Our Vision:
ABDI envisages seeing all Ethiopian communities living in improved conditions through the alleviation of poverty.
Our Mission:
ABDI’s mission is to undertake long lasting community based development initiatives in its target areas with special focus on children, women and older people through active community participation.
Our Purpose:
The general purpose of ABDI is to improve the socio-economic status of the poor communities through participatory implementation of projects and execution of related programs aiming to address community felt needs.
Our Objectives:
- Enhance access to basic & quality education for children's and communities
- Improve access and quality of community health services
- Facilitate access to food for healthy and productive lives of target communities
- Reduce negative impacts of HTPs and HIV & AIDS on community members
- Enhance access to various Income generating activities for and build economic and social capacities of poor women
- Promote conservation of natural resources and environmental rehabilitation.
- Improve access to basic needs and services for orphans and vulnerable children.
Our Strategies:
Based on extensive situational analysis, ABDI applies a holistic approach in designing its strategies to address the problems of the target communities in a sound and sustainable manner.
The major strategies that ABDI incorporates into the delivery of its work are:
- Participation and social mobilization
- Cooperation, facilitation and partnership
- Identification and mobilization of local resources
- Ensuring programs focus
- Gender equality
- Strengthening the capacity of ABDI