Annual Report 2011

Forum on Sustainable Child Empowerment FSCE Annual Report 2011| 1 2 | FSCE Annual Report 2011 Contents

I Acronyms and Abbreviations 1 Message from the Board Chairperson 2 Message from Executive Director 3 Country Profile

5 About FSCE 6 Area Program Offices Achievements 16 Accomplishments at the Head Office 18 Financial Resource Management

19 Challenges and Lessons Learnt 20 Thank you

FSCE Annual Report 2011| 3 Acronyms and Abbreviations

APO Area Program Office BEN-E Basic Education Network in Ethiopia CC Community Conversation CBCC Community Based Correction Center CBO Community Based Organization CCE-CC Community Capacity Enhancement through Community Conversation CCRDA Consortium for Christian Relief and Development Association CMC Center Management Committee CRDP Child Resource Development Program CSAE Child Sexual Abuse Exploitation CSO Civil Society Organization ECPAT End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes FSCE Forum on Sustainable Child Empowerment ICT Information Communication Technology IEC Information Education Communication IGA Income Generating Activities ILO International Labour Organization LSAO Labour and Social Affair Office NFE Non Formal Education NGO Non-Government Organization OVC Orphan and Vulnerable Children PME Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation PPFA Planned Parenthood Federation of America SAC Saving and Credit Cooperatives SAEC Sexually Abused and Exploited Children

I | FSCE Annual Report 2011 Message from the Board Chairperson

Dear Colleagues,

Forum on Sustainable Child Empowerment (FSCE) has long mirrored the determination and pioneering spirit of child protection as a local initiative for more than two decades in the country.

The success and reputation of FSCE began as the dream of a few committed professionals extended to be transformed into the dream of many. The organization now strives to accomplish our dreams and goals to bring about meaningful changes in the lives of most vulnerable children, and exert greater leverage on the national effort towards the national child protection endeavor in the future.

To embark on a journey towards contributing to the lessening of the magnitude of the problems, our organization needs the tools of preparedness, foresight and different working strategies. These lead to the path of growth and very effective operation for a resulting change in the lives of target children. It is imperative to combine these three factors and other related tools in an organization to bring forth the desired outcome. FSCE enters 2011 well prepared in all these factors to meet the needs of many disadvantaged children.

Partnered with key government and non government stakeholders, FSCE has continued to strive for addressing the needs of the most vulnerable children in urban areas through its seven Area program Offices namely Addis Ababa, Adama, Bahir Dar, Dessie and Dire Dewa cities. Save others, the Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs and the local community members are our strategic partners worthy of taking recognition in this effort.

As a family member in FSCE, I am grateful to see multiple effective community-based programs and the initiated Community Based Child Protection Systems that support a great deal of vulnerable children in many ways. Amongst others, Program Interventions on Awareness Raising, Livelihood Promotion, Non Formal Education and Educational Support, Orphan Care and Support, Providing Community Led Service to Children in Contact with the Law and Recovery and Rehabilitation of Sexually Abused and Exploited Children are the major ones.

On behalf of the board of directors, I am grateful to every individual staff and the leadership who are laboring everyday to achieve the goal and objectives of the organization to create a truly transformative effect both on the lives of target children and on the capacity of the organization.

I am also indebted to our genuine grantee partners and collaborators without whom the fruits of our success would not be realized.

At last I would like to note that with the support and commitment of our skilled staff and strategic partners, I am confident that the secretariat will not only take up challenges before us but turn them into opportunities.

With best Regards, Mengestie Ayele Chairman, Executive Board

FSCE Annual Report 2011| 1 Message of the Executive Director

2011 was a year of significant achievement for Forum on Sustainable Child Empowerment (FSCE). Underpinning our work is the creation of sustainable protective environment for children through community based child protection structures and systems by engaging multi-stakeholder groups. In addition to these advanced projects, we have a Pipeline of projects which continue to advance and create pathways for successive meso and macro level structures and systems to sustainably protect vulnerable children .We are committed towards generating new insights; strengthening existing partnerships and building new ones. We are inspired to learn and benefit from knowledge shared. We will work to leverage all these opportunities as we move into 2012.

I would like to thank all the people at FSCE who are focused on delivering results in a responsible manner every day. I would also like to thank Government, Community and Donor partners who supported us.

Finally, I would like to thank the Executive Board and our members, for the inspiration, guidance and support they have provided to me and the entire management team.

I am pleased to announce the release of 2011 annual report. This report shares our progress in protecting thousands of children and reaching many families and communities.

Meseret Tadesse Executive Director

2 | FSCE Annual Report 2011 Country Profile

Located in the horn of Africa, Ethiopia is a country with a long history and catchment of 1,127,127 sq km. Ethiopia is rich in mineral resources and has huge potential for tourist attractions but still it is one of the ten poorest nations in the world. The population of the country is estimated to be 82,237,338[Female=38,342,874]; and has estimated 2.272% growth rate and diverse social background. The population between the ages 0 to 14 is also estimated to be 43.4% of the total population.

The economy of Ethiopia relies heavily on agriculture, and the country is one of Africa’s leading coffee producers. The Agriculture Sector accounts for almost 50% of GDP, and 85% of total employment. As some global figures show, while GDP growth has remained high, the GNP per capita income is 330 UDS, which is still among the lowest in the world.

According to The World Bank, Ethiopia has achieved strong economic growth, making it one of the highest performing economies in sub-Saharan Africa since 2007. Yet it remains one of the world’s poorest countries. About 29 per cent of the population lives below the national poverty line.

Poverty is significantly wide spreading especially in rural areas. A significant proportion of the population also lives far below the internationally recognized absolute poverty threshold of less than a dollar a day, and most of these people are chronically, or at least periodically, food insecure.

Hence, this majority of the population that has low income; live in poor housing with poor sanitation and access to potable water. Though, it is on progress, the people do not also sends their children for education, which is one of the crucial elements to break the cycle of poverty. According to UNICEF and other’s studies, absence of child birth registration, child trafficking, migration, violence, girls genital mutilation, early marriage harmful traditional practices child labour, child sexual abuse and exploitation, children without parental care, children with disability, children in justice system are the child protection problems in Ethiopia. Above all, well-functioning child protection mechanisms that address the protection needs of children in different circumstances are still missing in counties like Ethiopia.

FSCE Annual Report 2011| 3 About FSCE can use their available resources and at the same Twenty-three years and protection of hundreds and time, be protected against all forms of abuse. The thousands of urban disadvantaged children: these facts Organization establishes community based multi- make FSCE a recognized non-profit charitable NGO stakeholder child protection structures, mobilizes its in Ethiopia. In fact, FSEC working with different stakeholders and provides multifaceted support and partners in and out of Ethiopia is tackling today’s most learning opportunities for children in labour, out pressing socio-economic issues children experience. of school children, physically and sexually abused It is obvious that a complex problem that affects and exploited children, children in contact with the Ethiopia more than other African countries is that of law, trafficked and migrated children, orphans and orphan children which is aggravated by the combined vulnerable children. effects HIV/AIDS and poverty in general. The Organization also recognizes the resilience of In 2011, FSCE together with its partners delivered its street children, helps them reconstruct their shattered child protection services to more than 23,000 children lives. The success of FSCE is made possible by generous and their families in seven Area Program offices. donations from ECPAT/DCI, EthiopAid, EveryChild, These included: Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Akaki Kality, Finland Embassy, KNH, Kinderpostzegels, PACT- Adama, Dire Dewa, Addis Ketema and Dessie. The Ethiopia, PIN, PPFA, Oak Foundation, Save the goal of FSCE is to serve as a bridge to improve the Children Sweden, and Save the Children Norway. In living conditions of children at risk. FSCE provides this report, achievements in the last 12 months have child protection programs and services for children been highlighted. and their families so that they 4 | FSCE Annual Report 2011 Achievements to change the lives of Children at Area Program Offices

Preventive Program The most fundamental focus of this unit are preventive issues particularly: livelihood promotion, non-formal education, awareness raising and orphan support. To mention some of its achievements, as per the prevention program component:

Livelihood Promotion: Enables the Poor to be Economically Capable and Protect their Children One Hundred and Ninety poor mothers are engaged in income generating activities and have increased their families’ income. As a result they are capable to send about 760 [Female=380] children that are under their supervision to school and protect them from abuse in Addis Ababa, Addis Ketema, Adama, Dessie and Dire Dawa Area Program Offices.

One hundred and seventy four [Female=100] elder children that support their siblings and live in Addis Ababa, Addis Ketema, Adama, Dessie and Dire Dawa Area Program Offices have been offered vocational skill trainings and provided with starting capital to sustain and improve their livelihood, send their 522 [Female=265] youngest siblings to school and address their other protection needs.

FSCE Annual Report 2011| 5 Accessing Children to Education: Sending promoted to the next educational level of which Children to the Best Place to be Protected and 941 [F=426] of them have been promoted to the Develop next level of education. With active participation of its partners and stakeholders found at Addis Ketema, Adama, In 2011, a total of 2,749 [F=1,049] children who Bahir Dar and Dire Dawa Area Program Offices, were out of school and on the verge of drop out about 3,349 [F=1986] children were withdrawn from formal schools children in target areas of from labour, provided with necessary educational Bahir Dar, Dessie, Addis Ababa, Addis Ketema, material and made to attend education in 18 Non Adama, Akaki Kality and Dire Dawa Area Program Formal Education Centers run by FSCE and other Offices were given scholastic and material support stakeholders. to pursue their education.

Accordingly, 89% of the children that have This also increased school attendance and definitely attended the Non Formal Education have been helped the children to pursue their education and

6 | FSCE Annual Report 2011 be protected from labour abuse so that they would schools. The training also helped to establish a strong not to be susceptible to other abuse. partnership among parents, students and facilitators; with formal schooling and better understanding of Infrastructural capacity of NFE Centers and selected child care management and child participation. formal schools have been enhanced to enroll a considerable number of out of school children and During the reporting year, tutorial support has been create a child friendly environment at Addis Ketema, offered to more than 601 [Female=365] educationally Adama, Akaki Kality and Dessie Area Program Offices. poor performing students in formal schools. The Organization also managed to make 90% of the Equally, the pedagogic skills of NFE facilitators and children perform better in their education and become formal school teachers found in target areas of Addis motivated. Ketema, Akaki, Adama and Dire Dawa Area Program Offices have been built so as to make the teaching learning process child friendly, promote quality education and increase the participation of children at

FSCE Annual Report 2011| 7 Supporting Children without This is our Story, Change and Parental Care: Dream In collaboration with pertinent stakeholders in target areas of Addis Ketema, Adama, We are from poor families that live in Adet Town. Since Akaki Kality, Bahir Dar, Dessie and Dire the town is very small, my friends and I know each other Dawa Area Program Offices, various kinds very well. Though the time varies, we lost our fathers of educational, psychological, financial and while we were young, 9 to 11 years old. Since the ‘bread other social supports have been provided winners’ died, we started to live even below the life we used to. Mostly, we may have nothing to eat or to wear. for more than 3,712 [F=50%] Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVC). The support Our mothers are maid servants. They are also engaged enabled the children to develop self-esteem, in other laborious chores like grinding, washing clothes, attend their education and attain some of baking ‘Injera’, and prepare local liquors for livelihood. their basic development and protection Since our mothers couldn’t afford, we were usually needs. begging and scavenging wastages from hotels and houses. We miss classes while scavenging and since we The capacity of eight Iddir Coalitions that couldn’t afford scholastic … ‘’ could address the development and protection needs of OVC in target areas of Adama, Once up on a time, a bright day has come which changed our lives. Looking at our living standards; FSCE and the Akaki Kality, Bahir Dar, Dessie and Dire Iddir selected me and other three friends of mine from the Dawa Area Program offices sustained with village. Then we took a basic business and entrepreneur the active participation of the community skill training. have been built. This enabled the Iddir coalitions to strengthen/establish their own It was really basic and life changing. Then, using the income generating schemes. Accordingly, skill and a startup capital provided, we established a three of them are mobilizing local resources Soft Drinks Distribution Shop at Adet Town. Currently, and are providing psychosocial support for including a 2,300 Birr saving we made at Amhara about 210 [F=50%] OVC in Adama, Dessie Saving and Credit Institution, the enterprise has about 19,300 Birr Capital. The enterprise is also profitable. and Dire Dawa. We share some amount of the revenue monthly to fulfill our basic needs like food, clothings, scholastic materials and others. Now, working in Shift, we all are attending our education regularly. We are also supporting our siblings with the limit. The support made us to be courageous and tough. Now, we are so happy and work hard from now onwards. We will also create opportunities for jobless people in the future and help the needy in our village.

8 | FSCE Annual Report 2011 “Now things have changed, I have a means to continue my education and support my siblings”

FSCE Annual Report 2011| 9 Raising Awareness: Making the Community children and 12 school principals. Thus, children Responsive towards Child Protection of the targeted schools have been participating in different child protection interventions like More than 1,850 community members in the sensitizing the community and mobilizing local target areas of Adama, Bahir Dar and Dessie Area resources and facilitating child to child supports Program Offices have reached through 436 regular at schools and in the community. Community Conversation (CC) sessions that were organized in order to raise their awareness on Model parents have identified and provided selected child protection indicators and response. Accordingly, it managed to increase awareness, training on model parenting. Therefore, the response and participation of the community in child practices of 375 households in child upbringing protection interventions through MSCCPS, Iddirs/ and communication could be changed through Iddirs Coalitions and other community based child sharing experiences of the model parents and protection structures. regular dialogues.

The target communities have also continued their Various messages on the protection needs of involvement by protecting children from trafficking, children have also been transmitted through local migration and preventing child employment in their Radio and TV stations in Addis Ababa, Adama respective localities. and Dire Dawa. Other IEC materials have also been published and disseminated to raise Capacity of 42 school clubs and girls club awareness of the public on protection needs of federations that are located in Addis Ababa, children. Addis Ketema, Adama, Akaki Kality, Bahir Dar and Dessie Area Program Offices have created awareness of 12,697 [Girls=7999] school

10 | FSCE Annual Report 2011 Promotive Program This sub-program has placed great importance on the protection of urban disadvantaged children who experienced different forms of abuse. Accordingly, in 2011 the following interventions have been done to address problems of children related to different protection needs;

Community Based Child Center: Alternative way to Correct and Rehablitate Children in Contact with the Law

Four community based Child Correction centers have been strengthened to address the “Now, I made lots of protection needs of children in contact with the law in Addis Ababa, Akaki Kality, Bahir friends that love and play Dar and Dire Dawa Area Program Offices. with me. They don’t fear The capacities of the already existing three Community Based Child Protection Centers me!! Now, things have have been improved in collaboration with changed; boxing became my LSAO and other stakeholders. Furthermore, the organizational and technical capacity of history. I settle differences Mekarie Shemagiles, and other stakeholders that with discussions. Elders, are involved on CBCC has been improved through trainings. my teachers, and people at As a matter of fact, it is managed to correct CBCC taught me to respect 980 [F=89] and reintegrate 230 [F=25] children in contact with the law with their family and others’ opinions and the community. Moreover, integrated protection Rules. People at school and leisure time services were provided for more than 2,000 [F=50%] children that live and in my village also refer around where the centers exist. to me as a ‘Good Boy’”.

FSCE Annual Report 2011| 11 In addition to the correction service, the Similarly, some of the MSCCPS are also community based correction system has been mobilizing the community to provide guidance promoted through establishing referral linkages and counseling service for children in contact established among actors that are responsible with the law by facilitating education for out of for correction and reintegration of children in school children in Addis Ababa and Adama Area contact with the law. Different awareness raising Program Offices. sessions were conducted in Addis Ababa, Adama, Akaki Kality, Bahir Dar and Dire Dawa Area Reunifying Children into their Families: During the reporting period, 583[Girl=230] Program Offices. trafficked and migrated children have been traced, provided with psychosocial support and Establishing Multi-Stakeholders reunified with their family through counter child Community-based Child Protection trafficking interventions at Adama, Bahir Dar,

Systems: Dire Dawa, Adet, Merawi, Tis Abay, and Woreta. Nine community based multi stakeholder child To trace source areas of the trafficked/migrated protection structures that plan, implement and children, make the reunification process effective monitor and evaluate different community child and promote the importance of joint effort to protection interventions have been initiated address the protection needs of trafficked/ and strengthened in 9 Kebeles/Woredas found migrated children; referral linkages have been in Addis Ababa, Addis Ketema, Adama, Akaki established/strengthened with pertinent Kality and Dire Dawa Area Program Offices. The government offices, police, community based Structures have also formed their institutional structures and NGOs. structures by mobilizing stakeholders in their respective community, building evidence and planning different child protection interventions. Accordingly, some of the MSCCPS are now implementing different child protection interventions like identifying and sending out of school children to schools, facilitating birth registration for children without birth certificate, supporting identification and withdrawal of sexually abused and exploited children as well as coordinating community conversation sessions that focus on child protection.

12 | FSCE Annual Report 2011 Rehabilitation and Reintegration Program Protecting Children from Grave Abuse and Exploitations

In an effort to address Sexually Abused and Exploited Children (SAEC) and Children in exploitative labour, FSCE has established the Rehabilitation and Reintegration program. Hence, while addressing these children, significant developments that took place during the reporting year are mentioned below.

During the year that ended, a total of 303 [All Girls] sexually abused and exploited children in Addis Ketema, Adama, Bahir Dar, Dessie and Dire Dawa Area Program Offices have been identified, rehabilitated and reintegrated with their family and the community. By changing their life style, the children have established adaptive livelihoods that enable them to lead their life.

More than 273 [ F=102] children that were in exploitative labour, live on streets, and that are marginalized in the target areas of Adama and Bahir Dar Area Program Offices had been identified, rehabilitated and reintegrated to establish their own livelihoods for their living.

Following the rehabilitation and reintegration model, the children have been given different psychosocial supports as well as vocational and business skill trainings and seed capital that enable them to establish their own business and reintegrate with their family and the community.

The interventions have been implemented with active participation of different stakeholders and partners such as CBOs, responsible local government sector offices, it is managed to bring better effect on the process. Currently, most of the children are also living positively with their family and the community. They are also doweling their business and making saving for education as well as to expand their business.

FSCE Annual Report 2011| 13 Tiobesta: This is My Story, Change and Dream

My name is Tiobesta Wegayehu, I was born in Dire Dawa. Now I am 18 years old, My parents were divorced when I was just a little girl. My father remarried and I was raised by my step mother. My step mother’s bad treatment forced me to leave my home and join street life at the age of nine. On the street, I came across many problems like starvation, thirsty, lack of shelter, cold and I was also raped at such a young age. Then after, I was addicted to drugs like chat, alcohol and others. Therefore, to survive I also engaged in commercial sex work at the age of 10.

While I was living this life for many years, one day when I was waiting for customers of commercial sex, a community worker from FSCE and a community elder approached me while they were conducting night outreach session around Andegna Menged. Then I told them all about my life. Finally, they informed me about FSCE and its work on the rehabilitation and reintegration of children like me. Therefore I decided to go with them to change my life once and for all.

In order to get out of my bad situation and behavior like drug addiction, sexual exploitation traumas and bad communication with people, long and continuous guidance & counseling follow up as well as care was given to me by counselor & social workers at the rehabilitation center.

After I completed my guidance and counseling follow up and got out of past traumas, things have been facilitated to learn life skill and business skill trainings as well as vocational skill training on food preparation.

Upon completion of the trainings, I and my other three friends have been provided with selected cafeteria and household equipment and reintegrated with the community. Then we started business and worked very hard to be profitable and grow our business jointly. Thanks to the organization, currently, we have a capital of about Birr 30,000.00 and our business is doing well financially.

Now, since things have changes, I want to be a successful entrepreneur and support street children and my family especially my younger sister and brother. I want also to influence our society to change its attitude towards street children. I want to tell the people that street children are not bad. Like me, they can change their behavior, and can be productive if they get the opportunities.

* Tiobesta is a pseudonym

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Child Resource Development Program [CRDP] aims Similarly, child resource corners that exist at Addis to address FSCE’s organizational mission which Ketema, Adama and Bahir Dar Area Program Offices is ‘striving for sustainable protection, growth and have been strengthened. Currently, the corners are development of vulnerable children’. The program also providing services for various stakeholders focuses on promoting excellence in the process of including personnel form government offices, like making appropriate interventions and replication of minded organizations, and students from education model projects towards addressing the main causes of and research institutions. children’s problems. Consequently, 661 [F=200] academicians and Accordingly, in 2011, bilingual Newsletter ‘TEGEN’, researchers (NGO staff, university and college core programs booklet, promotional stickers and students, consultants, and Government and FSCE calendars have been produced and distributed to staff) have accessed to child focused resource materials. Area Program Offices, various stakeholders including Similarly, issues of child protection and interventions government offices. Additional 237 new focused of FSCE have been promoted to donors, government resource materials (books, research papers, reports, offices, NGOs, Education and Research Institutions workshop and conference papers etc.) were collected and the public. and stored on the data base of the child resource center.

FSCE Annual Report 2011| 15 Accomplishments at the Head Office

FSCE is strongly committed to improving the plights with 3 international NGOs and Networks of disadvantaged urban children through programs and 4 likeminded local NGOs to address the aimed at protecting the life of children from harm and protection needs of children effectively. different forms of abuse. Its program interventions have been increasing in seven area program offices: Addis Working in Partnership and Ababa, Bahir Dar, Akaki Kality, Adama, Dire Dewa, Addis Ketema and Dessie. These program offices have Networks made remarkable achievements to protect children from Building and strengthening partnership is one of imminent dangers and abuse they have been exposed FSCE’s strategic directions to promote the protection to. Furthermore, the core administrative support units needs of children under its scope. To this end; at the Head Office have actively participated towards • FSCE has been actively involved in couples the realization of the organizational goal. of currently functional intra-organizational networks like BEN-E and CCRDA whose Program Management objectives virtually fall under the domain of Taking FSCE’s program management responsibilities FSCE’s goal and objectives. into consideration, the program management • It has been participating in End Child department has identified problems on program Prostitution, Child Pornography and direction and implementation, design strategies and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes allocation of scarce resources to address the felt [ECPAT] as a member. It has been also protection needs of children across all area program implementing interventions that protect offices. children from sexual abuse and exploitation at Moreover, it worked towards improved qualities and organizational level in two area program offices effective management of programs, projects and specifically at Adama and Addis Ketema. supporting activities to ensure optimum use of funds • Moreover, in the year that ended, FSCE has and other resources. To these ends, the following major actively participated in the newly initiated actions have been performed; Everychild Global Coalition on Children without Parental Care. Similarly, FSCE has • Twenty seven donor based action and been actively participating in the Stop Child budget plans have been prepared. All area Labour International Coalition. program offices have been provided with year 2012 consolidated plan. To extend the Human and Material Resources financial capacity in program implementation, additional 14 new supplementary projects have Management been developed and funds solicited. To enhance Human and Material Resource Management • All area program offices were supported to unit is an inherent part of the organizations apply working models and guidelines that management. Hence, to attain effective utilization FSCE uses to run its programs. and maximum development of human and material • New funding partnership has developed resources, the Department has worked on planning

16 | FSCE Annual Report 2011 and aligning the work force, deploying appropriate • Regular participatory result based monitoring work force and material resources, and reinforcing and sessions on the progress and outcomes of developing performance of the work force. program interventions have been conducted at area program offices and organizational levels. With this objective, the Department has dealt with • Different types technical supports and issues like recruitment, development, utilization and assistance in project preparation, monitoring motivation of the work force. Accordingly, including 5 and evaluation have been facilitated and temporary employees, the organization has been able to organized for all the 7 Area Program Offices. maintain 223 (Female=115) staff in 2011. • Two terminal evaluations have facilitated sessions together with government signatories in Addis Ketema and Akaki Kality Area Program Offices

Enhancing FSCE with Communication Technologies Addressing FSCE to the global village made by the dynamic Information Communication Technology is enhanced by the ICT department. To such end, redesigning the old website, Local Area Networking, Databases Management, Staff capacity building, Maintenance and troubleshooting and other similar programs are the main activities of the year 2011. In this regard, the new website has been of paramount Planning Monitoring and importance by its fast downloading system of resources, Evaluation social media like discussion forum, membership, and many more. The planning, monitoring and evaluation department begins with designing of programs on the basis of the organizational strategic directions and goals; and goes Visit www.fsc-e.org. through monitoring different project cycles towards designed goals and objectives of the organization.

Hence, the Unit involved different actors of the organization and stakeholders during planning and implementation and most importantly at the time of monitoring and evaluation phases.

FSCE Annual Report 2011| 17 Financial Resource Utilization and Management The 2011 fiscal year expenditure indicates a remarkable improvement in budget management. For the year, FSCE planned to spend 32,660,457 Birr. Accordingly, it secured the resource from various donors and 28,394,366.32 Birr reported utilized by the year ended.

Regular follow up and monitoring to all financial flow have been made. Accordingly, the utilized financial resource is spent as per the CSO legislation that considers 70/30 ration between administration and program costs.

18 | FSCE Annual Report 2011 Challenges and Lessons Learnt Challenges: • The economic problems the community encountered in FSCE’s target areas have indirectly affected the implementation of most of the planned child protection interventions. • Limited opportunity for work practice and employment for children enrolled in rehabilitation and reintegration of sexually abused children, children in exploitative labour, and street and marginalized children.

Lessons Learned • Increases the number of children receiving child protection services at CBCC making the Centers to be the most visited ones by children • Community based multi stakeholder child protection system is identifying itself as the best strategy to address the protection needs of children effectively and sustainably.

FSCE Annual Report 2011| 19 Thank you

Our work would not be possible without the loyalty and generosity of our donors. Thank you to all the individuals, trusts, stakeholders, government partners and donors who have helped us to protect children from harm, violence, abuse and exploitation in this reporting year.

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Our donors

Contact Details - FSCE Head Office Tel: +251115534432 Fax: +251115534469 [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.fsc-e.org Addis Ababa APO Tel: +251116541921 Fax: +251116541921 E-Mail: [email protected] Addis Ketema APO Tel: +251112775365 Fax: +251112775365 E-Mail: [email protected] Adama APO Tel: +251221114654 Fax: +251221114654 E-Mail: [email protected] Akaki Kality APO Tel: +251114390870 Fax: +251114390870 E-Mail: [email protected] Bahir Dar APO Tel: +251582207248 Fax: +251582200375 E-Mail: [email protected] Dessie APO Tel: +251338110501 Fax: +251331115708 E-Mail: [email protected] Dire Dawa APO Tel: +2512511119696 Fax: +2512511119696 E-Mail: [email protected]

Compiled by Addis Tekle Designed by MDSC

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