The work of SOS Sahel focuses on community-based natural resources management, food security, agriculture, policy analysis, value chain analysis and development, pro-poor value chain development.
SOS Sahel Ethiopia envisions a world without poverty and is dedicated to improve the living standards of smallholder farmers and pastoralists
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SOS Sahel International (UK) started work in the Sahelian Dry lands Zone, both in Western and Eastern Africa in 1984. In Ethiopia, it began rural development projects focusing on food Security and Community Based Resource Management (CBRM) five years after its establishment in 1989. In 2005, SOS Sahel Ethiopia was registered (No. 1986) as an independent national NGO by the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice. SOS Sahel Ethiopia is a national NGO and has more than 24 years of rural development experience in Ethiopia .
Sustaining and Restoring the Environment: Enabling local communities to fight poverty through better management of their environment.
Securing Livelihood: Improving on-farm and off-farm incomes; expanding livelihood opportunities outside farming; build/protect public and HHs assets.
Strengthening Markets: Enabling farmers/herders to sell value added and diversified products at rewarding national and overseas markets.
Saving Lives: Providing relief food assistance for disaster victims.
Strengthening Documentation: In order to influence policy and action.
The work of SOS Sahel focuses on community-based natural resources management, food security, agriculture, policy analysis, value chain analysis and development, pro-poor value chain development.