Welthungerhilfe

  • F Funder
  • I Implementer

Description

Welthungerhilfe (WHH) has been working in Ethiopia since 1972. Welthungerhilfe (officially still registered as German Agro Action) works in Afar, Amhara and Oromiya Regions in close cooperation with the government, national and international NGOs and the target community. Our overarching goal is to achieve sustainable food, nutrition, and water security at household level by linking up different sectors such as humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and resilience building, agriculture and environment, social-economic development and water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Primary Functions

  • Awareness Raising/Advocacy
  • Program/Project Implementation

Secondary Functions

  • Capacity building/Technical assistance
  • Networking/Convening
  • Policy Development/Implementation

Geographic Scope

  • Global / regional

Areas of work Back to Top

Education topics addressed

Attainment

  • Primary enrollment

Other

  • Transition from school to work

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Vocational training

Quality

  • School facilities
  • School-related gender-based violence
  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting topics addressed

  • Community sensitization
  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Gender equality
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Mentorship
  • Sexual harassment & coercion
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Funders and partners Back to Top

Current girls’ education funders

Current girls' education partners

Locations and contact information Back to Top

Website

Welthungerhilfe

Headquarters location(s)

  • Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Office location(s)

  • Germany

Contacts

Matthias Spaeth
Matthias.Spaeth@welthungerhilfe.de
Welthungerhilfe

Locations of current girls’ education work

Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs

  • Afghanistan
  • Bangladesh
  • Bolivia, Plurinational State of
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Central African Republic
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Ethiopia
  • Haiti
  • India
  • Iraq
  • Kenya
  • Lebanon
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Niger
  • Pakistan
  • Peru
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somaliland
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Tajikistan
  • Türkiye
  • Uganda
  • Yemen
  • Zimbabwe

Projects Back to Top