services by component) Encouraging members to engage with household production
and business activities
Collaborators and Funding German Leprosy and TB Relief Association
Partners
Ethiopian National Disability Action Network/ENDAN
other stakeholders)
Cheshire Foundation - Action for Inclusion
Name of organization: Cheshire Foundation Action for Inclusion/CF-AI

applicable)
Identity: Ethiopian Resident Charity
Number: 0298
61
Address: Addis Ababa,
Sub-city: Nifas Silk Lafto
* 31938
( +251-1-32113869
Fax +251-1-3213879
E-mail cheshirefoundation@ethionet.et
Website www.cheshirefoundation.com
Name and Position of Ato kedir Mohammed, Executive director
Contact Person:
( +251-1-32113869
Fax +251-1-3213879
E-mail cheshirefoundation@ethionet.et
Target groups: Person with all types of disabilities
Number, Location, Addis Ababa City Administration –in Gulele , Arada and
and Characteristics of Nifasilk lafto sub cities
Beneficiaries Amhar Region – in Bahir Dar, Dessie and Kombolcha and
(For the different kinds of activities Oromiya region – in Jimma and Agaro
and services)
Activities/Services: Disability prevention - health, awareness education, water
and sanitation, family planning and reproductive health
(List ongoing, planned activities and etc
services by component)
Rehabilitation – home to home counselling and
physiotherapy, medical and assistive devises education
support, vocational and basic business management skill
training and business start-up capital with the necessary
monitoring and follow up services
Inclusion/Integration - reducing the existing physical, social
and cultural barriers, creating access to economic
empowerment opportunities , networking with other
development partners conduct different community
conversations to remove the exiting wrong perceptions
towards disability and create better opportunities for
PwDs to reveal their potential, support community and
school clubs working for the inclusion of PwDs
62
Collaborators and Funding Social Welfare Directorate of Ministry of Labour and
Partners Social Affairs (MOLSA)
(provide list of organizations and Regional Bureau of Labour and Social Affairs
other stakeholders) Christian Relief and Development Association (CRDA)
Ethiopian National Disability Action Network (ENDAN)
Community Based rehabilitation Network (CBRN-E)
Cheshire Services Ethiopia
Name of organization: Cheshire Services Ethiopia

applicable)
Identity: Ethiopian Resident Charities
Number: 0505
number:
(if applicable)
✉ 34270
( +251-11-6466862/64 66 863
Fax: +251-11-6466848
Webs
ite:http://cheshireservicesethiopia.org/
Name and Position of Ato Gebremedhin Bekele, Executive Director

Contact Person:
( +251-11-6466862/64 66 863
Fax: +251-11-6466848
Target groups: Children with disabilities and their parents
Number, Location, Addis Ababa, Menagesha, Hawassa, Harar and Dire dawa.
Beneficiaries
and services)
63
Activities/Services: Provides orthopaedic and social rehabilitation through
Menagesha Rehabilitation Centre. Menagesha Rehabilitation
(List ongoing, planned activities and Centre supplies a comprehensive range of treatments
services by component) including walking aids, artificial limbs, physiotherapy,
counselling and social rehabilitation as well as education
facilities and recreational activities for the children
Outpatients Department- offers orthopaedic treatment to
young people and adults as well as a counselling service to
help patients overcome social and physical barriers they
may face due to their disability
Orthopaedic Workshop- make prosthetic limbs, walking aids
and customised shoes
Outreach Programme- travels directly to rural and distant
communities to provide orthopaedic treatment and
diagnosis
Community Based Rehabilitation Program- brings together
persons with disabilities, parents and rehabilitation workers
to improve the lives of children with developmental, physical
and sensory disorders. Skills for essential daily activities
such as proper positioning, feeding, bathing and dressing
are provided. Other services include mobility orientation
for the visually impaired, sign language for hearing impaired
and simple exercise therapy.
Collaborators and Funding Leonard Cheshire International UK
Partners
other stakeholders)
Cheshire Services Ethiopia, Addis Ababa CBR project

Kebena area
* 3427
( +251-11-1234797
Services Home-based rehabilitation for children with disabilities
Awareness raising and capacity building training for parents,
teachers, and other community members
Early identification of impairment/disability
Provision of medical and rehabilitation aids subsidies
Vocational skill training sponsorship
Educational support: At the time of data collection, seventy
six PwDs were being supported in inclusive education in
locally available schools
Production and provision of rehabilitation aids such as special
shoe
Income generating programs
64
Ethiopian Centre for Disability and Development (ECDD)
Name of Ethiopian Centre for Disability and Development (ECDD)

organization:
(State specific
department, if
applicable)
Date of December 29, 2005

Establishment:
Registration date Re-registration Date: November 3, 2009
and number: (if
Number: 0321
applicable)
Sub-city: Kirkos
Kebele: 19
House number: 015
* 1530 code 1250
( +251-11-5545568/69
Fax: +251-11-554-5570
E-mai: info@ecdd-ethiopia.org
Website: http://www.ecdd-ethiopia.org
Name of Contact W/t Yetnebersh Nigussie, Program Manager
Person:
Address of Contact * 1530 code 1250
Person:
( +251-11-5545568/69
Fax: +251-11-554-5570
E-mai: etegeyet@yahoo.com or
info@ecdd-ethiopia.org
65
C o n s t i t u e n t s At present, ECDD has more than 66 individual members throughout 5
(number and regions of the country. These members are drawn from different
characteristics): government, non-government and private institutions.
About one-third of the members are PwDs and families of persons

with disabilities. The association has seven board members in which
more than 50% are persons with disabilities. The board is chaired
by a visually impaired woman and there are more than 50% female
members in the board.
Target groups: Disabled Persons Organizations and Self-help Groups,
Staff members of different GOs and NGOs,
Building owners, architects and urban planners,
Human resource managers of different private and public companies,
Prospective graduates, job seekers and Athletes with disabilities,
GO and NGO service providers and educators working on family

planning and reproductive health services,
Micro-finance institution’s
Staff members,
66
Number, Location, Disability Awareness Training for 120 private and public human resource
and Characteristics managers in Addis Ababa,
Inclusive Development Training for 120 developmental NGO staff
of Beneficiaries
members(60 Addis Ababa, 30 Oromia, 30 SNNP),
(For the different Disability Awareness Training for 60 staff members of microfinance
institutions (30 Addis Ababa, 15 Oromia, 15 SNNP),
kinds of activities and
Psychosocial training for 100 prospect graduates of Addis Ababa University
services)
with disabilities in Addis Ababa,
Equip with sport materials for 212 Athletes with disabilities in Addis Ababa,
Organize five self-help groups of persons with disabilities each consisting 20
members and provide them with start-up capital,
Organize job fair in which 450 job seekers with disabilities have participated
and a number of employers have also taken part,
Accessibility information seminar for 327 Building owners, Architects and
Urban planners in Addis Ababa,
Surveying on the accessibility of 600 selected public buildings and services
to people with disabilities in Addis Ababa has been conducted.
Disability Awareness and Inclusive development training for 100 staff
members of GOs and NGOs,
Inclusive family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH) services for 360
staff members of FP and RH service providers and educators of GOs and
NGOS,
Inclusive development for 48 staff members GOs and NGOs in Amhara and
Tigray regions and out of which 14 are persons with disabilities,
Inclusive Micro and Small-scale Enterprises Development (MSED) training
for 37 staff members of GOs and NGOs,
Inclusive micro-finance services training for 20 representatives of MSE
promotion agencies, TVET bureau, credit and saving unions , micro finance
institutions and representatives of disabled persons organizations (DPOs)
in Addis Ababa,
Access to the mainstream micro-finance services for 15 assistant facilitators
of ECDD in Addis Ababa,
Financial grant and technical assistance for 36 DPOs located in Addis
Ababa, Amhara, Oromia and SNNP regions. Majority of the beneficiaries
are persons with disabilities, their family members and other non-disabled
persons.
67
Activities/Services: Economic Empowerment of PwDs
Provide technical and financial support to the Addis Ababa University
(List ongoing, planned
Disability and Career Development Centre (DCDC)
activities and services
by component) Inclusive Development Training
Inclusive Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services
Disability Inclusion Support Service
Improving the Employability of People with Disabilities
Research works
Disability Information Service Centre
Collaborators and Social Welfare Directorate of Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Funding Partners (MOLSA)
Regional Bureau of Labour and Social Affairs
(provide list of
organizations and Christian Relief and Development Association (CRDA)
other stakeholders) Ethiopian National Disability Action Network (ENDAN)
Poverty Action Network of Civil Society in Ethiopia (PANE)
Ethiopian Network of Organizations of/the Visually Impaired and
Blind (ENOVIB)
Federation of Ethiopian National Associations of Persons with
Disabilities (FENAPD)
Abilis Foundation
African Child policy Forum (ACPF)
Light for the World
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
Dark and Light Netherlands
ILO Ethiopia
NIA Foundation Ethiopia and Packard Foundation USA
Threshold Association
68
Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekaneyesus Children with Intellectual Disability
Center (EECM-CMCC)
Name of organization: Ethiopian Evangelical Mekane Yesus - Center for

Mentally Challenged Children (EEMY-CMCC)
applicable)
Number: 0397
number:
(if applicable)
* 7006
( +251-11-210002
Website: www.eecmy-cmcc.net
Name and Position of W/ro Adanech Mekonnen, Coordinator
Contact Person:
( +251-11-3210002
Target groups: Children with intellectual disabilities and their parents
Number, Location, Addis Ababa
Beneficiaries
and services)
Activities/Services: Education for intellectually disabled children and their
parents
services by component) Life and vocational training in the field or sewing, embroidery,
dying, and printing; gardening and animal rearing; petty
trade; and, local food preparation
Awareness raising activities about intellectual disability
Collaborators and Funding KNH
Partners Church of Sweden
(provide list of organizations and Lydian fund
other stakeholders)
69
Ethiopians for Ethiopians (EFE)
Name of organization: Ethiopians for Ethiopians (EFE)

applicable)
Date of Establishment: December 2, 2004
Registration and/or re- Re-registration Date: November 9/2009
Number: 1024
number:
(if applicable)
Sub-city: Arada
Kebele: 13/14
House Number: Ambachew Tessema Building, 552/1
* 4509
( +251-11-1246683/84
E-mail: efeeorg@yahoo.com or enquires@

ethiopiansforethiopiansaddis.org
Website:www.ethiopiansforethiopiansaddis.org
Name and Position of Ato Emyshitaw Tessema
Contact Person:
( +251-11-1246683/84
E-mail: emyshitawt@yahoo.com
Constituents (number and The constituents of EFE are persons with disability.
characteristics):
Target groups: Persons with disability
Number, Location, More than five thousand beneficiaries have been benefitting
and Characteristics of from the projects undertaken by EFE so far. However, it is
Beneficiaries very difficult to put the number of beneficiaries in number
in the case where EFE has undertaken its vital activities
(For the different kinds of activities through media. The location where the beneficiaries are
and services) mostly in Addis Ababa.
70
Activities/Services: Women empowerment: focusing on particularly women and
girls with visual impairment and blind
services by component) Health program that EFE addresses persons with disability
on prevention and control of HIV-AIDS and reproductive
health and other related problems.
E-Project: providing capacity building training on computer

literacy to persons with visual impairment and blind
together with other sighted people through its inclusive
Computer training centre.
Educational program: where persons especially women and

girls with visual impairment and blind get support at higher
education levels.
Awareness creation program: where EFE creates awareness

to the public at large and to the persons with disability
themselves about HIV-AIDS prevention and control,
reproductive health, disability, social problems, preferable
solutions to problems, ETC. Through electronic media,
Radio, posters, leaflets, workshops, youth dialogues,
community conversations, trainings, ETC.
Internet Service Program: where persons with visual impairment

and others whether they are persons with disability or not
equally get the internet service, the service being the first
service provision in the country at private level for the first
time.
71
Collaborators and Funding PACT-SIDA
Partners Dark and light blind care
(provide list of organizations and other Network of organizations of/for visually impaired and blind
stakeholders) (NOVIB)
ECDD/Abilis Foundation
Consortium of reproductive health association
Ethiopian National Disability Action Network /ENDAN/
CBR Africa
Network for Integrated Development
Ethiopians Communication Technology Development Agency
(ECTAD)
Help For Persons with Disability Organization (HPDO)
Addis Hiwot Centre for the Blind
Ethiopian National Association for the Blind (ENAB)
Information Technology Development association (ITDA)
Gullele Sub-city HIV-AIDS Prevention and control Office
(HAPCO)
Addis Ababa Civil and Social Affairs
Ministry of Civil and Social Affairs
Charities and Societies Agency
Ethiopian National Association on Intellectual Disabilities (ENAID)
Name of organization: Ethiopian National Association on Intellectual

Disabilities ( ENAID)
applicable)
Identity: Ethiopian Residents Charities
Registration and/or re- Re-registration Date: October 28,2009
registration date and number:
Number: 0258
(if applicable)
72
Sub-city: Bole
Kebele:04/06/07
House Number:026
* 14457
( +251-11-6631866
Website:www.intellectualdisabilitesethiopia.org
Name and Position of W/ro Tsige Amberbir, General Manager
Contact Person:
( +251-11-6631866
Constituents (number and In Addis Ababa there are 16 staffs which include general
characteristics): Manager physiotherapist, accountant, vocational trainer, public
relation officer, support staffs, care takers, administrator and a
counsellor. The association has also branch Association in the
following regions:
Amhara region in Desse and Bahir Dar
Oromya region in Lekemit, Nazret and Debrezeyt.
SNNPR region in Hawassa
Somallie region in Jijiga
Tigray region in Mekele

Number, Location, Children and Youth with Intellectual disabilities and their
and Characteristics of families in Addis Ababa and 5 regions in Ethiopia. Types: Mild,
Beneficiaries Moderate and Profound intellectual disabilities.

and services)
73
Activities/Services: Provision of Amharic reading and writing classes, health
education
services by component) Physiotherapy is also provided for those Children with
intellectual disability who have associated physical
disabilities, as well as Speech Therapy.
Vocational training, namely weaving, knitting, carpet making

and bamboo work for the creation of furnishings. Aims
to enable clients to become self-sufficient through
income generation.
Parents have also been included in training for income

generation, ENAID also provides money to start up
business ventures
Networking and building links with Government and Non-

Government Organizations (NGOs)
Awareness raising and training programs through seminars,

workshops and public meetings, with the community,
religious leaders, school teachers and students, youth
groups, families of children with intellectual disability.
Conducting programs on HIV/ AIDS prevention and

reproductive health
Collaborators and Funding Inclusion International
Partners Inclusion Africa
(provide list of organizations and Save the Children Sweden

other stakeholders) Comitato Collaborazione Medica
Ethiopian National Disability Action Network
Federation of Ethiopian National Association on Person
with Disabilities
CCRDA
Handicap National
CBR Network Ethiopia
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Ministry of Education
74
Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf (ENAD)
Name of organization: Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf

(ENAD)
applicable)
Registration and/or re- Re-registration Date: February 8/2010
Number: 1453
number:
(if applicable)
* 21359
( +251-11-222517
Fax: +251-11-222516
Name and Position of Ato Abreham lelay, vice president
Contact Person:
( +251-11-222517
Fax: +251-11-222516
Target groups: Persons with hearing impairment throughout the country
Activities/Services: Distribute hearing aids
(List ongoing, planned activities and Audiometric service

services by component) Free medical care and referral for members
Awareness raising
Provide sign language interpreter service to individuals and
institutions
Preschool service for the deaf
Gender and women disability training
Empowerments training
HIV/AIDS training
Vocational training
Collaborators and Funding Governmental and non Governmental organizations
Partners
other stakeholders)
75
Ethiopian National Association of Persons Affected by Leprosy (ENAPAL)
Name of organization: Ethiopian National Association of Persons Affected

by Leprosy (ENAPAL)
applicable)

Registration and/or re- Re-registration Date: October 24, 2009
Number:0100
number:
(if applicable)
Sub-city: Kolfe Keranio
Kebele: 02/03
* 70811
( +251-11-3211503
Fax +251-11-3211502
Website:www.enapal.org
Name and Position of Ato Menberu Adane, Managing Director
Contact Person:
( +251-11-3211503
Fax +251-11-3211502
Constituents (number and 63 local branch associations in 7 regions
characteristics):
Target groups: Persons affected by Leprosy
Number, Location, 15,000 members in 63 local associations in Addis Ababa

and Characteristics of and Dire Dawa city admistration, Amhara, Oromiya, Tigray,
Beneficiaries SNNPRS and Harari, regions

and services)
76
Activities/Services: Awareness raising
(List ongoing, planned activities and socio-Economic rehabilitation

services by component) Capacity building
Collaborators and Funding ALERT
Partners
TLM
(provide list of organizations and Habitat
other stakeholders)
Sasakawa
German Leprosy and TB Relief Association (GLRA)
Name of organization: German Leprosy and TB Relief Association

applicable)
Identity: Foreign charity

Number: 0049
Address: Sub-city: Kolfe Keranio
Kebele: 01/05
House number: ALERT Compound
* 5033
( +251-11-3211344
Fax: +251-11-3213470
Name and Position of Ato Ahmed Mohammed, Country Representative
Contact Person:
( +251-11-3211344
Fax: +251-11-3213470
Target groups: Persons affected and disabled by leprosy
77
Number, Location, Over 10,000 persons affected by leprosy and family members
and Characteristics of in Tigray, Amhara, Oromiya, SNNPR, Addis Ababa, Harari and
Beneficiaries Dire Dawa regarding socio-economic rehabilitation and the
whole country for prevention of disability supplies.
and services)
Activities/Services: Economic empowerment though formation and support of
CBOs and SHGs
services by component) Education support
Housing support
Prevention of disability (PoD) through self care groups,
provision of orthopaedic appliances and materials
Collaborators and Funding Ministry of Health
Partners
Regional Health Bureau
German Embassy
other stakeholders)
National Leprosy Affected Association and branches
Cooperative promotion offices at grass root level
Labour and social affair offices
Name of organization: Handicap International

applicable)
Identity: Foreign Charities

Registration and/or re- Re-registration Date: November, 18, 2009
registration date and Number:0838
number:
Sub-city: Kirkos
Kebele:01
House number: H 407/11/02
* 1160
( +251-11 5514305/09
Fax: +251-11 5150872
Website:www.handicap-international.org
78
Name and Position of Mr. Matteo Caprotti,
Contact Person: Country Representative
( +251-11 5514305/09
Fax: +251-11 5150872
Target groups: Disadvantaged and most vulnerable population such as PwDs
Number, Location, 15713,
and Characteristics of Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa and Somali
Beneficiaries
Disadvantaged and most vulnerable population such as
(For the different kinds of PwDs
activities and services)
Activities/Services: Physical rehabilitation project in Dire Dawa and Somali region
City and disability project in Dire Dawa
(List ongoing, planned activities
and services by component) Capacity building and empowerment of local DPOs in Addis
Ababa
Mainstreaming disability into the existing PEPFAR HIV
initiatives
Addressing disability in Ethiopia through the development of
Physiotherapists as Human Resources for Health
Collaborators and Funding 1) Local DPOs, regional and federal Ministries such as MOLSA,
Partners and Health, local associations and International NGOS
(provide list of organizations and 2) EC, IrishAid, PEPFAR/USAID,AFD, French Embassy, Handicap
other stakeholders) International
Help for Persons with Disabilities Organization (HPDO)
Name of organization: Help for Persons Disabilities Organization

(HPDO)
applicable)
Date of Establishment: December 1994

Registration and/or re- Re-registration Date: 30 October 2009
Number: 0318
number:
(if applicable)
79
Address: Addis Ababa:
* 34711
( +251-11-1231367
E-mail: hpdo@ethionet.et
Name and Position of Ato Abebe Yehuwalawork, General Manager
Contact Person:
( +251-11-1231367
E-mail: hpdo@ethionet.et
Constituents (number and Director
characteristics): Executive secretary
HIV Program Coordinator
Inclusive Education Program Coordinator
Audiovisual and Tactile Resource Centre Coordinator
Administrator and Finance
Target groups: Physical, sensory, intellectual, autism, speech and multiple
disability
Number, Location, Addis Ababa city Administration, Oromia and Amhara regions
Beneficiaries
and services)
Activities/Services: Formal inclusive education at kindergarten and primary
school level
Non formal vocational and life skill training related to income
generating activities
Adaptive ICT training program and support services pinned
to the foundation of resources and ICT centres aimed at
creating access to information to PwDs
Home Based care ,VCT and other relevant HIV/AIDS support
services
Collaborators and Funding
Partners

other stakeholders)
80
Hope Enterprises
Name of organization: Hope Enterprise

applicable)

Number: 0452
Address: Addis Ababa, Arada Sub City,
* 30153
( +251-1 1- 34 8253
Fax: +251-1 1- 55 2638
Website: http://hopeenterprise.org
Name and Position of Ato Zenebe Ayele , Executive Director
Contact Person:
( +251-1 1- 56 3102
Fax: +251-1 1- 55 2638
Target groups: Youth, street children, PwDs and others
Number, Location, Generally, 15,772 which include street children, families of the
and Characteristics of children, youth etc. In addition to Addis Ababa, the organization
Beneficiaries is working in Dessiee, Gambella, Assosa and Harar

and services)
Activities/Services: Education: provision of educational support and non-formal
education
services by component) Basic Care: feeding centre which provides breakfast for street
children, ensures food security, either partially or fully
provide family based child care
Competence : under this component the organization is

providing vocational trainings to its target group
Sufficiency: carer planning and placement and business
development.
81
Hope for the Blind and Handicapped Rehabilitation Association
Name of organization: Hope for the Blind and Handicap Rehabilitating

Association
applicable)
Number: 0030
number:
(if applicable)
Address: Addis Ababa, Arada Sub City,
Kebele 11/12, House Number 1761
* 27045
( +251-11-222482
Name and Position of Ato Yohannes Geday, General Manager
Contact Person:
( +251-11-222482
Target groups: Person with disabilities
Number, Location, 253 members and their families
Beneficiaries
and services)
Activities/Services: Provision of vocational trainings
(List ongoing, planned activities and Producing brushes, mops, doormats, carpets, shopping bags
services by component) and others Provided Braille education
Raise the awareness of the members and their families

about disability
82
Information and Development for Persons with Disabilities Association (IDPDA)
Name of organization: Information and Development for Persons with

Disabilities Association (IDPDA)
applicable)
Number: 0305
* 15412
( +251-11-1220759/91-1404868
Name and Position of Ato Woldesenbet Birehanemeskel, General Manager
Contact Person:
Address of Contact Person: Addis Ababa
* 15412
( +251-11-1220759/91-1404868
Target groups: Persons with any type of disability
Beneficiaries
and services)
Activities/Services: To improve the information and communication access of
PwDs and empower them to participate in development
(List ongoing, planned activities and activities through awareness raising campaigns, conducting
services by component) assessment studies of the socio-economic condition of
PwDs and disseminate relevant data, improving the physical
access of PwDs through the provision of hearing and other
assistive devices,
Collaborators and Funding Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf
Partners Ethiopian National Association of the Blind
(provide list of organizations and Ethiopian National Association on Intellectual Disability
other stakeholders) Help for Person with Disability Organization
Felege Ethiopia Attention for PWD,
Negat Ethiopia
Ethiopian National Disability Action Network(ENDAN)
83
Information and Awareness of People with Disabilities (IAPD)
Name of organization: Information and Awareness of People with

Disabilities (IAPD)
applicable)

Number: 0450
* 11082
( +251-11-/91-1667331
Website: www.iapdethiopia.org
Name and Position of Ato Yoseph Hailemariam, General Manager
Contact Person:
( +251-11-6185965/91-1667331
Target groups: General public

Number, Location, Ethiopia. The organization has four fully employees and 12
and Characteristics of volunteers staffs mainly journalists
Beneficiaries
and services)
Activities/Services: Information on PwDs
(List ongoing, planned activities and Public awareness creation media effective
Collaborators and Funding Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Partners
Addis Ababa City Administration Bureau of Labour and
(provide list of organizations and Social Affairs
other stakeholders) Federal Para-Olympic committee
Ethiopian National Disability Action Network
Nia Foundation, Joy Centre for Children with Autism and Related Developmental
84
Disorder
Name of organization: Nia Foundation, Joy Centre for Children and

Related Developmental Disorder
applicable)
Date of Establishment: May 2002
Number: 0854
Sub-city: Nifas Silk Lafto Sub city
Kebele: 06/07/08
House number: 887
* 1695 code 1110
( +251-113206159/60
E-mail: info@autism.org
Website: www.ethioautism.org
Name and Position of W/ro Zemi Yenus, Managing Director
Contact Person:
Address of Contact Person: * 1695 code 1110
( +251-113206159/60
E-mail: zemiyenus@yahoo.com
Constituents (number and 1 Directress
characteristics): 1 Physiotherapist
2 Therapists
25 Caregivers and assistant caregivers

Target groups: Children with Autism and related developmental disorders
Parents of the children
Researchers in the area of Autism Spectrum Disorders
The community at large
85
Number, Location, Children with Autism and related developmental disorders,
and Characteristics of No. – 65, Location – Addis Ababa
Beneficiaries Parents of the children, No. – 130, Addis Ababa
and services)
Activities/Services: Holistic rehabilitation intervention services for children with
autism and related developmental disorders
Psychological, economic and social support to their parents
Awareness raising and research
Collaborators and Funding The Embassy of Finland
Partners Global Fund for children
(provide list of organizations and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
other stakeholders) Autism Society of Ethiopia
Oasis Blind Support Association (OBSA)
Name of organization: Oasis Blind Support Association (OBSA)

applicable)
Date of Establishment: July 16, 2004
Registration and/or re- Re-registration Date: October 30,2009
Number: 0301
Sub-city: Nefas Silk Lafto Kifle Ketema
Kebele: 15
House number: 4810
Telephone:
* 1766 code 1250
( +251-(0)11- 8401013/
+251-911-764874
E-mail: obsa.2004@gmail.com
Name and Position of Ato Moges Getenet, General Manager

Contact Person:
86
Address of Contact Person: Cell Phone: +251- 911-764874
E-mail: Obsa.2004@gmail.com
Target groups: Visually Impaired (Person with Disabilities)
Beneficiaries
and services)
Activities/Services: Education :- Library service
(List ongoing, planned activities and Health:- HIV/AIDS Prevention and intervention program
services by component) PLHIV Support and OVC Educational support
Self Help Group (SHG)

Collaborators and Funding CRDA / GENEVA GLOBAL
Partners
ENOVIB (Small Grant)
other stakeholders)
Salu Self Help Blind and Handicapped Association
Name of organization: Salu Self Help Blind and Handicapped Association

applicable)
Date of Establishment: June 1997
Registration and/or re- Re-registration Date: Nov 4/2009
Number:0409
number:
(if applicable)
87
Sub-city: Nifas Silk Lafot
Kebele: 02/03
House Number: 800
* 40368
( +251- 11-3724696
Fax: +251-11-3724697
E-mail: sshbha@ethionet.et
Website: wwwsalushbha.org
Name and Position of Ato Mezemir Belete, Acting General Manager
Contact Person:
( +251- 11-3724696
Fax: +251-11-3724697
E-mail: beletemezemir@yahoo.com
Constituents (number and Members of the Association
characteristics):
Target groups: Persons with disabilities
Number, Location, Addis Ababa,
Shashemen and
Beneficiaries
Hawassa
and services)
88
Activities/Services: Provision of vocational skills training and rehabilitation how
to making brush and mop, weaving, carpet, wood work,
(List ongoing, planned activities and and sheep fattening for PwDs in Addis Ababa every year
Conducting skills training and rehabilitation program in
urban agriculture (poultry production, sheep fattening
and raising and urban cultivation) for PwDs in Hawassa.
Rehabilitating PwDs so as to assist them start their own
business in poultry raising, small shops, tailoring and
Injera baking in Addis Ababa, Hawassa and Shashemene.
Rehabilitation and Provision of vocational skills training in
Bamboo crafts for PwDs in Hawassa
Inclusion of PwDs in mainstream HIV/AIDS prevention and
control interventions
Conducting a business and entrepreneurship skills training
for our target groups and awareness raising activities for
various state and non-state development actors so as to
create a better awareness of disability issues
Distribution of mobility appliances and assistive devices for
PwDs
Collaborators and Funding 1) Dark and Light Blind Care (Holland )
Partners 2) Manos Unidas (Spain)
(provide list of organizations and 3) TTAF (Holland)

other stakeholders) 4) ISEE Holland
5)IEFA( Ireland )etc
Yeethiopia GBS Association
Name of organization: Yeethiopia GBS Association

applicable)
Identity:
Ethiopian Residents Charity
Date of Establishment: September 03, 2008
Registration and/or re- Re-registration Date: January 12, 2010
Number: 1268
number:
(if applicable)
89
Address: Sub-city: Bole Sub City
Kebele: 07
House Number:422
* 1451 Code 1250
( +251-11-6635178
E-mail:- info@egbsa.org
Website:-www.egbsa.org
Name and Position of Ato Tedla Mekonnen, General Manager
Contact Person:
Address of Contact Person: * 1451 Code 1250
( +251-11-6635178
E-mail:- info@egbsa.org
Target groups: GBS patient and CIDP
Number, Location, 100
Beneficiaries
(For the different kinds of
activities and services)
Activities/Services: Emotional, financial and professional l support to GBS patient
and their families
(List ongoing, planned activities
and services by component) Establishment of rehabilitation centres
Collaborators and Funding UN AID agencies
Partners
German GBS initiatives
other stakeholders)
90
Wusate Birhan Abera Music Training Center for Visually Impaired
Name of organization: Wusate Birhan Abera Music Training Center for

Visually Impaired
applicable)
Date of Establishment: April 8, 2003
Registration and/or re- Re-registration Date: November 20 2009
Number:0610
Address: Addis Ababa: Arada sub city, Kebele:13/14

House number:408
* 27436/1000
( +251- 11-1234098
Website:www.wesatebirhan.org.et
Name and Position of Ato Getahun Abebe, General Manager
Contact Person:
Address of Contact Person: * 27436/1000
( +251- 11-1234098
Constituents (number and General Manger
characteristics): Administrator and Finance
Registrar
Supporting staffs
Music teacher
Target groups: Persons with visual impairment
Number, Location, 9 beneficiaries in Addis Ababa and they all graduated
Beneficiaries
and services)
Activities/Services: Making the school to include any person interested in learning
music (PwDs or non-disabled)
91

Catalogue of Organizations Providing Services For Persons With Disabilities in Addis Ababa

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Description:

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Catalogue of Organizations Providing Services For Persons With Disabilities in Addis Ababa

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Catalogue of Organizations Providing Services for

Persons with Disabilities in Addis Ababa

Ethiopian National Disability Action Network (ENDAN) is a consortium of organizations working on

Addis Ababa City Administration Education Bureau

Name of organization Addis Ababa City Administration Education Bureau

Address Addis Ababa

Sidist Kilo, in front of Janmeda

Name of organization Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau

Name of organization Ministry of Education

Web site: http://www.moe.gov.et/

Services Devise and facilitate the implementation of ways and means of

Determine and supervise the implementation of the country’s

Determine the educational curriculum

Ensure the availability of educational materials and textbooks in

Devise ways and means of providing special assistance in

devise ways and means of encouraging the provision of various

Name of Organization Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Social Welfare Development Directorate

Address Addis Ababa, Kazanchis

Kirkos Kifle Ketema, Kebele 18 Kazanchis

Draft laws, policies and guidelines

Undertake all acts necessary for the

Monitoring and evaluation

Name of organization Ministry of Health

Name of organization Ministry of Justice

Target group Whole Population

Name of organization Ministry of Revenue and Custom

Web site: http://www.erca.gov.et/

Enforce tax and custom related laws and regulations of the

Provide support to regions to harmonize federal and regional

Ministry of Transport and Communication

Name of organization Ministry of Transport and Communication

Name of organization Ministry of Urban Works and Development

Web site: www.nupi.gov.et

Services Prepare the country’s building code

Ministry of Women’s Affairs

Name of organization Ministry of Women’s Affairs

Services Coordinate national policy/plans on women and children

Raise awareness about the rights of women and children

Name of organization Social and Civil Affairs Bureau (BoSCA)

Address Addis Ababa

2.1 Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs)

Federation of Ethiopian National Association of Persons with Disabilities (FENAPD)

Name of organization Federation of Ethiopian National Association of

( +251-11-1567312, 1564458, 1565158

Ato Alemayew Teferi, President

Ato Menberu Tekame, General Manager

Target group Persons with any type of disabilities

Services Advances the cause of PwDs

Promote and influence the full participation of PwDs in

Support and enhance the activities of member associations

Create disability awareness

Assist PwDs develop strong self-esteem or self-concept

Information and research

Name of organization Ethiopian National Association of physically

Advocate revision of laws

Follow proper implementation of laws

Distribution of wheelchairs and crutches and teaching their use

Awareness raising for members

Gender and disability training for women

Empowerment training, human rights training and mainstreaming gender

Ethiopian National Association of the Blind