CHADET’s engagement in undertaking research is aimed at using the outcomes of research for improving its own work and services to children, young people and marginalised communities as well as to contribute towards providing evidence for improving policy and practice.
Research
In this regard, it had previous experience working closely with local and international higher learning institutions. CHADET also happens to be a founding member of Child Research Policy and Practice Forum (CRPF), which is currently hosted by the Federal Ministry of Women, Children and Youth.
Networking
CHADET believes that networking and collaboration with other CSOs and institutions that work to reduce the challenges faced by children and young people would bring about better outcomes and lasting impact. Consequently, CHADET has acquired a wealth of experience in leading and participating in networks that are intended to carry out activities and services in a coordinated manner. Accordingly, it has led a network that was set-up for the implementation of a multi-sectoral project for the Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation of Sexually Abused and exploited Children in Addis Ketema Sub-City of Addis Ababa. Members of the network include national, Regional and International CSOs and relevant government institutions including Forum on Sustainable Child Empowerment (FSCE), African Net Work for the Prevention of and Protection Against Maltreatment and Neglect (ANPPCAN), Organization for Prevention, Rehabilitation, Integration of Female Street Children (OPRIFS), Integrated Family Service Organization (IFSO), Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia (FGAE), Goal Ethiopia and The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF).
Along with three international NGOs It also participated in becoming a member of a network that was formed for the provision of integrated services for children on the move in the Northern Ethiopian corridor (along the highway from Debre-Birhan to Kobo). CHADET has recently participated in another network for the implementation of a project that is designed to stem irregular migration and rehabilitate returnees in Northern and Central Ethiopia. This project was funded by the EU through the Embassy of Italy in Addis Ababa. The organisations that participated in the project include People In Need (PIN), Concern Worldwide and Volontariato Internazionale Per Lo Sviluppo (VIS)
Public education
Using its own mobile unit and music/drama teams, CHADET conducts different programs that convey useful messages regarding child safeguarding, education, migration and other challenges that children might face. The shows also attempt to challenge harmful social norms and practices around children’s rights, gender, disability and safeguarding of children and adults at risk.
Emergency response
It is to be recalled that the war that broke out in the Northern Ethiopia in November 2021 was escalated and expanded to the Amhara region and affected the Slaight project targeted communities in the Oromo Zone of the Amhara regional state. Schools and other public institutions in the three districts of the project area (Kemissie, Dewa Chefa, and Artuma Fursi Woredas) were severely affected. To mitigate its impact on the teaching and learning process, various scholastic materials were purchased and distributed to all 30 Slaight project target schools. These schools received different types of materials based on the level of damage that happened to the schools and their immediate needs.