Organisation in Ethiopia
IHA-UDP (2005 - 2012)
The NGO Integrated Holistic Approach-Urban Development Project [ihaudp.org] is mainly financed through donations.
Bottom-up-approach
The main concern of IHA-UDP is the so called bottom-up approach, a system of support starting from the bottom and working its way up in a holistic way: Integrating each individual with their personal needs, they try to find a solution to the problems they are facing. This involves housing, education, employment, improving and maintaining physical health. The goal is to encourage people to help themselves and take responsibility for their own lives. Once a self-contained community has been established IHA-UDP will retreat from this area.
AHISDO (since 2013)
AHISDO – Hiwot Integrated Sustainable Development Organization became in january 2013 the new partnerorganisation for Kinderhaus ADDIS e.V.
AHISDO is a successor organization of our long term (2005 to 2012) Partner IHA-UDP.
In addition to the child and youth welfare, health care and nursing services are the main tasks of AHISDO. A Library and the Youth Centre offers mainly children and young people important options.
The children we sponsor remain in their families live and visit during the day kindergarten, public school or a