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🏛️ Transparency and strategic oversight are the cornerstones of the Vision of Community Development Association (VoCDA). On March 29, 2026, our Board of Directors convened at the Aya Hotel in Bole Sub-City for our high-level annual meeting. This gathering serves as the primary mechanism for reviewing our past impact and setting the trajectory for the year ahead. Key Outcomes & …
🌳 We are proud to announce the official launch of our latest initiative: “Restoration of Degraded Lands and Forest Ecology for Improved Livelihoods in Suro-shisho Locality.” The project commencement workshop took place on March 8, 2026, at the Bethlehem-Hotel in Bau City. With the vital support of UNDP/GEF/SGP, this project aligns with Ethiopia’s national strategy for land restoration, combining environmental …
In a powerful demonstration of community-led environmental action, the Vision of Community Development Association successfully completed a series of Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) works throughout February. This initiative was not just about labor; it was a collaborative effort involving Abine Kebele residents, Woreda Agriculture and Land Office experts, and local administration leaders. Together, we are building a more resilient …
🌿Agroecology Project Launched in Bau City! We are proud to announce that the Vision of Community Development Association has officially kicked off our latest project: “Strengthening Agroecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation at Abosa Locality.” Launched on September 7, 2025, at the Bethlehem-Hotel, this initiative marks a turning point for environmental resilience and community growth in our region. With the generous …
At woreda level one day preliminary discussions were undertaken at Batu town for consensus development purposes. In this workshop, two kebele abba-Gada and hadha-sinqee were present and discussed, agreeing to make one draft of laws developed by the two kebles for suitable environmental protection at their kebeles and neighboring kebeles. Accordingly, they have developed one ritual law for the locality …
The ritual law development process was begun through community discussions and drafting ritual laws through full community representatives at their respective kebeles. The ritual law development was meant to serve as part of the government laws to protect and conserve the locality natural resources. In this ceremony abba-gada of Sikko mando, Waayyu shanaan, 2-kebeles abba-gada and hadha-siinqee of two kebeles, …
In this event the community raised different issues of environmental protection from government center protection to cultural protection methods. Finally people of the kebele agreed to make both combined effort through cultural, community protection methods and legal and government protection mechanisms. To this end they have developed by agreement cultural protection methods through drafting bylaws.
The meeting was help for two days where the community participating and give its suggestions on the how of the natural resource management issues could be successful done at grassroots level. Accordingly the community contributed a lot for the environmental conservation through cultural bylaw development process. The following pictures shows the participants.