Organization
Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development(ECDD)
Ethiopia's leading disability-inclusive development NGO, founded in 2005, working with government ministries, NGOs, and development programmes to mainstream disability across health, education, livelihoods, and emergency response sectors throughout the country.
About
The Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) was founded in 2005 as an Ethiopian Residents Charity. With over 42 staff and branch offices in Mekele (Tigray Region) and Hawassa (Southern Nations), plus field advisors across Afar, Somali, and Oromia regional states, ECDD is recognised as Ethiopia's foremost technical resource centre on disability-inclusive development.
What They Do
ECDD promotes disability-inclusive development across six programme areas: rights of persons with disabilities, inclusive health, inclusive education, inclusive livelihoods, social inclusion and protection, and inclusive humanitarian response. Flagship initiatives include the ECDD Academy (professional capacity-building training), MINCH (a one-stop digital disability information platform), and the Ethiopian Business and Disability Network (EBDN), which connects employers with disabled job-seekers.
Who They Serve
Rather than providing direct services, ECDD builds the disability-inclusion capacity of mainstream service providers — government agencies, hospitals, schools, and NGOs — amplifying impact across Ethiopia's diverse regions. Programmes benefit Ethiopians with physical, visual, hearing, intellectual, and psychosocial disabilities, including in humanitarian settings affected by conflict or natural disaster.
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