EIFDDA Strengthening Community Development through Interfaith Dialogue

EIFDDA is an alliance of ten faith-based organizations (FBOs) that strives to address the most pressing challenges of Ethiopian society. Established in 2002, EIFDDA trains and supports its members—which include a variety of religious groups—to enhance their ability to respond to the social, economic, and cultural needs of their communities.

This video highlights the way in which TA-NPI helped to strengthen the network of religious groups within EIFDDA. This allowed the members of EIFDDA to work more effectively together toward common goals, like providing HIV services.

In 2008, JSI and its partner, Initiatives Inc., were asked to form the Technical Assistance to the New Partners Initiative (TA-NPI) by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as a part of a broader effort within the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to partner with established community- and faith-based organizations.

TA-NPI's goal is to build the quality of program implementation and strengthen the capacity of indigenous organizations to serve the needs of their communities today and into the future, through collaboration with government and partnerships with other organizations. This support is provided to 12 established local nongovernmental organizations in sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• nonprofit
• capacity building
• Ethiopia
• faith based organizations
• community services
• JSI