Thursday, April 5, 2007

About OWDA

The Ogaden Welfare and Development Association (OWDA) is an Ethiopian registered NGO working to improve the lives of the people of the Ogaden region in the Somali Regional State, southern Ethiopia. The main objectives of OWDA are:

  • To improve the living condition of most marginalized and disadvantaged pastoral community of the Somali Region.
  • To build the capacities of the poor pastoral people to withstand the environmental and man made shocks and be self-supportive, working together with the community by providing strategic organizational leadership and seeking meaningful grassroots community participation
  • Fostering and enhancing the accessibility of health care and sanitation for the pastoral children and women.
  • Developing and improving the educational sector
  • Increasing water availability for the pastoral community and improving water quality
  • To organize and conduct short and long training courses.

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