Good Neighbors Ethiopia

Good Neighbors Ethiopia strives to improve the living conditions of children, the income of their families, and the well-being of their communities at large.

• Child Protection: We establish and strengthen structures to protect children’s rights, ensuring that children in the target areas are safeguarded against violations of their rights. Our child protection efforts focus on promoting awareness of child rights among children and families, and ensuring the implementation of child protection policies and systems at both the national and community levels.
• Education: We enhance the right of children in the target areas to access high-quality education. We ensure quality education for all by providing educational materials for students, assisting in creating better school environments, developing teachers’ capacities, and enabling access to lifelong learning for adults.
• Health: We improve the health of children and communities in the target areas through better adolescent reproductive health practices, food support, and improved access to water with appropriate sanitation and hygiene. We ensure universal access to basic health services, enabling quality maternal and child health and sexual and reproductive health services. We also ensure sufficient and safe water for everyone and promote awareness of good hygiene and sanitary practices.
• Livelihood: We organize and support disadvantaged community members in the target areas, helping them acquire opportunities for livelihood enhancement. We provide entrepreneurship training and financial support. In this regard, we work on supporting the establishment of Saving and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) and other cooperatives, including working groups.
• Climate Actions: We protect the land and natural environment in the target areas from degradation. We organize and operate climate change response committees, conduct climate change empowerment programs, distribute climate change adaptation agricultural inputs, and provide high-efficiency stoves, among other initiatives.
• Humanitarian Actions: We help refugees and host communities create strong harmony and work together. We support people in emergency situations through livelihood assistance, social cohesion, peacebuilding, and emergency aid in times of need.

Our interventions are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Overall, we have contributed to 10 of the 17 goals, with the largest contributions being to SDGs 2 (Zero Hunger), 3 (Good Health and Well-being), 4 (Quality Education), 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), 10 (Reduced Inequalities), 13 (Climate Action), and 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions).