In response to the sever rural poverty aggravated by the 1984 persistent drought, civil war, economic mismanagement and above all the political contention of the “Derg” regime, ORDA Ethiopia was founded in February 1984 as Ethiopian Relief Organization (ERO). ORDA Ethiopia legally registered as local NGO in Ethiopian relief and rehabilitation commission 1991 and in 1999 by the federal Ministry of Justice (MOJ). Accordingly to the new Charities and Societies Legislation; it is re-registered by MOJ Charities and Societies Agency as Ethiopian Residents Charity under license number 0607. This strategic plan defined ORDA Ethiopia priority to focus on natural resource protection, agricultural development, rural water supply and access road construction; emergency food aid and other related interventions to be taken up only when necessary. During this period, ORDA Ethiopia implemented seven Food Security and Integrated Rural Development Projects in Sekota, Ibnat, Belesssa, Wadla, Tach Gayint, Lay Gayint, Gublafto and Gidan woredas.

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