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WCAT Active Projects

WCAT has been implementing its projects in Amhara and Oromia Regional states and Addis Ababa City Government. Currently, WCAT is actively operating in the Amhara region in Bahir Dar City and the South Gondar administrative zone.

  • Active Project:

    Children with Children

    Project Goal: To contribute to Improvement of the health, economic and educational status of young mothers and their families through addressing reproductive health needs and services for informed decision

  • Active Project:

    Sustaining Child Marriage and Child Labour Free Communities

    Project Goal: To contribute to the ending of child marriage and child labour in sustainable manner

  • Active Project:

    Ending Child Labour and Child Marriage with Quality Education

    Project Goal: To contribute to protection of children from child labour and child  marriage and create access to full-time quality education in hard to reach areas

  • Active Project:

    Making the First 1000 days Count

    Project Goal: To contribute to the sustainability of 1000 days intervention

  • Active Project:

    The Right to be a Girl

    Project Goal: To contribute for the improvement of care and protection services for girls vulnerable and at risk of arranged and forced marriage

  • Active Project:

    Reconstruction of WCAT’s Training Center and Support for Families Affected by the Civil War

    Project Goal: To contribute to the improvements in the livelihood of war affected and vulnerable women headed households through empowerment and post war recovery interventions in Nefas Mewcha town 

  • Active Project:

    Services to Improve the Economic, Educational and Social Re-Integration of Street Children

    Project Goal: To Improve the Economic, Educational and Social Re-Integration of Street  Children

  • Active Project:

    Local Capacity Building Project for project implementing partners

    Project Goal: To contribute to the sustainability of local programs on child marriage protection and capacity of kinderpostzegels partners in Ethiopia

WCAT Major Results

Educational material support

Education thematic area

  • Improved access to quality basic education for children in remote areas.
  • mobilize the community to send children to school.
  • Strengthened in-school clubs with capacity and materials.
  • constructed 41 primary schools with toilets and sanitation facilities.
  • fulfilled school facilities and made target schools child friendly and inclusive.

Health thematic area

  • Accessed young children with Sexual Reproductive health information and education
  • Trained school teachers in 44 schools with reproductive health components
  • Empowered children with life skills education to improve their bargaining power
  • strengthened 2 target schools and 1 youth center with ICT based CSE
Feeding for kids
Street Children in WCAT's Rehabilitation Center

Livelihood and Child Development program

  • Vulnerable children protected from poverty, hunger and ignorance
  •  ensured sustainable food and nutrition security for vulnerable children and women.
  • Self-help groups and cooperatives established and strengthened to empower families
  • Community based alternative child care services provided

WaSH services

  • Increased access to WaSH services for 20,000 people in its target areas
  • constructed potable water, toilets and hand washing facilities  in more than 25  target schools.
  • Personal and environmental hygiene and sanitation behaviour of the targets improved
Sanitation facility at Tach Gayint-Tatek Lesira school
Capacity building training with partners

Social Accountability Program

  • Improved service delivery for the vulnerable and marginalized groups of the community in pro-poor sectors.
  • Over 28,000 people were sensitized on social accountability concepts and principles in 7 target kebeles.
  • 7 Social accountability clubs established and strengthened
  • Citizens and service providers established
  • Customers’ forum and sectors become gender responsive in budgeting.

Emergency Response

  • Post war recovery and peacebuilding
  • Rehabilitation of damaged schools and institutions
  • Youth engagement for psychosocial services for victims of conflict
  • Mobilize the community about peace building
Books Donation for war affected schools in South Gondar
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