AAWA SERVICE PROVIDING INSTITUTIONS

The following three institutions are governed by the Addis Ababa city Women’s Association providing services in line with its programs

1. Temporary Shelter for GBV survivors
2. Saving and Credit Cooperative
3. Pre – Primary Education

1. Temporary Shelter for GBV survivors

Aiming at rehabilitation of GBV survivors from the trauma they suffered, protection of their rights and to enable them for peaceful (violence free) future life, the association is providing temporary shelter service since 2015.

• Services provided: lodging, food, medical, legal support, psychosocial support and therapy, sanitation, trainings, re-integration/re-unification – Right based approach
• Beneficiaries served to date;

• More than 1126 survivors benefited among whom 39 are male children
• One acid attack case referred to USA for treatment
• Legal support: More than 37 perpetrators sentenced from 3 - 25 years imprisonment
• Seven orphan children being assisted in the shelter (attending school)
• Re-unification: 874 beneficiaries re-unified with their families in different regions
• Re-integration: 105 beneficiaries offered with skill training, business startup loan service and engaged in self-employment

2. Saving and Credit cooperative

Aiming at creating an easy access for financial service, AAWA has established a Saving & Credit cooperative and is providing financial service since Jan 2017. To date, 5734+ members saving 5 Mln+, 1048 benefited with 11.9 Mln+ loan service  

• Economic Empowerment: Enhancing Self-employment through provision of Skill training, financial service and engagement in sustainable self - employment.

• Skill training: In partnership with government and NGO organizations providing skill training.
• Saving & Credit cooperative: Providing financial service along with enhancing saving culture.

3. Pre – Primary Education

The association is providing Pre – Primary education from resource poor families and orphan (OVC) in its three pre – primary schools in the city. In the last three years alone, 291 children from resource poor families and 193 orphans have benefited from the service

• Education:

• Access to KG education for resource poor children and orphan (OVC). (Running 2 KG schools)
• Education material Support including laptop computers for resource poor university level girls
• Running Adult/literacy education for women

• Civic Education: Enhance women’s participation in building democracy and good governance through civic/voter education and social accountability programs