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Operating since 1990, delivering services to the women and men of Ethiopia. Our client-centred approach and high standards of clinical quality have led to Marie Stopes Ethiopia becoming one of the most popular providers of sexual and reproductive health services in the country.

In 2015, our team delivered family planning, safe abortion and maternal health services to approximately 912,000 clients through centres, and reached the same number of clients through the social franchise network, BlueStar.

We work to exceed the expectations of our clients and partners for quality, cost-effective sexual and reproductive and primary healthcare services. As well as to provide services for safe pregnancy outcomes, risk of unwanted pregnancies and other threats to the reproductive health of women.

MELA FOR HER is a social startup enterprise that transforms women and girls’ lives across Ethiopia by providing them with access to affordable and eco-friendly menstrual products, menstrual health education, and job opportunities.

MELA (መላ) in Amharic means SOLUTION. The company was created with the aim of bringing effective solutions to Ethiopian girls and women.

As part of our comprehensive approach to end period poverty, we are committed to research, education and raising awareness on menstrual health and hygiene, as well as sexual and reproductive rights. We also advocate for gender equality, sustainability and social innovation.

IFPRI’s mission is to work with partners to provide research-based policy solutions to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods, contribute to empowerment for all, and promote sustainable, climate-resilient food systems.

What we do Established in 1975, the International Food Policy Research Institute provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Together with our partners, we generate needed evidence for country- and region-led policies that contribute to poverty reduction and help ensure that all people have access to safe, sufficient, nutritious, and sustainably produced food. Through multisectoral research and engagement with stakeholders, IFPRI informs effective policies, programs, and investments that contribute to productive livelihoods and sustainable, resilient, and equitable agriculture and food systems.

IFPRI is a Research Center of CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural innovation network, and the only CGIAR center solely dedicated to food policy research. The Institute currently has more than 480 employees from around the world working in over 70 countries, with about half of our research staff based in developing countries.

CGIAR impact areas IFPRI’s research aims to achieve progress in CGIAR’s five impact areas: nutrition, health, and food security; poverty reduction, livelihoods, and jobs; environmental health and biodiversity; gender equality, youth, and social inclusion; and climate adaptation and mitigation. To address challenges in these areas, IFPRI’s experts work with partners around the world to identify, assess, improve, and adapt policy, institutional, and governance responses that can drive transformative change.

Our research and engagement address the complex challenges to sustainable, equitable food systems through a four-pronged approach.

Empathy for Life Integrated Development Association (ELiDA) is a women-led and Women right, non-profit, and board-led Indigenous National Civil Society Organization (CSO) ELiDA contributes toward solving multidimensional social, economic, and political challenges of Ethiopians. ELiDA is committed to women and girls by creating opportunities and promoting girls’ education. The support includes awareness creation training on prevention of early marriage, female gentile mutilation (FGM), and harmful traditional practices (HTPs).

Vision Inkomoko believes in the catalytic power of entrepreneurship, not just as a livelihood tool, but as a pathway to dignity and economic transformation for communities. We believe that African solutions will solve African problems.

Vision Inkomoko reflects the communities it serves, bringing together colleagues whose own journeys through displacement and entrepreneurship have shaped a rare understanding of what it takes to build stability, opportunity, and a future in a new place. Sunday Khor, Inkomoko Business Associate, Ethiopia

Inkomoko Mission Inkomoko’s mission is to accelerate economic inclusion by equipping entrepreneurs from forcibly displaced populations and marginalized communities with the tools to succeed; backing their ideas; building market access; and influencing systems to be more inclusive.

We leverage private sector approaches to address entrenched economic challenges, enabling entrepreneurs to create jobs and move out of poverty with dignity.

Our world is increasingly fragmented and faces unprecedented social and environmental challenges. Now more than ever is the time to build bridges between countries and to work together in a fair and just manner.

As part of the Agence Française de Développement Group (AFD Group), Expertise France is the French interministerial agency in international cooperation and development. We specialise in technical cooperation, working to strengthen public policy in our partner countries on a local, national, regional and international level.

Expertise France is the second largest international cooperation agency in Europe. We develop and implement a range of innovative technical cooperation projects in nearly 150 countries. Our goal is to promote fair, lasting development in the countries we collaborate with.

Why we do it Our role as an international cooperation agency extends well beyond what we traditionally know as “development aid”. The projects we carry out are first and foremost about people and fair cooperation. Our role is to build bridges and to strengthen the sovereignty of our international partners. With them, we work to defend our shared interests – health, peace, security, and prosperity for people and the planet.

To reach our goals, we design and implement projects that durably strengthen public policy in our partner countries. We work in a number of geographic regions. These include, but are not limited to, developing and emerging nations as well as countries in and around Europe. Our work revolves around an array of focus areas, including gender equality; climate adaptation; strengthening of public institutions; a sustainable, inclusive economy; peace, stability and security; sustainable development; health; and human development.

We specialise in implementing tailored international partnerships (what used to be called “development aid”). Our role is to bring together and coordinate experts from multiple fields. As our agency operates under the aegis of French government ministries, we also actively contribute to achieving Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

We are equally attentive to the impact and spillover effects of our work. For this reason, we measure the impact of our projects using specific indicators that we have developed.

Ending extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship, innovation, and collective action More than 430 million people in Africa live in extreme poverty—70% of the world’s poorest. And every day, more families in Africa are being pushed into extreme poverty because of climate change, conflict, displacement, and a lack of resources and opportunities. We aim to change that. Village Enterprise has a proven solution backed by evidence from two independent randomized controlled trials. People who complete our program go on to become successful entrepreneurs and leaders in their communities, building a brighter future for themselves and their families.

UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, is the sexual and reproductive health agency of the UN. It works to uphold the rights and choices of women, girls and young people across more than 150 countries. UNFPA aims to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person can fulfil their potential.

The challenges are immense: Almost half of all pregnancies are unintended, one in three women faces physical or sexual violence, and every two minutes a woman or girl dies from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth – most of them preventable. UNFPA tackles these issues head-on, reaching millions of women, girls and young people every year with vital information about their bodies and rights, essential health services, and protection from violence.

Only when every person can access accurate information, quality care, and the freedom to make choices about their bodies safely and with dignity can they realize their full potential – and help shape a better future for all.

Unilever is a leading global consumer goods company, headquartered in London, offering over 400 brands in beauty, wellbeing, personal care, home care, and nutrition. With a 2025 turnover of €50.5 billion, 59% in emerging markets, its products are used by 3.7 billion people daily across 190 countries.

Oromia Development Association (ODA) is a non-Governmental, non-partisan, not for profit, membership-based local organization established in 1993 G.C. reregistered as Ethiopian resident local organization with registration number 1414 on basis of the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Republic (EFDR) Civil Societies Proclamation No.1113/2019 with a mission “to contribute towards improved wellbeing of the communities in Oromia through integrated sustainable community based development programs and humanitarian response using community participation and Voluntarism” primarily focused on: • Education, • Health, • Clean Water Provision • Food Security and Livelihood, • Women Empowerment, • Environmental Conservation and Natural resources management and the others.

These kinds of schools aim to go beyond traditional educational methods by catering to the unique needs of each student. The goal is to help children not only succeed academically but also develop important life skills, self-confidence, and social integration. The ODA Boarding School likely focuses on creating a safe, nurturing space that allows children to learn and grow at their own pace, with the help of specially trained staff, therapists, and other specialists.

The boarding school model also makes it possible for children from remote or underserved regions, where services might be even more limited, to get consistent education and support without the challenge of long daily commutes.