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Konso Development Association (KDA) is a non-political, non-religious and non-profit making Civil Society Organization (CSO) established by the wholehearted Konso people in in June in 1985 E.C (1993 G.C) and re-registered as a Local Civil Society Organization of Ethiopia according to Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Agency for Civil Society Organization’s Proclamation No. 1113/2019.  KDA has now more 50 staffs (regular & projects) and more than 30 temporary staffs/labor workers on small income collection sites.  KDA started at the beginning with 3 volunteer staff with annual budget of less than 3800 ETB during the establishment to fill the development gap exist within the community and now has about 30 years of working experiences with managing more than 100 million ETB large grants. Now implementing many small grants in different thematic areas but the demand and existing community development demand is too huge.

Vision: KDA envisions Self Sufficient Konso People with Sustainable Socio-Economic Foundation.

Mission statement: To undertake integrated development activities that would gradually alleviate the prevailing development constraints and eventually bring positive change in the socio-economic condition of the people.

Mandate: KDA’s mandate is to fill the development gaps by mobilising local resources and seeking external support.

 Values: In the implementation of development activities KDA must be guided by: Transparency, Accountability, Integrity, Impartiality, Fairness, Respect to People, Participation, etc.

 Thematic areas

• Agriculture, Food Security and Rural development
• Education
• Health, related and HIV/AIDS
• Water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion
• Environmental rehabilitation, climate change mitigation and protection
• Promoting Konso Culture, Art, language and heritages
• Capacity building
• Humanitarian assistances
• Expanding sources of funding and partnership

Partnership and partners

• Farm Africa
• Save the children International
• Ethiopia Sustainable Tourism Alliance (ESTA)
• CISS Ethiopia
• CCRDA
• Greener Ethiopia
• Water Aid Ethiopia
• United State of American Embassy
• Trees for the Future, USA
• European Union Delegation to Ethiopia
• Vita/RTI
• Management Agency/MA by ESAP2, bridging phase & ESAP3 Program
• Rise Up Foundation, USA
• VIVA Humanidad.e.V Berlin, Germany
• GIZ, Germany
• Plant –for-the-Planet Foundation, Germany
• British Council (CSSP2 Program) – lead of three local CSOs
• Canada Embassy/CFLI
• Ethiopiaid UK
• Swiss church Aid/HEKS-EPER-Bread for all/
• United Nations Human Rights Office of Higher Commissioner (UNOCHR) – East Africa Regional Office (EARO)

General Manager : Mr Shibru Sika

+251467730039,

Mobile phone: +251911269944 or +251916698100,

Email: shibrusika@gmail.com or shibrusika@yahoo.com