About
Development for Peace Organization (DPO) is an Ethiopian non-profit humanitarian and development organization established in 2020 to address the needs of vulnerable communities without discrimination. DPO is legally registered in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, and Kenya, with registration underway in Yemen. DPO implements humanitarian response and integrated development programs across multiple sectors, including Shelter, Education, Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Health and Nutrition, WASH, Food Security and Livelihoods, Agriculture, Environmental Protection, Child Sponsorship, Peacebuilding, Youth Development and Job Creation, and Women's Empowerment. The organization works with conflict- and drought-affected communities, internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, returnees, and host populations, with an operational presence in emergency-affected areas. DPO has established partnerships with bilateral donors, UN agencies, international NGOs, and philanthropic institutions, including the US Government, ECHO, EHF/OCHA, UNHCR, IOM, UN Women, UNICEF, ZOA, COOPI, GOAL, HELVETAS, NRC, Save the Children Ethiopia, and the Flora Family Foundation.
Mission. Mission: DPO strives to meet the humanitarian and developmental needs of women, girls, children, and other vulnerable communities, regardless of their background of all sorts. Vision: DPO aspires to see women, girls, children, and other vulnerable communities living a decent life in a safe and healthy environment.
Focus areas
- Education
- Health
- Gender equality
- Climate and environment
- Livelihoods and employment
- Agriculture and food systems
- Humanitarian response
- Water, sanitation and hygiene
- Disability inclusion
- Child protection
Activities and approach
Approaches
- Direct service delivery
- Community mobilisation
- Training and capacity strengthening
- Advocacy and campaigning
- Systems strengthening
- Convening and networking
Capabilities
- Local implementation
- Lead programme delivery
- Consortium membership
- Consortium leadership
- Monitoring, evaluation and learning
- Technical expertise
- Community access and relationships
- Training and capacity strengthening
Populations served
- Children
- Adolescents and young people
- Women and girls
- People with disabilities
- Refugees and displaced people
- Migrants
- Smallholder farmers
- Teachers
- Health workers
- Other underserved communities
Support sought
- Flexible or core funding
- Project or programme funding
- Contracts
- Consortium opportunities
- Advocacy partners
- Capacity strengthening
- Introductions and network access
- Funding opportunities
Readiness and evidence
1 verified readiness area
Readiness reflects VICO's review of evidence the organisation has supplied. It is not a compatibility score, and evidence documents are not public.