Sidama youth Development Association

problems to be committed:

• Lack of self reliance of street dwellers
• lack of basic human facilities: food,house, shelter, health and water etc
• Lack of job opportunities etc

solutions expected from our civic association for mentioned problems are:

1. Giving periodic training to build   them in thought of  in self reliance and independence to guide their life.
2.  Building camp facilities and providing basic facilities till they become self dependent.
3. To create job opportunities to them,  our project is deemed for engaging them in different economic activities such as micro-irrigation to produce their foods, horticultural activities to produce and sell it to town residents. And, also we will create a linkage with different enterprises and industry parks who are working in the similar area of our project and make them to get a technical training and skills that make them skillful any related activities where they wish to be hired locally and globally.

A UNESCO online page reiterates that according to UN sources there are up to 150 million street children in the world today. Chased from home by violence, drug and alcohol abuse, the death of a parent, family breakdown, war, natural disaster or simply socio-economic collapse, many destitute children are forced to eke out a living on the streets, scavenging, begging, hawking in the slums and polluted cities of the developing world (UNESCO, 2018). Currently, there are an estimated 1500-2000 street dwellers in Hawassa in 2018. As rural poverty deepens with rapid population expansion amid declining agricultural productivity, the size of street population in Hawassa is expected to swell in few years posing a policy dilemma to government. This makes the problem is sounding both locally and globally.

Hence, Hawassa Street dwelleres Self-help Cooperative is to eliminate absolute poverty in Hawassa city by building a sense of self-reliance among the most vulnerable groups in the city.  

1. Giving periodic training on entrepreneur and psychology. .
2.  Building camp facilities and providing basic facilities 
3. Creating job opportunities to them; horticultural activities and small scale irrigation activities
4. Creating market and industry linkage
5. Finally, the beneficiaries of project would become supporters of other marginalized groups who are in due request of assistance. Hence,it continues as self help cooperative project rather than intermittent project.  

1. Giving periodic training to build   them in thought of  in self reliance and independence to guide their life.
2.  Building camp facilities and providing basic facilities till they become self dependent.
3. To create job opportunities to them,  our project is deemed for engaging them in different economic activities such as micro-irrigation to produce their foods, horticultural activities to produce and sell it to town residents. And, also we will create a linkage with different enterprises and industry parks who are working in the similar area of our project and make them to get a technical training and skills that make them skillful any related activities where they wish to be hired locally and globally.
4. Finally, the beneficiaries of project would become supporters of other marginalized groups who are in due request of assistance. Hence,it continues as self help cooperative project rather than intermittent project.  

 The number of population in the world  is increasing at alarming rate despite  minimum level of job opportunities  created for them. Those people,who are  lack of job opportunities,  are becoming susceptible and vulnerable for different economic crises such as lack of basic human facilities such as food, shelter, health and education. This economic crises enforce them especially marginalized group to migrate from rural areas to urban areas for searching job opportunities moreover in developing countries . Solutions mentioned above from our projects are keen to solve this global challenge: good job and inclusive entrepreneurship

full time staff: 15

contract: 20

Total: 35

All our team members are well qualified interms of education and experience and the background of both education and our experience much related with the project that we are going to execute in our civic association.

Hawassa city,youth and job creation department, we are working together with them from starting the identification of the street dwellers and how to train them to develop the technical skills for them.

Our project encompasses the following business models as mentioned below:

1.Low-income client model: For it offers services to clients but focuses on providing access to those who couldn’t otherwise afford. services such as house, water, health and other facilities and other job opportunities like providing of horticultural activities and small scale irrigation activities in the city.

2.Cooperative model: for it Provides members with benefits through collective services. different entrepreneurial and skill building training would be given to our clients collectively rather than individual bases. 

3.Market linkage model:Facilitates trade relationships between clients and the external market. example: facilitating street dwellers to get an access of market information and periodically for outputs  they have produced.

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To solve the global challenge: God job and inclusive entrepreneurship problems

United Nation, Food and agriculture Organization,Ilo etc

Because our project is mainly focused on marginalized group, street dwellers

The project includes street women who are vulnerable to prostitution and other overload works in the city.

Because the end goal of  our project is creating jobs for vulnerable groups, Hawass city dwellers, to build their assets and incomes.This will be achieved through by giving different entrepreneurial training by professionals and making viable different job opportunities for them.

Because, in our project primary education provision included to provide it as a basic human facility.