About Us
AISDA
Established in 2006, AISDA is one of the leading national humanitarian organizations headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with a number of project coordination offices at its operational areas in Afar and Amhara Regional states. AISDA is an international impact award-winning local NGO (The 2012 Stars International Health Impact Award Winner of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The organization has an excellent working relationship and reputation with its communities, funding partners, local government, and various stakeholders. The organization is registered by the Ethiopian government as a national NGO with a registration number 0288
Our vision
AISDA envisions better livelihoods of pastoral, agro-pastoral, and other rural and urban poor communities in Ethiopia.
Our mission
To support bring positive changes in the lives and livelihoods of poor and vulnerable communities in Ethiopia to overcome poverty and live with dignity.
Some of the AISDA Head Office Team
Organizational Structure of AISDA
Organizational Structure of AISDA
Organizational Objectives
- To Improve the health status of communities basically women and children
- To improve quality education and service delivery
- To reduce the Sexual & Gender Based Violence through the promotion of Women’s Right and Economic Empowerment
- To overcome the challenges of climate change and environmental degradation through the introduction of renewable energy (Solar) for water supply and irrigation
- To increase and diversify farm &off-farm household income to vulnerable groups of the society
- To capacitate communities through skills upgrading, economic and material resources so as to become self-reliant
- Pastoral communities to enjoy their rights and live in peace
Core Program/Intervention Areas
- WASH-Water development and management (emergency and long-term development)
- Peacebuilding, human rights, advocacy, and GBV
- Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction
- Emergency humanitarian response and recovery (IDP, Shelter, EiE, NFI distribution, Cash, restocking, etc)
- Local capacity building Gender Based Violence (GBV) (FGM, SRHR, and harmful traditional practices)
- Livelihoods resilience and alternative income generation
- Pastoralist area food security