Ethiopiaid Canada is a 4-star rated charity with Good demonstrated impact. It has best practices in financial transparency and an average results reporting grade. The charity raises funds to support local Ethiopian organizations instead of operating its own activities in Ethiopia.

Founded in 2009, Ethiopiaid Canada is an international aid charity that works in partnership with Ethiopian organizations to reduce poverty in Ethiopia. The charity is the Canadian fundraising arm of the UK-based Ethiopiaid. The charity funds partners based in Ethiopia who implement projects on the charity's behalf. Ethiopiaid Canada aims to improve vulnerable women and girls' physical, social, and economic well-being. According to the charity, approximately 13,000 women in Ethiopia die each year because of complications related to childbirth, and 84,000 newborn lives are lost.

Ethiopiaid Canada has four primary programs: Maternal Health, Women's Empowerment, Education for All, and Emergency Relief. The charity has not provided a breakdown of expenses among its programs.

Through its Maternal Health program, the charity aims to eradicate fistula and improve access to quality maternal health in Ethiopia. In F2021, the charity partially funded 140 surgeries for fistula patients. The charity reports that it has funded fistula, pelvic floor disorder repair surgery, and holistic care for 1,447 women since its inception.

Ethiopiaid Canada's Women's Empowerment program supports the well-being of disadvantaged women and promotes community development through women's economic empowerment. In F2021, Ethiopiaid funded safehouse services (shelter, food, counselling, medical treatment, basic literacy skills) for 99 women and girls.

Through its Education for All program, Ethiopiaid Canada aims to improve access to education for marginalized women, youth, and disadvantaged children. Specifically, Ethiopiaid Canada has partnered with Cheshire Services to provide mobility aids and educational subsidies for children with disabilities so that they can attend school. In 2022, 910 individuals with disabilities received access to assistive mobility devices.

The charity's final program, Emergency Relief, supplies necessities to those affected by covid-19, drought, and violence. In 2016, Ethiopiaid Canada partnered with Afar Pastoralist Development Association (APDA) to deliver water and food supplies to approximately 200,000 people affected by a national drought.

Ethiopiaid Canada is a small charity in terms of donations, with total donations of $532k in F2021. Administrative costs are 6% of revenues (excluding investment income), and fundraising costs are 20% of donations. For every dollar donated to the charity, 73 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci's reasonable range for overhead spending.

Ethiopiaid Canada has funding reserves of $185k can cover annual program costs for just over three months. This indicates a need for funding.

In F2021, the charity received $51k in grants from Ethiopiaid UK ($74k in F2020).

­­This charity report is an update that has been sent to Ethiopiaid Canada for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on June 29, 2022 by Ann Lei.