PROJECT SUMMARY
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Project name |
Building Adaptive Resilience for People Affected by conflict and Climate Crisis Focusing on Youth in Two Regions of South Ethiopia |
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Project short name |
AMU - ASDEPO legal aid project |
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Project phase |
I |
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Partner(s)/ country(ies) |
Action for Social Development and Environmental Protection Organization (ASDEPO) and United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) funded by the Government of the Republic of Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) |
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Project ID |
Com/Law/083/26 |
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Project type |
Legal Aid and Community Development |
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Project implementation location |
Arba Minch, , Karat Zuria, Segen Zuria, Dassanech woredas / Districts of Southern Ethiopia |
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Target communities |
Internally displaced person, GBV survivors, vulnerable and at-risk youth, justice and service providers |
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AMU-Project Manager |
Abraham Kinfe (School of Law) |
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AMU-Principal Investigator |
Getinet Debalke |
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AMU-Co-Investigators |
Dr. V. P. Sam Ponniah; Abreham Kinfe, Emishaw Teshome |
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Total budget (ETB) |
10,500,000.00 |
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Project Period |
Start date: 3/25/2026 | End date: 2/25/2027 |
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Project Reporting |
Financial: Quarterly | Progress: Monthly |
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Project finance management office |
College finance & budget admin |
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Contact person |
Getinet Debalke ( |
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Providing legal aid assistance including legal counseling and legal support for vulnerable youth including survivors of GBV to ensure their access to formal justice systems and processes. AMU legal aid will serve in the selective woredas to ensure youth that need legal aid assistance can gain services without incurring expensive costs of legal assistance. The GBV and legal aid partner will be connected by referral pathway. The school of law faculty will conduct awareness raising on GBV including harmful traditional practices, the national and international laws as well as on the available services to GBV survivors. The target community of GBV survivors and vulnerable or at-risk youth, across the project woredas will be assisted with legal representation in courts (lawyers’ fee, transportation cost for survivors, witnesses etc.), assistance for documentation (Housing, land and property and conflict related paternity) and child custody and maintenance cost for the child.