About ORDA Ethiopia

The current ORDA Ethiopia was founded in February 1984, and it was called the Ethiopian Relief Organization (ERO). ERO was established in response to severe rural poverty exacerbated by the persistent drought of 1984, civil war, and, above all, the political turmoil. ERO was legally registered as a local NGO in 1991 by the Ethiopian Relief and Rehabilitation Commission and again in 1999 by the federal Ministry of Justice (MOJ). Following the enactment of the Charities and Societies Legislation, it was re-registered by the MOJ Charities and Societies Agency as the Ethiopian Residents Charity under license number 0607.

Since 1991, it has extended its relief and agricultural rehabilitation portfolio to include repatriation of Ethiopian returnees from the Sudan and resettlement of internally displaced people. Starting from the year 1993, it embarked on development interventions and implemented integrated food security and rural development projects in Ebinat, Belessa, Sekota and Metema Woredas. However, the Organization was not guided by a Strategic Plan until 1997. ORDA Ethiopia undertook the First Five-year Strategic Plan (1997-2003) during the second General Assembly held in April 1997 in Bahir Dar, and it was during this general assembly that the name ERO changed into ORDA.

File Management System

The system houses over one thousand organizational documents, including operational manuals and systems, organizational structure records, annual plans and reports, external audit reports, policies and procedures, baseline surveys, project evaluations, training materials, project listings, staff and leadership information, board and general assembly minutes, legal and land acquisition documents, as well as magazines, newsletters, and brochures. The documents are organized into categories and subcategories, allowing users to easily locate specific files by applying filters. In addition, users can search for documents using keywords through the search menu on the left panel.