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

Activity URL

http://africanchildrenshaven.org/projects/

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
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
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