About RCWDO

Who We Are

Increased people’s capabilities and their institutions for sustained development

Rift Valley Children and Women Development Organization (RCWDO) is a Local non-governmental, non-for-profit oriented and secular development and humanitarian organization established in 1993 and re-registered as Local Ethiopian CSO in accordance with the Authority for Civil Society Organizations Proclamation 1113/2019 of Ethiopia. RCWDO mainly dealing with the promotion of the welfare and development of the most disadvantaged & vulnerable groups of the society mainly: children, women, youth, the elderly, and people with disability who are subjected to severe poverty and all forms of the problems of underdevelopment. RCWDO was founded in 1993 by dedicated, philanthropic and voluntary Ethiopians residing in the Central Rift Valley area dedicated to addressing the critical causes of poverty in the rift valley areas as well as other parts of the country through assisting the efforts of the communities and affected people in strengthening humanitarian efforts. RCWDO’s initial establishment is based on the foundation of Central Rift valley Arsi People movement against feudalism through promotion of basic education. It has emerged as an offspring of this movement to address the underdevelopment & ignorance of people. The rational for creating linkage and founding this charitable organization with same and shared value is the fact that the founders were active member of the former movement and had benefited from the movement in fulfillment of their rights as citizen. Accordingly, RCWDO has two major/ fundamental believes of its existence that emanate from its foundation. These are: people are the foundation of the development and people have the potential thus build on their potential and strengths.