NGO row

Awassa is some kind of hub for NGO and aid organizations. Driving from our hotel towards the city center, there are probably 5 orphanages, children’s organizations other other evidences of aid within the first 2 miles alone!

SOS Childrens’ Village

The Benevolent School

Mother Teresa’s House

USAID Urban Garden project (funded by PEPFAR)
Plus the YMCA :o)

At our hotel we see vehicles or people from the WHO, UN, USAID and probably others… and at the training site the UN, Unicef, Save the Children…I also saw a UN vehicle and Save the Children/USAID/PEPFAR signs at the Regional laboratory the day we went to see Mr. Goshu last week. And on our way to Awassa from Adama, we saw an ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) vehicle going our way.

I found a bunch of others by Googling - Awassa Children's Project, Awassa Youth Campus, SALU Self Help Blind & Handicapped Association (Irish Ethiopian Friendship group), Ethio-American Friendship School, People in Need, etc.

Last night on the local EBS channel there was an ad for AIDS Free Generation Due 2015 – joinred.com. They even said PEPFAR was one of the sponsoring organizations. Check out this link, and I'll post another to the 'related links' section of the blog. http://www.joinred.com/2015Quilt/2015quilt-post.html

ICRC vehicle ahead of us