Homosha Assosa Project, Ethiopia

See the progress you helped make happen in your sponsored community

When the project started, education quality was poor and many children were dropping out of school. There weren't enough health clinics, and dirty water and poor hygiene led to the spread of preventable diseases.

Thanks to your support, your sponsored child and other children in the Homosha Assosa community have better access to education, healthcare and clean water and their parents are generating higher incomes. 

 

Before your help, many children were learning in overcrowded makeshift shelters without desks or enough textbooks. Now children are learning in well-equipped classrooms and have safe places to play.

Together we've achieved so much

New primary schools, classrooms and pre-schools have been built

Textbooks have also been distributed to support children's learning and more children are enrolled in school than ever before.

  • Reading camps have improved child literacy rates and created new opportunities for children to learn. 
  • A community bridge has been built, enabling more children to walk across a flowing river to get to school which has increased school attendance.  
  • More parents value education and many are actively encouraging their children’s learning both at school and home.   

Eight health centres have been built to increase access to healthcare

119 health workers have been trained to provide essential maternal and child healthcare to local families.

  • More women are giving birth in a healthcare facility and being assisted by a skilled birth attendant which has reduced mother and infant mortality. 
  • Awareness of the importance of child immunisation and seeking professional medical assistance has increased. More than half of all pregnant women gave birth with skilled assistance in 2016, up from only 18 percent in 2005.
  • The incidence of preventable diseases like malaria and malnutrition has reduced, especially among children under five years old.  

88 percent of people had access to clean water and hygienic toilets by 2016

This is up from 27 percent in 2005.

  • Better access to clean drinking water has reduced the rate of illness and increased the quality of people's lives.
  • Nearly 300 community members have been trained in safe water handling, water conservation and borehole maintenance.
  • Parents and teachers have been trained in hygiene awareness and they now support and encourage children to adopt good hygiene practices.  

"Before the water point was constructed in my village, my friends and I used to walk far for unsafe water. Now we are free from diseases and have time to read our school books."

- Amuna, aged 16

A new life

Almaz, 16, can finally feel safe in her community. When she was much younger, it was a different story.  Before your support, education wasn’t a priority and many parents were not aware of children’s rights.  

Children in the community were often neglected and abused and harmful traditional practices, considered a part of local culture, were having a damaging effect on children like Almaz. 

Some children were married off or required to work in harsh conditions instead of attending school.  

World Vision worked with Almaz, her family and the community to create awareness and form spaces for discussion around the importance of protecting child rights. Committees were formed to shift damaging cultural perspectives and child parliaments (pictured) were created to provide children with a voice in the community. 

Almaz learned how to take a stand against violence and exploitation and where to report instances of child abuse. Children like her now feel empowered and encouraged as they look towards a brighter future.  

Children in the community were often neglected and abused and harmful traditional practices, considered a part of local culture, were having a damaging effect on children like Almaz. 

Some children were married off or required to work in harsh conditions instead of attending school.  

World Vision worked with Almaz, her family and the community to create awareness and form spaces for discussion around the importance of protecting child rights. Committees were formed to shift damaging cultural perspectives and child parliaments (pictured) were created to provide children with a voice in the community. 

Almaz learned how to take a stand against violence and exploitation and where to report instances of child abuse. Children like her now feel empowered and encouraged as they look towards a brighter future.  

"I feel safe at home, school and in my neighbourhood because my community is aware of child rights violence and is actively trying to prevent it."

- Almaz, aged 16