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Deaf Organizations in Ethiopia
Building 103 #203
(202) 651-5251
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Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf (ENAD)
P.O. Box 21359
Addis Ababa
Voice: +251 11 122 2517
+251 11 122 2517 / 16
Fax: +251 11 122 2517
Phone: +251-911-682679 – text messaging (reaches chairperson Mr. Tesfaya Gedlu)
enad@ethionet.et
Description: ENAD represents the Ethiopian deaf community and runs a pre-school for deaf children.
Ethiopian National Association of the DeafBlind (ENADB)
PO Box 32041, Addis Ababa
Phone: +251-11-555086
enadb@ethionet.et
Description: Contacts: Ms. Roman Mesfin, Chairperson; Ms. Mekdim Mengistu, Board member and interpreter; Ms. Yeshiemebet Dagn, General Manager (Volunteer).
Cross-Disability Organizations in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Federation of Persons with Disabilities
Adelyn Flats – 4B
P.O. Box 18430 Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
Arada sub city, Kebele 11/12 House No. 1171
Phone: 251 1 232553/54/55 and 251-1-225254
Fax: 251-1-225255
efpd@telecom.net.et
The Federal Democratic Republic Ethiopia Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
Mr. Assefa Ashengo, Rehabilitation Department Manager
P.O. Box 2056 Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
Kirkos Subcity, Kebele 32.
Phone: 251 1 537971
Fax: 251-1-518396 or 251-1-515316
asefaagago@hotmail.com
molsa.comp@telecom.net.et
Ethiopia Embassy
47 Charles Street
Bailey’s Muckleneuk
Brooklyn, 0181Pretoria
Postal: P.O. Box 11469
Hatfiled, 0028
Phone: 012 346 3542
Fax: 012 346 3867
Office of the Executive Secretary (OES)
Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
P.O. Box 3005
Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
Phone: 251 1 517200/ 251 1 511231
Fax: 251 1 514416
Deaf Schools in Addis Ababa City Administration, Ethiopia
Akaki
PO Box 21, Akaki, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 11 434-0180
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. Special class/unit in a government school in Akaki, Addis Ababa.
ENAD Pre-School for deaf children
PO Box 21359, Ketchene, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Phone:
(251) 11 442-2315
Description: Run by the Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf (ENAD).In Ketchene, Addis Ababa.
Mekanisa School for the Deaf
Phone: (251) 11 321-0002
Description: Teaches from preschool to Grade 8. Was formerly a non-government deaf school and is now an inclusive education school. In Mekanisa, Addis Ababa.
Yekatit 23
PO Box 513, Mesalemia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 11 276-8120
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. Special class/unit in a government school in Mesalemia, Addis Ababa.
Alfa School for the Deaf
PO Box 31908, Bole, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 11 618-3496
Description: A government-run deaf school that teaches from preschool to Grade 8. In Bole, Addis Ababa.
Victor School for the Deaf
Phone: (251) 11 651-0347
Description: A non-governmental deaf school that teaches up to Grade 5. In Shola, Addis Ababa.
Menelik II Secondary School
Phone: (251) 11 123 4228
Description: Teaches Grades 9-10. Special class/unit in a government school in Arat Kilo, Addis Ababa.
Menelik II Primary School
Phone: (251) 11 123-2866
Description: Teaches from preschool to Grade 8. Special class/unit in a government school in Arat Kilo, Addis Ababa.
Sibiste Negase
PO Box 120183, Nifas Silk, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 11 442-2315
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. Special class/unit in a government school in Nifas Silk, Addis Ababa.
ENAD Preschool for the Deaf
Phone: (251) 11 122-2517
Description: A non-governmental preschool in Ketchene, Addis Ababa.
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Deaf Schools in Amhara, Ethiopia
Amba Giorgis
[Please inform WDIRP if you are able to assist with contact information for this school.]
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Amba Giorgis, Amhara.
Bakel Primary School
c/o Finote Selam Town Administration
Attn: Gashu Girma
PO BOX 48
Finote Selam, Ethiopia
gashugirma@yahoo.com
Description: This primary school provides education for deaf, deafblind, and disabled students for grades 1-8. Students are taught Ethiopian Sign Language as well as American Sign Language. There are also income generating programs offered for students needing financial support
Melka Kole
Phone: (251) 33 331-1037
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Woldiya, Amhara.
Masha
PO Box 999, Mekdela, Amhara, Ethiopia
Description: A special class/unit in a government school in Mekdela, Amhara.
Adet
[Please inform WDIRP if you are able to assist with contact information for this school]
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Adet, Amhara.
Kosober
[Please inform CIPS if you are able to assist with contact information for this school]
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Enhibara, Amhara.
Dembecha
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Dembecha, Amhara.
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Bahir Dar, Amhara.
Mengesha Jenberie
PO Box 25, Dangla, Amhara, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Dangla, Amhara.
Tigil Frie
PO Box 462, Dessie, Amhara, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 33 111-1413
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Dessie, Amhara.
Efeson No. 1
PO Box 45, Attaye, Amhara, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 33 661-0205
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Attaye, Amhara.
Tabor
[Please contact WDIRP if you are able to provide contact information for this school]
Description: Teaches up to Grade 6. A special class/unit in a government school in Debre Tabor, Amhara.
Ras Bit. Mengesha Ateikem
[Please inform WDIRP if you are able to provide contact information for this school]
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Bure, Amhara.
Lege-Amhara
PO Box 999, Mekane Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 33 111-5420
Description: Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Mekane Selam, Amhara.
Leu. Gen. Hailu Kebede
PO Box 32, Sekotta, Amhara, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Sekotta, Amhara.
Nigus Teklehaymanot
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Debre Markos, Amhara.
Akesta
Phone: (251) 33 111-7014
Description: Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Akesta, Amhara.
Tsadiku Yohannes
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Gonder, Amhara.
Nefas Mawucha
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Nefas Mawucha, Amhara.
Kombolcha School for the Deaf
PO Box 261, Kombolcka, Amhara, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 33 551-0410
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A government-run deaf school in Kombolcka, Amhara.
Atse Zera Yaecob
PO Box 34, Debre Birhan, Amhara, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 11 681-1159
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Debre Birhan, Amhara.
Dur-Bete
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Dur-Bete, Amhara.
Deaf Schools in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia
Kamashi
Phone: (251) 57 772-0052
Description: Teaches up to Grade 3. A special class/unit in a government school in Kamashi, Benishangul-Gumuz.
Assosa
Phone: (251) 57 775-0432
Description: Teaches up to Grade 3. A special class/unit in a government school in Assosa, Benishangul-Gumuz.
Deaf Schools in Dire Dawa Administration Council, Ethiopia
Afe-Teisa
PO Box 2595, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 25 111-1408
Description: Teaches up to Grade 8. A special class/unit in a government school in Dire Dawa, Dire Dawa.
Sabbian
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Dire Dawa, Dire Dawa.
Deaf Schools in Gambella, Ethiopia
Ras Gobena
Phone: (251) 47 551-0055
Description: Teaches up to Grade 1. A special class/unit in a government school in Gambella, Gambella.
Deaf Schools in Harari, Ethiopia
Harar School for the Deaf
PO Box 239, Harar, Harari, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches preschool to Grade 8. A government-run deaf school in Harar, Harari.
Deaf Schools in Oromiya, Ethiopia
Adama No. 2
PO Box 515, Adama, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Adama, Oromiya.
Adola
Description: Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Adola, Oromiya.
Agaro
(251) 47 221-1378
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Agaro, Oromiya.
Ambo
PO Box 125, Ambo, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Description:Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Ambo, Oromiya.
Bishoftu
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Bishoftu, Oromiya.
Bore
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Bore-Guji, Oromiya.
Chancho PO Box 999, Chancho, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Chancho, Oromiya.
Chelenko No. 1
PO Box 999, Chelenko, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Chelenko, Oromiya.
Chiro No. 1
PO Box 132, Chiro, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Chiro, Oromiya.
Deder
PO Box 12, Deder, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Deder, Oromiya.
Degem
Description: Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Degem, Oromiya.
Ejere Chengere PO Box 999, Addis Alem, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 11 283-0004
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Addis Alim, Oromiya.
Enango
Description:Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Enango, Oromiya.
Fiche, Abiyot Frie
Phone: (251) 11 335-0176
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Fiche, Oromiya.
Funyan Bira
PO Box 27, Gursum, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Gursum, Oromiya.
Galama
PO Box 125, Bale Robe, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 22 265-1069
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Bale Robe, Oromiya.
Gebre Guracha
Phone: (251) 11 331-0055
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Gebre Guracha, Oromiya.
Ginji
Description: Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Gimbi Ginji, Oromiya.
Gohatsiyon
PO Box 999, Gohatsiyon, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Gohatsiyon, Oromiya.
Hermata
PO Box 688, Jimma, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Jimma, Oromiya.
Jima Senbete
PO Box 999, Sendaffa, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Sendaffa, Oromiya.
Kasso
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Gimbi Town, Oromiya.
Kersa
PO Box 999, Kersa, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Kersa, Oromiya.
Kidus Gebriel
PO Box 136, Mettu, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 47 441-1139
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Mettu, Oromiya.
Lalo Wonjo
Description: Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Gimbi, Lalo, Oromiya.
Langie
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Langie, Oromiya.
Limat Behibret
PO Box 121, Asela, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 22 331-1348
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Asela, Oromiya.
Mekane Yesus CBR & School for the Deaf
PO Box 490, Nekemte, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 57 661-4802
Description: Teaches preschool up to Grade 4. A non-governmental deaf school in Nekemte, Oromiya.
Mendera
PO Box 47, Jimma, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Mendida
PO Box 999, Mendida, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Mendida, Oromiya.
Muketure
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Muketure, Oromiya.
Negele
Description: Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Negele Borena, Oromiya.
Nekemte Church of Christ School for the Deaf
Description: Teaches preschool to Grade 4. A non-governmental deaf school in Nekemte, Oromiya.
Nekemte Unit
PO Box 150, Nekemte, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 47 661-2189
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Nekemte, Oromiya.
Nole Kaba
Description: Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Nole Kaba (Gimbi), Oromiya.
Nono
Description: Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Nono (Ambo), Oromiya.
PO Box 21, Woliso, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 11 441-0025
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Woliso, Oromiya.
Ras Tesema
PO Box 48, Bedele, Oromiya, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Bedele, Oromiya.
Sotele Haru
Description: Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Gimbi,
Oromiya.
Yebu
[Please contact WDIRP if you are able to provide contact information for this school
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Yebu, Jimma, Oromiya.
Deaf Schools in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP), Ethiopia
Arba Minch School for the Deaf
PO Box 2043, Arba Minch, SNNP, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 46 881-1929
Description: Teaches preschool to Grades 8. A government-run deaf school in Arba Minch, SNNP.
Awassa Bete-kihinet
PO Box 1442, Awassa, SNNP, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 46 220-0477
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A non-governmental deaf school in Awassa, SNNP.
Awassa Church of Christ School for the Deaf
Description: Teaches Grades 5 to 8. A non-governmental deaf school in Awassa, SNNP.
Bonga
Description: Teaches up to Grade 5. A special class/unit in a government school in Bonga, SNNP.
Boteri
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Gofa,
Sawula, SNNP.
Centeria School for the Deaf
PO Box 84, Aleta Wondo, SNNP, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A non-governmental deaf school in Aleta Wondo, SNNP.
Ersa
Description: A preschool in Hosanna, SNNP.
Durame
PO Box 48, Durame, SNNP, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Durame, SNNP.
Edget
PO Box 8, Gidole, SNNP, Ethiopia
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Gidole, SNNP.
Getcha
Description: Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Getcha, SNNP.
Jinka
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Jinka, SNNP.
Karat
Description: Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Konso, SNNP.
Ligaba Beyene
Phone: (251) 46 551-2477
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Sodo, SNNP.
Description: Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Masha, SNNP.
Mazoria School for the Deaf
Description:Teaches preschool to Grade 4. A non-governmental deaf school in Shone, Mazoria, SNNP.
Mekane Yesus School for the Deaf
PO Box 115, Hosanna, SNNP, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 46 555-2037
Description: Teaches up to Grade 10 + Vocational. A non-governmental deaf school in Hosanna, SNNP.
Sori
Description: Teaches up to Grade 2. A special class/unit in a government school in Dawuro-Tercha, SNNP.
Tebela
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Wolaita-Humbo, SNNP.
Tepi
PO Box 22, Tepi, SNNP, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 47 556-0349
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Tepi, SNNP.
Deaf Schools in Somali, Ethiopia
Hussien Girie
Phone: (251) 25 775-2687
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Jijiga, Somali.
Deaf Schools in Tigray, Ethiopia
Abreha We-Astbeha
Phone: (251) 34 775-3286
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Axum, Tigray.
Adigrat School for the Deaf
PO Box 24, Adigrat, Tigray, Ethiopia
Phone: (251) 34 445-1672
Description: Teaches preschool to Grade 8. A government-run deaf school in Adigrat, Tigray.
Kokebetsebah
Phone: (251) 34 774-0383
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Alamatta, Tigray.
Mekelle
Phone: (251) 34 441-3968
Description: Teaches up to Grade 4. A special class/unit in a government school in Mekelle, Tigray.
University in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Department of Linguistics
Eyasu H. Tamene (contact person)
Mobile: 0911 42 07 67
tusaye11@gmail.com
http://www.aau.edu.et/
Description: The department offers an undergraduate program in Ethiopian Sign Language. Major courses include Ethiopian Sign Language, Deaf Culture, Sign linguistics, Special Needs Education, Sign language interpretation, Psychology, etc. Students will be trained to be sign linguists and researchers, teachers of the Deaf, sign language interpreters.
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