Mercy Center

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

When school lets out, many Ethiopian teenagers are left unsupervised and are easy prey for the sex and drug trades. At the Mercy Center in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, some two dozen teens – many of whom are orphans or come from single parent homes – attend after-school programs that provide tutoring, recreation, and life skill training. The project, financed by African Childrens Haven, helps students such as Mekedes Feyisa who recently completed high school and is now studying civil engineering. For kids who don’t go on to college or university, the Center provides counseling and job training. They also receive information on reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, information that helps keep them safe.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Ethiopia

Government Affiliation

Unknown

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

N/A

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Sub-national

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other

  • Other

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Vocational training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Mentorship
  • Sexual harassment & coercion

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Learning while working

  • Vocational training

Life skills education

  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors

Other

  • Other activities to address/end violence (not captured above)

Social/gender norms change

  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents

Women's empowerment programs

  • Empowerment training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved understanding of sexual harassment, coercion, and consent
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • Other
  • Reduced poverty/increase household well-being