About
The Oromia Youth Federation (OYF) is a premier locally led civil society organization in Ethiopia dedicated to empowering youth, advancing civic participation, and driving community-led sustainable development. OYF focuses on large-scale youth mobilization, leadership capacity building, gender justice, and civic education across the Oromia region and nationwide.
Mission. Oromia Youth Federation exists to empower young people in Oromia, Ethiopia, to participate meaningfully in social, economic and civic life. We promote youth leadership, volunteerism, inclusive opportunities and peaceful, sustainable community development.
Focus areas
- Education
- Gender equality
- Climate and environment
- Livelihoods and employment
- Agriculture and food systems
- Human rights
- Governance
- Humanitarian response
- Disability inclusion
- Digital inclusion
- Child protection
- Health
Activities and approach
Approaches
- Community mobilisation
- Advocacy and campaigning
- Research and evidence
- Policy influencing
- Systems strengthening
- Convening and networking
- Technology and digital solutions
- Emergency response
- Social enterprise
- Training and capacity strengthening
- Direct service delivery
Capabilities
- Local implementation
- Grant management
- Lead programme delivery
- Community access and relationships
- Technical expertise
- Research and evidence
- Policy and advocacy
- Training and capacity strengthening
- Consortium membership
- Consortium leadership
- Monitoring, evaluation and learning
- Innovation or technology
Populations served
- People with disabilities
- Refugees and displaced people
- Entrepreneurs and small businesses
- Women and girls
- Migrants
- Indigenous communities
- Faith communities
- Health workers
- Children
- Adolescents and young people
Support sought
- Flexible or core funding
- Project or programme funding
- Funding opportunities
- Pro bono expertise
- Introductions and network access
- Capacity strengthening
- Advocacy partners
- Technical assistance
- Research partners
- Delivery partners
- Consortium opportunities
- Contracts
- Investment
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.