Posted by advocacy4oromia
(A4O, Melbourne, 18 May 2014) Amane Badhosso is the President of The Oromo Youth Association in the diaspora.
She is also a Political Science student in Minesotta.
She joins SaharaTV to discuss about the on-going protests in Oromo Region where a war of the land ensues.
Advocacy for Oromia was established in 2010 with the purpose of enabling and empowering Oromo people by providing accurate and timely information that will help to make better choices to create the kind of future in which they wish to live.
It also provides information focus on the major issues facing us in the 21st century and it is going to try and bring a balanced approach with factual information that is positive and solution based.
The website has been in operation for the last nine years with the mission of promoting and advancing causes of Oromo people through advocacy, community education, information service, capacity building, awareness raising and promotion.
The website is also the official site of Advocacy for Oromia Association in Victoria Australia Inc., a non-profit organisation, registered under the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 in Victoria as April 2014.
Addresses:
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Melbourne VIC 3000
Postal Address:
P. O. Box 150
Noble Park, Vic 3174
Phone: 0413 928 737
Email: info@advocacy4oromia.org
Working Hours: Wednesday 1pm–5pm
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The aim of the program is to improving the mental health and well-being of Oromo community in Victoria. It aims to assist those experiencing, mental ill-health, their families and carers of all ages within this community to address the social determinants of mental health for Oromo community. It helps:
The goal of the project is to increase mental health literacy of Oromo community that aims:
Advocacy for Oromia will organise information session, women performance, radio programs,
culturally adopted conversations on Oromo Coffee Drinking ceremony, providing training for
mental health guides and forum and producing educational materials on the selected groups
and geographical area.
The FGM Education Program is a community based reproductive health programme set up in response to the rising number of FGM women settling in Victoria from Oromia, East Africa that practice FGM.
