About God for People Relief and Development Organization (GPRDO)
God for People Relief and Development Organization (GPRDO) is a national CSO in Ethiopia. Originally it was registered in 1999 at Ministry of Justice as a local non-governmental, secular development organization. Later on it was re-registered and licensed as Ethiopian Resident Charity Organization by the previous Federal Charities and Societies Agency as per proclamation No. 621/2009. Recently, it was re-registered as Ethiopian CSO by Federal Authority for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) as per proclamation No. 1113/2019 in July 2019. GPRDO works to establish meaningful and sustainable changes for vulnerable groups through policy dialogue, engagement, gender equality and social inclusion transformation as a fundamental part of human rights and a pre-condition for development.
GPRDO is now implementing a project titled: “Fostering Youth Voicing and Civic Engagement for Securing Democratic Rights” with implementation period of 5 months from November 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023. The project is funded by the people of the United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, and Norway through Civil Society Support Program Phase Two (CSSP2), and managed by the British Council, in consortium with Pact UK and Social Development Direct. The project commits to strengthening youth associations; improve youth participation in socio-economic as well as political lives in their locality through capacity building, promoting civic engagement, advocacy, and voicing.
Developing two Training Manuals (one on the creation of Grassroots Youth CSOs and one on Youth Policy Advocacy)
Developing a Training Manual on Creation of Grassroots Youth CSOs and Networks
There are various informal youth groups in many societies of Ethiopia. However, these youth structures are unable coordinate and raise youth voices. GPRDO identified that limited technical capacity of youth organizing skills; lack of autonomy of the existing youth serving organizations, and lack of opportunity to network with peer groups at various levels where they are better placed to support themselves are among the top factors affecting guanine youth engagement with government/sate on the factors their wellbeing. Collective empowerment is a pre-requisite and important for realizing systemic change in social, economic and political spheres for the lives of young people.
The objectives of developing a training manual on Creation of Youth CSOs Movement and Networking:
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Experience and skill set required