Establishment: Center of Concern is an indigenous Ethiopian Civil Society Organization instituted in 2005 to provide long-term solutions to problems of poverty, hunger, illiteracy, ill health, injustice and inequalities in Ethiopia & and registered at the Federal Charities & Societies Agency with No: 3160.
Vision: to see a society free from poverty and injustice.
Mission: To work with people living in poverty, women, youth and children to eradicate poverty and bring justice.
Core values:
> Courage of conviction
> Equity and justice
> Solidarity with people living in poverty
> Mutual respect
> Integrity
> Quality
> Humility
> Independence
Program Intervention Areas:
> Child Care, Empowerment & Protection
> Education
> Health/HIV&AIDs
> Empowerment of Women and girls
> Natural Resource Management & Environment Protection
> Democracy, Governance and Human Right
> Peace Building & Conflict Management
> Emergency Response
Geographical Coverage
>Sidama National Regional State
> Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State;
> Oromia National Regional State and;
Target Groups
> Women
> Orphans and vulnerable children
> Women
> Girls
> PLHIVs
> Youth
> Aged people
> Disadvantaged community and minorities
Funding Partners
> GOAL Ethiopia
> Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation
> Edget Baandinet Children’s Center
> Union of Ethiopian Women and Children Charitable Associations
> Initiative Africa
> European Union Delegation to Ethiopia
> USAID/PACT Ethiopia
> International Republican Institute
> Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
> National Endowment for Democracy
> British Embassy
> Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa
> Malala Fund
> Plan International Ethiopia