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Opportunities Industrialization
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Opportunities Industrialization Centers Ethiopia (OIC Ethiopia)

DATE ESTABLISHED 1973

ORGANIZATION OVERVIEWOIC Ethiopia is an indigenous community based informal skills training and employment organization, which is headquartered in Addis Ababa. OIC Ethiopia is nationally recognized by the Ministry of Justice and under the umbrella of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Ethiopia. Its Board of Directors consists of community leaders, private sector representatives (including the Chamber of Commerce of Addis Ababa) and representatives from line Ministries such as the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Ministry of Education, and the Addis Ababa City Administration.

OIC Ethiopia operates two centers, one in Addis Ababa for unemployed urban youth and the second one in the town of Jimma, the Gambella Region of Ethiopia for Sudanese Refugees in collaboration with the UNHCR and the Ethiopian Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs office.

PROGRAMS OIC Ethiopia offers skills training programs to unemployed youth in the areas of:
  • Carpentry
  • Electrical wiring
  • Building masonry
  • Plumbing
  • Computer training
  • Tailoring
  • Agricultural skills
  • Carpentry skills
CONTACT OIC ETHIOPIA
Board Chair: Mr. Tilahun Giday
Address: Pathfinder International, P.O. Box 12655, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: (251) 11-661-3549 
Fax: (251) 11-661-4209
Email:tgiday@pathfinder.org

Program Director: Mr. Yalew Melesse
Address: P.O. Box 2486, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: (251) 11-275-0151
Fax: (251) 11-550-7847
Email:oicethiopia@ethionet.et

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