Facilitator for Change  (FC) was established in 1998 and registered under the Ministry of Justice as indigenous, non-Governmental development organization.  Since its establishment to September of 2009, it was addressed as “Facilitator for Change Ethiopia (FC)” and following the provision of proclamation 621/2009 on Charities and Societies, it is re-registered by the name of “Facilitator for Change (FC)” as Ethiopian Resident Charity. The focus groups that FC is committed to work with are vulnerable children, mothers, unemployed/school dropout youths, rural landless youths, early marriage and child labor exploitation victims, small holder rural farmers and CBO members.  

Programmatic Areas

The core thematic focuses of FC are Women’s Capacity Enhancement through Self Help Group (SHG) approach, Household food Security and Farmers Market Organization and Education and Skill Training. FC has so far eight projects operating in two national regional states. These are Families for children, Oljedha, Bishoftu Community Based Development project, Birmadu Folle and Yebu women empowerment, Hohite Tibebe, Building Better Future for Children and Basoliben Education and Child Protection projects.

Networking and Partnership

FC works hand-in-hand with the community, CBOs, sister CSOs and the Government and managed to maintain effective partnership. This has given an opportunity for FC to initiate and facilitate innovative approaches with partners. FC is an award winner of 2006 in terms of operating in partnership with CBOs, the community in organized forms.  Also FC leads a number of consortiums and networks that include Small holder farmers’ empowerment, Protection of basic services (PBS), Micro Credit fund for MFI and NGOs, ILO child labour pilot project, EU women Empowerment program and Hosting the SHG national Coordination office and Small grant fund