Hadiya Development and Rehabilitation Network (HDRN)

1

• Hadiya Development and Rehabilitation Network
  (HDRN)
• Preamble Hadiya Zone is a region in southern
• Ethiopia inhabited by about 1.4
  million
• people.
• People The Hadiya people
• are one of the most
• dynamic and hard-
• working people in Ethiopia yet
  they suffer
• from poverty, illiteracy, and
  communicable
• diseases.

Hadiya
?
HDRN-1
2

• Economy The economy of Hadiya Zone is
• based on agriculture with an
  ancient
• style of farming, Enset has
  been a
• staple food crop.

HDRN-2
3

• HDRN as a Network
• HDRN is a non-profit network founded in the USA
  by community members most concerned about famine
  poverty, HIV/AIDS, illiteracy, and
  environmental degradation of the zone.
• HDRN is organized exclusively for charitable
  purposes within the meaning of SECTION 501(C) of
  the Internal Revenue Code of the United States.
  It has a tax exemption status.
• It provides services and resources to the most
  disadvantaged individuals and families among
  Hadiya Zone residents.

HDRN-3
4

• HDRN Mission
• HDRN will work with other non-profit urban and
  rural community-based organizations, public
  schools, clinics and hospitals, and small
  development projects dedicated to improving
  quality of life within the zones economically
  distressed communities.
• HDRN efforts will include, but not limited to
• Education adult illiteracy
• Health HIV/AIDS
• Environmental water resources rehabilitation
• Road construction
• Rehabilitation of cultural values
• Social discrimination of women FGM

HDRN-4
5

• HDRN Objectives
• Education
• Provides scholarship for meritorious and needy
  high school and college students (30 students per
  year).
• mobilizing resources (books, lab kits, aids) to
  schools
• help establish Public Libraries.
• building school lavatories
• connecting with sister schools in the US and
  Hadiya Zone.
• encouraging facilitating ADULT literacy
  activities.
• Preparing teaching materials for adult literacy
  in a language and culture of the Hadiya people.
  This also includes health education and
  environment.

HDRN-5
6

• Objectives (contd)
• Health
• Create awareness to protect against HIV/AIS and
  sexually transmitted diseases.
• create awareness on the issue of child
  vaccination
• Assist health institutions (hospitals, clinics,
  and health centers) by providing consumables like
  gloves, etc.
• Encourage researches on traditional medicines
• Assist trainings of nurses and technicians that
  could help child delivery, hygiene, and basic
  health care.

HDRN-6
7

• Objectives (contd)
• Environmental Rehabilitation
• Assist coordinate environmental protection
  schemes like forestation, prevention of soil
  erosion, protection of wild life.
• develop and teach effective use of water
  resources streams and water wells.
• protect human and animal lives (save humans from
  lions attacks, animals from illegal hunters)

HDRN-7
8

• Objectives (contd)
• Rehabilitation of Cultural Values
• Conduct cultural studies on endangered values.
• Identify and Rehabilitate Positive Cultural
  Values.
• Abolition of Forced Marriage and Female Genital
  Mutilation.
• Recognizing and encouraging Local Artisans
• Archiving and Recording Local History.

HDRN-8
9

• Objectives (contd)
• Road Construction
• Hosanna The Capital City of Hadiya Zone covered
  some of its major roads with asphalt after more
  than 100 years of its foundation.
• HDRN has contributed its share from its meager
  source to the construction of Hosanna Asphalt
  Road.
• HDRN also intends to improve access to remote
  areas of the zone.

HDRN-9
10

• Make a Donation
• You can help us by making a tax deductible
  donation to
• Hadiya Development Rehabilitation
• Network (HDRN)
• Send Check, Money Order, etc to the attention of
• Dr. Kassamo Dayemo
• 1606 Ashley River Road
• Phone [phone] Fax [phone]
• E-mail hdrnusa_at_yahoo.com
• 
  Thank You!

HDRN-10