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Netherlands Awards FHI $10.8 Million to Expand Program in Ethiopia JUNE 2008 — Following a $6 million grant in 2006, the Royal Embassy of the Netherlands is continuing to support FHI's work in Ethiopia by awarding FHI an additional $10.8 million. The goal is to expand FHI's technical assistance to the government of Ethiopia and other public health and social welfare organizations.
FHI Works to Improve the Lives of Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children
IMPACT Project Shares Experience, Improves HIV/AIDS Response
FHI/Ethiopia Recognized at International AIDS Conference
FHI/Ethiopia Featured in The Boston Globe
Documentary Examines Antiretroviral Therapy and Home-based Care in Ethiopia JUNE 2005 — FHI has produced a 13-minute documentary on the link between home-based care and safe and effective provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Shot on digital video, the film documents the work of volunteer caregivers in Ethiopia as they help clients initiate and adhere to complex ART regimens.
Actor Brad Pitt Visits Ethiopia and FHI's HIV/AIDS Program Sites
Ethiopian Officials Study Ghana's Uniformed Services Programs AUGUST 2004 — Representatives from Ethiopia's uniformed services spent five days in Ghana to learn about HIV/AIDS programs for the Ghanaian uniformed services. Accompanied by FHI staff, six officials from the Ethiopian police, prison and health departments visited program sites in Ghana to attend presentations by officials from Ghana's uniformed services and participate in a daylong workshop on lessons learned. After returning to Ethiopia, the study tour participants conducted a workshop to share what they learned with local officials, as well as with zonal and district-level police.
FHI Inaugurates Home-based Care Training Center
Ethiopian Burial Societies Turn Attention to Living JULY 2004 — Traditional Ethiopian community groups that help families bury their dead, called idirs, are taking on an important new role to serve the living in Ethiopia. Members of these burial societies are contributing personal and financial resources to reduce the expense of home-based care for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. FHI joined forces with the idirs to bring home-based healthcare to thousands of people with AIDS and other chronic illnesses.
FHI/IMPACT in Ethiopia Launches Campaign Against Stigma DECEMBER 2003 — FHI/IMPACT, together with the Addis Ababa HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office, launched a unique campaign for World AIDS Day 2003 titled "Compassion, Tolerance and Sensitivity." The campaign reduces stigma by creating a positive environment and promoting compassion, focusing not only on what people should do, but what they can do. A highlight of the campaign is a song and music video promoting it, performed free of charge by eight of Ethiopia's most popular singers. |
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AUGUST 2007 — The protection and care of orphans and other vulnerable children has been an urgent mission of FHI for more than a decade. Its work is widely recognized as excellent, as attested by recent youth workshops in Ethiopia, Namibia, and Zimbabwe and an upcoming training session in Tanzania. 
MAY 2007 — FHI and USAID shared lessons learned from the Implementing AIDS Prevention and Care (IMPACT) Project with Government of Ethiopia health and policy experts, partners, and local nongovernmental and community organizations at a half-day meeting held March 28 in Addis Ababa at the United Nations Conference Center. 
AUGUST 2006 — The Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church in Addis Ababa—an FHI associate—is among 25 finalists for the highly competitive 2006 Red Ribbon Award, presented every two years for outstanding community leadership in the fight against AIDS. The award will be presented at the International AIDS Conference. 
OCTOBER 2005 — A recent report in The Boston Globe highlights FHI's community-based comprehensive care work in Ethiopia. The article covers how volunteers are comforting the bedridden by cooking, cleaning and caring for their families, bringing new life into societies surrounded by death. Read the full article for more details. 
