Action For Development (AFD)

AFD evolved from the FAO-operated Freedom From Hunger Campaign/Action for Development (FFHC/AD), which was implementing a programme of integrated rural development in selected drought prone areas in the Southern part of Ethiopia for over a decade. It was constituted as an indigenous NGO in 1997 in consideration of the need to build upon the achievements of FFHC/AD and enhancing its impact, while promoting opportunities for the improvement of grassroots livelihoods.

The supreme governing body of AFD is its General Assembly, while strategic guidance is provided by a Board of Directors. Day-to-day activities are carried out by a secretariat with headquarters in Addis Ababa, and 4 field coordination offices in the Bale, Borana and Gudji zones of the Oromia National Regional State, and the South Omo Zone, SNNPR. AFD currently operates with a staff size of 90 most of whom are programme staff suitably qualified and experienced in the organization’s areas of competence.