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Good Samaritan Association
Year of Establishment
1996
Year of Registration
1998
Type of Organization
Local Non-Governmental Organization
Branch Offices
None
Vision of the Organization
- To see the attainment of an acceptable
standard of health service for Ethiopian woman
- To see all women free from Cervical
and Breast Cancer
General Objective
- To undertake and or participate in an effort
to promote of women’s health issues in Ethiopia
- Advocate and promote the prevention of trauma
to the incidence of rape in Ethiopia
- Decrease mortality and morbidity of
Cervical & Breast Cancer that affects Ethiopian women
by establishing cancer prevention and control unit
Specific Objectives
- To provide free, confidential, professional
and voluntary service to sexual assault victims in Addis Ababa
- To increase an awareness that sexual assault
is a threat to society, in general and youth young women in
particular give support, such as skill training that is marketable
to help the beneficiaries support themselves and to become
self-reliant in our target area and referred victims from
other areas
- To mobilize the community on the issue of
sexual assault
- To increase the conviction rate of assailant
- Establish a resource center on women’s
health and carry out advocacy activities and promote essential
health research on women and facilitate the dissemination
of appropriate information
- Establish Cervical and Breast Cancer Prevention
and Control Unit
- Establish a palliative care unit
- Establish a model palliative care demonstration
project center in partnership with other stakeholders
- Establish a sustainable working relationship
with government and non-government organizations who are focusing
on women’s health issues
- Strengthen the capacity of its center in
human and financial resources
- Empower women to handle activities, which
are related to their health and promote income-generating
activities and provide information on gender issues
Strategy
- Follow up the designed pilot project to
establish a centralized crisis response center for sexual
assault victims in Addis Ababa
- Designed a strategic plan as soon as possible
to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization’s
direction
- Network with International Cancer Organizations
- Establish Cervical and Breast Cancer Prevention
and Control unit. And a palliative care unit
- Enhance networking with government, and
non-governments organization and professional associations
Activities of the Organization
- Rape crisis intervention project
- To address the issue of sexual
assault both from a public health as well as from a human
rights perspective
- To undertake operations research
in sexual assault “rape” in Addis Ababa City Administration
- To increase the awareness of the
problem of “rape” and emphasize lasting change by promoting
reforms that represents the interest of rape victims and
potential rape victims and decrease, the incidence of
rape in the project area and referred victims from other
parts of Addis Ababa
- Plan to establish Cervical and Breast
Cancer Prevention and Control Unit
- Establish a clinic to offer health
services to the Community
- Strengthen the Information Education
Communication Program
- Assess and promote support for treatments
to enhance Palliative Care Services in Ethiopia
- Networking with International Rape
Crisis Intervention Centers
Publication
- Leaflets and Posters
- Brochures
Beneficiaries
109 beneficiaries
Plan of Expansion
Areas of expansion
- To the whole regions of Ethiopia
Address
Good Samaritan Association
Tel: 251-1-270370/69
251-1-272146/47
Fax: 251-272148
Email: gsa@telecom.net.et
Address: P.O. box 7812
Contact Address:
Kefle Ketema:Gulele
Kebele :15
House Number :427
Contact person :-Dr. Fantaye Mekbebe
(Executive Director)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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