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MELCA-Ethiopia
The word Melca means ‘ford’ in both Amharic and Oromiffa Languages. It means a crossing point on a river.
Agro-ecology
Conserving Agricultural Biodiversity, Strengthening Farmer Innovation and Ensuring Food Sovereignty though Agroecology.
Environmental
Governance
Empower Local Communities, Governments and Stakeholders to Sustainably Developed and Conserve Biodiversity and Ecosystem.
Eco-friendly Livelihoods
Improvement Schemes
Improve the Life of Disadvantaged Local Communities through
Provision of Alternative Livelihood Options in a Way that does
not Harm Both the Culture and the Environment.
Children and
Youth Empowerment
Empower Children and Youths in Five Days Social Empowerment through Group Nature Interaction (SEGNI) Program.
Vision
To see healthy and prosperous people that preserves their bio-cultural diversity
Mission
To work for healthy ecosystems, resilient communities and critical young generation through developing and institutionalizing innovative approaches and experiences
Goal/Overall Objective
To increase the adaptive capacity to social and ecological shocks of communities and contribute to the creation of a healthy ecosystem and resilient community.
Cross-Cutting Approaches:
In addition to the foregoing major thematic/program areas, MELCA also uses Integration of Population, Health and Environment (PHE) and Participatory Mapping as cross cutting tools that would contribute to the set goal of increasing the adaptive capacity to social and ecological challenges of communities and contribute to the creation of healthy ecosystems across all the thematic/program areas.
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Our Projects
The causes we support over the years, we've been contributing
toward a range of worthy charities and causes.
Our next activities
We partner with governments and the public and private sectors
and foster greater public awareness of urgent global issues.
Economic security, access to information, and job opportunities
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Health products, awareness and easy access to services
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Farmer resources, training, or funds to increase productivity
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Raise funds, volunteer and campaign for change
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We work to change public policies to improve lives
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We work to change public policies to improve lives
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