Meqoamia

Advocacy meeting with Mayor’s office, Police Commission, Code enforcement bureau, and women and youth bureau to support strong enforcement of SF provisions
2022-11-21 08:00 - 2022-11-23 17:00 UTC
A panel discussion took place on November 21, 2022, at Kenenisa Hotel, Addis Ababa, under the advocacy meeting activity. The panel discussion targeted creating and sustaining high political commitment among higher officials and prioritizing SF implementation and compliance. The meeting and panel discussion gathered participants from AASFI stakeholders, Addis Ababa EFDA, AA-FMHACA, AA Code Authority, Addis Ababa University, MCDO, HDAMA, MWECS, CTFK representative, Addis Media Network, Asham TV, and FM radios. The meeting started with introductions and an opening speech from AAFMHACA and MCDO. The short introduction by Mr Elias (MCDO) and Tigist (AAFMHACA) was followed by a panel discussion among stakeholders. The panellists were Mr Elias (MCDO), Dr Jara (AA Counsel member), Mr Wondu (MWECS), Artist Tesfaye Mamo (Author and Director),and Mr Dereje (CTFK representative). The panel discussion was further extended to questions and suggestion sessions from the participants. The panel discussion was productive; it attracted the AA council representative’s attention and initiated higher political officials. Final remarks were given by Ms Tigist and the program was finalized by taking group photos and having lunch together.

Joint On - Site Visit
2022-09-15 08:00 - 2022-09-16 17:00
The joint on-site visit has taken place on September 15, 2022, at Arada and Kirkos sub-cities, Addis Ababa. It was organized in the context of a joint on-site visit of stakeholders Arada and Kirkos sub-cities. The workshop gathered stakeholders of AASFI together and its expected outcome was to ensure the establishment’s adherence to SF requirements. The on-site inspectors were from EFDA, FMHCA, Arada FMHCA, Kirkos FMHACA, HDAMA, MWECS, CTFK representative, and MCDO. The on-site visit was organized to visit Arada and Kirkos sub-cities. The first visit started from Kirkos sub-city district 3 and visited different establishments. The other on-site visit by the team was conducted in the Arada sub-city starting from district 5. What the team has observed was a success story in most cases. As it was the first sub-cities in which the AASFI has initiated, its track record helped the sub-city to work better. The overall on-site visit was finalized by hearing feedback from the participants and having a meal together.

Advocacy meeting with Mayor’s office, Police Commission, Code enforcement bureau, and women and youth bureau to support strong enforcement of SF provisions
2022-07-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Harmony Hotel, Addis Ababa.
The advocacy meeting took place on July 19, 2022, at Harmony Hotel, Addis Ababa. The meeting aimed to organize a platform to create high political commitment among officials and prioritization of SF implementation and compliance endeavours. The workshop gathered participants from EFDA, FMHCA, AA-Trade, and Industry, AA Code enforcement, AA Transport, AA Youth Volunteers Coordination Office, Arada and Kirkos FMHCA, MWECS, and MCDO. The meeting started with introductions and presentations from AAFMHACA and MCDO. Presentations were delivered on the role of stakeholders and what MCDO aspire to. Points were raised during stakeholders’ discussion. Ms Tigist and Mr Elias reflected on raised points and added further insights. Then followed a group discussion. The main points raised during the discussion were: Strengthening the steering committee (Taskforce), Steps to follow in conducting the AASFI, Engaging the mayor’s office effectively should be a priority to do in the AASFI, and the need for a center of excellence (Recovery Center).

Capacity building training on smoke-free implementation, inspection, and enforcement
2022-07-12 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-07-07 08:00 - 2022-07-12 17:00 | Harmony Hotel, Addis Ababa.
Venue: Harmony Hotel, Date: July 7, 2022
This workshop was entitled “Capacity building training on smoke-free implementation, inspection, and enforcement”. The capacity-building was conducted aiming to equip professionals from Arad and Kirkos sub-cities. The capacity-building helped Arada SC to share its experience with Kirkos professionals. The expected outcome was to capacitate professionals in integrity and professional ethics. MCDO facilitated the workshop and EFDA, AAFMAHCA, Arada and Kirkos professionals were participants.
The workshop was organized into two main sessions. The first session started with introductions and presentations from MCDO and AAFMHACA. The introduction by MCDO was followed by presentations on Pre-inspection, Inspection, and Post Inspection by Mr Ashenafi, the AASFI contact person.
The second session was dedicated to discussions on cases. Arada SC professionals raised different cases that need attention and helped as an experience sharing for the newly added Kirkos SC professionals. The participants reflected on the cases raised and discussed related issues like professionals’ integrity and professionals’ safety. The workshop was productive since it was able to capacitate the professionals and shared experiences with the Kirkos professionals. The capacity-building workshop was finalized by taking a group photo and having lunch together.

Capacity building training on smoke-free implementation, inspection, and enforcement
2022-07-07 08:00 - 2022-07-12 17:00 | Harmony Hotel, Addis Ababa.
This workshop was entitled “Capacity building training on smoke-free implementation, inspection, and enforcement”. The capacity-building was conducted aiming to equip professionals from Arad and Kirkos sub-cities. The capacity-building helped Arada SC to share its experience with Kirkos professionals. The expected outcome was to capacitate professionals in integrity and professional ethics. MCDO facilitated the workshop and EFDA, AAFMAHCA, Arada and Kirkos professionals were participants.
The workshop was organized into two main sessions. The first session started with introductions and presentations from MCDO and AAFMHACA. The introduction by MCDO was followed by presentations on Pre-inspection, Inspection, and Post Inspection by Mr Ashenafi, the AASFI contact person.
The second session was dedicated to discussions on cases. Arada SC professionals raised different cases that need attention and helped as an experience sharing for the newly added Kirkos SC professionals. The participants reflected on the cases raised and discussed related issues like professionals’ integrity and professionals’ safety. The workshop was productive since it was able to capacitate the professionals and shared experiences with the Kirkos professionals. The capacity-building workshop was finalized by taking a group photo and having lunch together.

World No Tobacco Day May 31,2022
2022-06-03 08:00 - 17:00 | Inter luxury Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
This is WHO initiated annual event which take place every year on May 31, 2022. The event is named “World No Tobacco Day”. This year WNTD 2022 is entitle “Tobacco: Threat to our environment”. It took place in Inter luxury Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was organized in the context of an event comprising keynote speeches, seminaries and discussion, aiming to create awareness and act up on tobacco’s threat to our environment. The event gathered wide range of stakeholders in AASFI and others together and its expected outcome was to create awareness and advocate for legal frame to protect the environment from tobacco threat. The participants were EFDA, FMHCA, WHO representative, MCDO, MWECS, HDAMA, and different medias. The workshop was organized into three main sessions. Keynote speeches, paper seminaries on different themes, and participant discussion. The main points raised during the paper seminaries and discussion were broadly categorized as follows:

Tobacco lifecycle and its threat to environment: the lifecycle includes cultivation, production, distribution, consumption, and post-consumption wastes.
Tobacco use and its effects on health, social and economy
Strengthen policy actions to prevent tobacco-induced environmental harms.

The participants reflected on the idea of legal frame work to that aim at controlling the in and out activities of tobacco industries, tobacco waste management and others. The event was productive since it involved different stakeholders and broadcast its main them through different media outlets. Final remarks were given by EFDA deputy manager general.

Equipping and giving training for law enforcement, police, and justice office on the SF proclamation
2022-05-27 | Harmony Hotel, Addis Ababa.
This workshop was entitled “Equipping and giving training for law enforcement, police, and justice office on the SF proclamation”. It took place on May 27, 2022, at Harmony Hotel, Addis Ababa. It was organized in the context of a meeting aiming to ensure professional integrity and ethic in law enforcement actions. The participants were from a wide range of stakeholders, EFDA, FMHCA, Arada and Kirkos FMHCA, AA Police, AA Code enforcement, AA Justice office, and MCDO. It was conducted in two main sessions, presentations and stakeholders’ discussion.

Outreach meeting for Taskforce, WHO, AAFMHACA and Arada and other sub-city’s health and law enforcement officials to ensure prioritization and continued political support
2022-05-17 - 2022-05-25 | Momona Hotel
This workshop was entitled “Outreach meeting for Taskforce, WHO, AAFMHACA and Arada, and other sub-city’s health and law enforcement officials to ensure prioritization and continued political support”. It took place on May 17, 2022, at Momona Hotel, Addis Ababa. The workshop gathered stakeholders of AASFI together and its expected outcome was to create political support and awareness creation on the SF environment. The participants were EFDA, FMHCA, AA-Trade and Industry, Arada FMHCA, AA Police, AA Code enforcement, CTFK representative, and MCDO. The workshop was organized in two main sessions. Presentations from MCDO and AAFMHACA and the second session were dedicated to stakeholders’ discussion. Ms. Heran (EFDA) and Ms. Tigist (AAFMHACA) reflected on the questions raised by participants and added further points regarding the topics raised.

We are blessed ' MCDO's Grateful Day! '
2022-04-08
[Forwarded from Meqoamia]
#የመቋሚያ_የማህበረሰብ_ልማት_ድርጅት_የምስጋና_ቀን!
መጋቤት 30/2014 ዓ.ም
እነሆ ዛሬ #የምስጋና ቀናችን ነው!
#ለምስጋና #ደስ እያለን ፤ #ስለተደረገልን ነገሮች ፣ #በእኛ በኩል ለማህበረሰባችን ስለተከናወኑት ክንውኖች እና ምርጥ ስኬቶቻችን ለማሰብ…. እንዲሁም
#በማስተዋል ለሚገባው ሁሉ- እውቅና ለመስጠት ፤ በምስጋና መንፈስ በመሆን ለመሰባሰብ….. ፍቃደኛም ስለሆንን – እናንተን እና እድሉን የሰጠን አምላክ ክብርና ምስጋና ይድረስው እላለሁ!!!
የመጭው ዘመን ግማሽ ድል፥ ያለፈውን ዘመን ጉዞ በምስጋና ዘግቶ ፥ ከበረው ልምድም ተምሮ ፣ የጎደለውን ነገር ለመሙላት ተዘጋጅቶ … የመጭውን ዘመን በእምነትና ተስፋ ፥ በድል መንፈስ (ፈጣሪን በመፍራት መንፈስ) የመሞላትና በራዕይ ሃይልና ጉልበት ፥ አጥርቶ በማየት ጉዞ መጀመር መቻል ነው!
የድል ጉዞ ሌላኛው አምድ:- የግለሰቦች አመስጋኝ መሆን መቻል ፥ ይመስለኛል ። ለራሳቸው ከሚኖራቸው ክብርና ለእውነት የሚኖራቸው ወገንተኝነት ፣ የአላማ ታማኝነት እንዲሁም በተሰማሩበት ሃላፊነትና የሙያ ዘርፍ በብቃትና በጥራት ስራን የማከናወን አቅም ፤ በቡድን ስራ ውስጥ ለሚኖር ስኬት ሚናው ትልቅ መሆኑን ተምሬለሁ!
ሌላኛው የቡድን መንፈስ ጥንካሬ እና ጉልበት ትሁታን የቡድን አባላት መኖራቸው መሆኑንም ሌላኛው ትምህርቴ ነው።
ትሁታን ደግሞ አሪፍ አመስጋኝ ናቸው።
በተጨማሪም
የቡድን ስራ ስኬታማነት ፦
ራዕይ ፣ አላማ እና ግብን በግልፅ መረዳት መቻል ፥ ከላይ ከገለፅነው ስብዕና ጋር ሲደመር ለፈጠራ ስራ እንዲሁም አንድኛችን ሌላኛችንን በመደገፍና በመረዳዳት ( መቋሚያ በመሆን ) ለጋራ ውጤታችን እንድንሰራ የሚያደርገ መንገድ ነው።
በዚህ ሁሉ ሰው በእውነተኛ ጉዞ ውስጥ ምስጋናን የሚያቀርብበት የህይወት ስርአት አለው ማለት ፥ ይሄ ሰው የተሳካለት ነው! ለማለት እወዳለሁ!
መቋሚያም በእውነት የማህበረሰቡ ድጋፍ ለመሆን የሚያስችላትን ጉልበት ለማግኘት በአመስጋኝነት መንፈስ ውስጥ መሆኖን ወድጀዋለሁ!
ምስጋና
#ለፈጣሪ
#ለማህበረሰባችን
#ለመንግስታችን
#አብራችሁን ለመስራት ፍቃደኛ ለሆናችሁ የመንግስት ከፍተኛ ባለስልጣናት ፤ የተከበረው የፖርላማ አባላት እና ሚኒስተሮች
#ሚዲያዎችና_ጋዜጠኞች
#አብረውን_ለሚሰሩ የአገር ውስጥ እና የውጭ አጋሮቻችን
#ለትልቁ የመቋሚያ ቤተሰብ
#ለቦርድ አባሎቻችን
#ለእያንዳንዱ ሰራተኞቻችን
#በአለፋት አመታት በመቋሚያ ውስጥ አገልግሎት ለሰጣችሁ
#በመቋሚያ የሱስ ማገገሚያ ማዕከል ውስጥ ላለፋችሁ ሁሉ
#በተለያየ መንገድ ስታግዙን ለቆያችሁ የመቋሚያ ወዳጆች
#ወዘተ….
ከእናንተ ጋር አብሮ መስራት መታደል ነው!
በመቋሚያ የማህበረሰብ ልማት ድርጅት ስም አክብሮትና ምስጋናየ ይድረሳችሁ!
ኤልያስ

MCDO's Grateful Day !
2022-04-08
[Forwarded from Meqoamia]
#የመቋሚያ_የማህበረሰብ_ልማት_ድርጅት_የምስጋና_ቀን!
‘ We are Grateful ‘
መጋቤት 30/2014 ዓ.ም
እነሆ ዛሬ #የምስጋና ቀናችን ነው!
#ለምስጋና #ደስ እያለን ፤ #ስለተደረገልን ነገሮች ፣ #በእኛ በኩል ለማህበረሰባችን ስለተከናወኑት ክንውኖች እና ምርጥ ስኬቶቻችን ለማሰብ…. እንዲሁም
#በማስተዋል ለሚገባው ሁሉ- እውቅና ለመስጠት ፤ በምስጋና መንፈስ በመሆን ለመሰባሰብ….. ፍቃደኛም ስለሆንን – እናንተን እና እድሉን የሰጠን አምላክ ክብርና ምስጋና ይድረስው እላለሁ!!!
የመጭው ዘመን ግማሽ ድል፥ ያለፈውን ዘመን ጉዞ በምስጋና ዘግቶ ፥ ከበረው ልምድም ተምሮ ፣ የጎደለውን ነገር ለመሙላት ተዘጋጅቶ … የመጭውን ዘመን በእምነትና ተስፋ ፥ በድል መንፈስ (ፈጣሪን በመፍራት መንፈስ) የመሞላትና በራዕይ ሃይልና ጉልበት ፥ አጥርቶ በማየት ጉዞ መጀመር መቻል ነው!
የድል ጉዞ ሌላኛው አምድ:- የግለሰቦች አመስጋኝ መሆን መቻል ፥ ይመስለኛል ። ለራሳቸው ከሚኖራቸው ክብርና ለእውነት የሚኖራቸው ወገንተኝነት ፣ የአላማ ታማኝነት እንዲሁም በተሰማሩበት ሃላፊነትና የሙያ ዘርፍ በብቃትና በጥራት ስራን የማከናወን አቅም ፤ በቡድን ስራ ውስጥ ለሚኖር ስኬት ሚናው ትልቅ መሆኑን ተምሬለሁ!
ሌላኛው የቡድን መንፈስ ጥንካሬ እና ጉልበት ትሁታን የቡድን አባላት መኖራቸው መሆኑንም ሌላኛው ትምህርቴ ነው።
ትሁታን ደግሞ አሪፍ አመስጋኝ ናቸው።
በተጨማሪም
የቡድን ስራ ስኬታማነት ፦
ራዕይ ፣ አላማ እና ግብን በግልፅ መረዳት መቻል ፥ ከላይ ከገለፅነው ስብዕና ጋር ሲደመር ለፈጠራ ስራ እንዲሁም አንድኛችን ሌላኛችንን በመደገፍና በመረዳዳት ( መቋሚያ በመሆን ) ለጋራ ውጤታችን እንድንሰራ የሚያደርገ መንገድ ነው።
በዚህ ሁሉ ሰው በእውነተኛ ጉዞ ውስጥ ምስጋናን የሚያቀርብበት የህይወት ስርአት አለው ማለት ፥ ይሄ ሰው የተሳካለት ነው! ለማለት እወዳለሁ!
መቋሚያም በእውነት የማህበረሰቡ ድጋፍ ለመሆን የሚያስችላትን ጉልበት ለማግኘት በአመስጋኝነት መንፈስ ውስጥ መሆኖን ወድጀዋለሁ!
ምስጋና
#ለፈጣሪ
#ለማህበረሰባችን
#ለመንግስታችን
#አብራችሁን ለመስራት ፍቃደኛ ለሆናችሁ የመንግስት ከፍተኛ ባለስልጣናት ፤ የተከበረው የፖርላማ አባላት እና ሚኒስተሮች
#ሚዲያዎችና_ጋዜጠኞች
#አብረውን_ለሚሰሩ የአገር ውስጥ እና የውጭ አጋሮቻችን
#ለትልቁ የመቋሚያ ቤተሰብ
#ለቦርድ አባሎቻችን
#ለእያንዳንዱ ሰራተኞቻችን
#በአለፋት አመታት በመቋሚያ ውስጥ አገልግሎት ለሰጣችሁ
#በመቋሚያ የሱስ ማገገሚያ ማዕከል ውስጥ ላለፋችሁ ሁሉ
#በተለያየ መንገድ ስታግዙን ለቆያችሁ የመቋሚያ ወዳጆች
#ወዘተ….
ከእናንተ ጋር አብሮ መስራት መታደል ነው!
በመቋሚያ የማህበረሰብ ልማት ድርጅት ስም አክብሮትና ምስጋናየ ይድረሳችሁ!
ኤልያስ

Organizing and conducting training on smoke-free implementing inspection and enforcement strategy – AASFI Launching
2022-03-23 08:00 - 17:00
This workshop under the activity of organizing and conducting training on smoke-free implementing inspection and enforcement strategy aimed on inaugurating the AASFI launching and scale-up program. It was conducted on March 22, 2022, at Capital Hotel and Spa. It was a large gathering that consisted of the already existing Arada and Bole sub cities and other sub-cities. The participants were, MoH State Minister, EFDA, Mayor office representative, FMHACA, Arada FMHACA, AA Police, AA Code enforcement, districts office heads, district FMHACA, Media, MWECS and MCDO.

Addis Ababa Tobacco Smoke-free Initiative (AATSFI) Launching and Scale-up workshop March , 22 ,2022
2022-03-22 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-03-22 | Capital Hotel and Spa Addis Ababa , Ethiopia

Organizing and conducting training on smoke-free implementing inspection and enforcement strategy – AASFI Launching
2022-03-22
This workshop under the activity of organizing and conducting training on smoke-free implementing inspection and enforcement strategy aimed on inaugurating the AASFI launching and scale-up program. It was conducted on March 22, 2022, at Capital Hotel and Spa. It was a large gathering that consisted of the already existing Arada and Bole sub cities and other sub-cities. The participants were, MoH State Minister, EFDA, Mayor office representative, FMHACA, Arada FMHACA, AA Police, AA Code enforcement, districts office heads, district FMHACA, Media, MWECS and MCDO

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Advocacy meeting with mayor’s office, police commission, code enforcement bureau, and women and youth bureau to support for strong enforcement of Smoke Free provisions . Venue: Kenenisa Hotel, Date: February 25, 2022
2022-02-26 08:00 - 17:00
The advocacy meeting was held on February 25, 2022, at Kenenisa Hotel, Addis Ababa. The meeting was organized as an advocacy meeting to support strong enforcement of SF provisions and a platform to announce scaling up of AASFI in newly added Arada districts and Kirkos sub city as a whole. The meeting brought wide range of stakeholders, officials and medias together. The participants were AA-FMHCA, Arada-FMHACA, Code-enforcement, CTFK representative, District professionals and MCDO.
The meeting was organized in two main sections, presentations and discussion on the presentation and any outstanding issues. Three presentations from AAFMHACA, Arada-FMHACA and MCDO were presented. The overall activities of AASFI were presented by AAFMHACA, what has been done in Arada was presented by Arada-FMHACA, and the status of SF implementation in Arada selected districts were presented by MCDO. In the meantime, IEC/BCC materials and No smoking sign stickers were handed over to Arada districts via Mr. Siratu, Arada-FMHACA office head. The second session after health break was dedicated for discussion and way forward, which involved the participants of the meeting. Night inspection, scaling up and onboarding as many as possible stakeholders were the main points raised during the discussion.
Ms. Tigist, AA-FMHACA, Deputy manager, Mr. Elias, MCDO Executive director and Mr. Siratu, Arada-FMHACA office head led the discussion and responded to questions raised. The main points discussed were:

Including the AASFI endeavour as every organization’s daily routine.
Engaging volunteerism in the activity of AASFI.
Documenting the before and after comparison of inspection result with photos.
Confidentiality and professional integrity of professionals during inspection.
The necessity of rehabilitation center after necessary SF implementation steps are taken
The need for joint collaboration to execute night inspection.
The responsible body to execute punishment and legal procedures
How to structure the scaling up plan. Selecting variety of districts from more than one sub city was suggested.
On this stage, engaging more on enforcement than awareness creation.

The participants reflected on the main ideas and raised other related issues. The meeting was fruitful in engaging newly added districts and strengthening the already existing ones. Closure remark was given by Mr. Elias, to work together and achieve the scaling up in a better performance.

Workshop on smoke-free implementing inspection and enforcement strategy organized by EFDA and AAFMHACA with MCDO
2021-11-26
Meqoamia Community Development Organization (MCDO) requested the coordination of a smoke-free workshop for a group government official, Police, law enforcements and health professionals from Mayor office, EFDA, AAFMHACA, Arada FMHACA, Police, Law enforcement and Ahadu TV, on November 26, 2021, at Kenenisa Hotel. The workshop was organized by AAFMHACA with MCDO. This workshop was a follow-up activity from previous smoke-free workshop on implementing inspection and enforcement strategy in Arada sub city.
This is a second-round workshop that was organized aiming to ensure enforcement and compliance as expected outcome. The stakeholders gathered were responsible for the execution of enforcement ensuring compliances on all levels. For this, a thoroughly discussion was made among stakeholders. Ms. Heran Gerba, Director General of FDA, and Ms. Tigist Bedada, AAFMHACA Deputy Manager, led the discussion and gave closure with way forward. The workshop was organized into three main sessions. First, introductions and presentation from MCDO representatives regarding the full package of AASFI. Then, was followed by Presentation from AAFMHACA and Arada FMHCA about AASFI progress and Inspection outcomes.
The workshop also intended to activate the participants to engage themselves in effective law enforcement strategy and commitment towards the execution of the 112/2019 proclamation. The participants were asked to focus on the execution of the proclamation starting from their own and commit themselves in professional integrity. The main points discussed were:

Resuming university based anti-addiction work
Awareness creation for professionals, especially around health centres
The case for cigarette products with no graphic warning
The emphasis on recovery centre
Placing political direction for AASFI by government officials
Commitment of all organizations to make their own work environment smoke-free

Furthermore, strengthening the enforcement and compliance towards the 1112/2019 proclamation was emphasized. The participants reflected on the main ideas and other related issues.
Kenenisa Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
November 26, 2021

Advocacy workshop and Sensitization On Smoke-free implementation
2021-11-17
Advocacy workshop and Sensitization Workshop on Smoke-free implementation in bars, restaurants, lounges for officials of Addis Ababa City Administration.

Experience Sharing for Ethiopian Civil Society
2021-08-05 08:00 - 17:00
S𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙖: 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙧𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙 19 at CCRDA Addis Ababa by Meqoamia Community Development Organization
Thanks too

ADVOCACY MEETING AND SENSITIZATION WORKSHOP
2021-07-29 08:00 - 17:00
For 💯%🚭 Smoke – free Bar and restaurant, Night clubs, lounges in Arada sub-city.
At Friendship international hotel
Thanks to AA_Mayor’s Office, AAFMHACA, AAHB, AA_Police_Commission,
AA_Peace_and_security , AAC&T , AA_BOLSA , MCDO’s staff and CFTK

Joint Inspection & Site Vist at 3 woredas of Arada Sub-City
2021-07-20
የምክትል ከንቲባ ጽ/ቤት ሀላፊ፣የፍትህ አካላት፣ የባለስልጣኑ የበላይ አመራሮች እና አጋር አካላት በትናንትናው እለት በአራዳ ክፍለ ከተማ ትንባሆና አደንዛዥ እጽ ላይ የተሰሩ ስራዎችንና የመጡ ለውጦችን በአካል ወርደው አረጋገጡ፡፡
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አዲስ አበባን ከትንባሆ ጭስ ነጻ ለማድረግ የተሰሩ ስራዎችንና የመጡ ለውጦቸን ከከንቲባ፣ ከፌደራል ምግብ መዳህኒት፣ከፍትህ አካላት፣የባለስልጣኑ የበላይ አመራሮችና አጋር አካላት በአራዳ ክፍለ ከተማ የሚገኙ የጤናና የምግብ አገልግሎት ሰጭ ተቋማትን በትንንትናው እለት ማለትም ሀምሌ 12/2013 ዓ.ም በአካል ወርደው ያለውን ነባራዊ ሁኔታ ገመገሙ፡፡
ከታዩት ተቋማት ውስጥ ጥቂቶቹ ዘርፉን ከሚመሩት ባለሙያዎች ተከታታይ የሆነ ግንዛቤ፣ክትትልና ድጋፍ ስለተደረገልን የትንባሆን የጤና ጎጅነትና አስከፊነት ግልጽ ግንዛቤ ይዘን ተቋማችን ከሲጋራ ጭስ ነጻ ማድረግ ችለናል ሁኖም ግን ለመከላከል ስንጀምር ደንበኞች ቢያስቸግሩንም እየቆየን በማግባባትና ግንዛቤ በመፍጠር ያለውን የጤና ጉዳት በማስረዳት ከ10 ሜትር አልፈን ግቢያችን ነጻ ለማድረግ ችለናል፣ከዚህ በተጨማሪ ለስራችን እንዲያግዘን ለፖሊስና ለፍትህ አካላት ግንዛቤው በስፋት ቢሰጥ እና ተግባራዊ በማያደርጉት ላይ የማያዳግም እርጃ ቢወሰድ ለውጡን ለማስቀጠል እንበረታለን ሲሉ የቀስተ ደመና ሆቴል ሰራተኛና ተወካይ የሆኑት አቶ ሞላልኝ አየነው ገልጸዋል፡፡
በተጨማሪም የኤልቤት ሆቴል ዋና ስራ አስኪያጅ የሆኑት አቶ አያሌው ዘለቀ ይህ ቦታ የሀሺሽ፣የሺሻ፣የሲጋራ የጫትና የአልኮል መጠቀሚያ የትውልድ መግደያ ቤት ነበር አሁን ግን ከዘርፉ ባገኘነው ስልጠና ት/ትና ግንዛቤ ወስደን ሲጋራና ትንባሆ ምንም ጥቅም የሌለው ከአጫሹ ይልቅ ተቀማጩን የሚጎዳ ለጤናችንም ለስራችንም አጸያፊ መሆኑን ተገንዝበን ጥቅማችን ትተን የሺሻ መደበቂያ የነበረውን ፑል አቁመን ግቢያችን ውስጥ ምንም አይነት ትንባሆና አደንዛዥ እጽ እንዳይጠቀሙ የሚያስጠነቅቅ ባነር በመለጠፍ ተቋማችን ሙሉ ለሙሉ ከሲጋራ ጭስ ነጻ ማድረግ ችለናል።
እንደዚህ በማድረጋችን እጅግ ደስተኞች ነን በማለት አስተያየታቸውን ጭምር ገልጸዋል፡፡
የምክትል ከንቲባ ጽ/ቤት ሀላፊና የመንግስት አገልግሎት አሰጣጥ አስተባባሪ የሆኑት አቶ ፓውሎስ ኩሳ አዋጁን ተግባራዊ ለማድረግ በከተማ ደረጃ እየተሰራ ያለው የስራ ጅምርና ጥረት በጣም ሊበረታታ የሚገባ የዜጎችን ጤና ለመጠበቅ የሚያስችል ጥረት እንደሆነ ገልጸው ባየናቸው ተቋማት በሚሰጡት መልስ ግንዛቤ እንዳላቸው ላማረጋገጥ ችያለሁ ከታዩት ውስጥም ሲጋራ ሲጨስ አላየንም ይህም አንዱ ለውጥ ነው በማለት ባዩት ጅምር ስራ ደስታቸውን ገልጸው ይህ ጥረት እንዳይቆምና ቀጣይነት ኑሮት ሲጋራን ተጸያፊ ትውልድል ለመፍጠር ኅብረተሰቡ፣የፍትህ አካላት እና ተቆጣጣሪ አካሉ በቅንጅት መስራት አለባቸው ስራው በምሽትም ተጠናክሮ መቀጠልና ለውጡን በየጊዜው እየገመገሙ መሄድ ይገባል በማለት ሀሳባቸውን ገልጸዋል፡፡
የባለስልጣኑ ዋና ዳይሬክተር አቶ ታመነ አጫሞ በተቋማት ላይ ሲጋራንና ትንባሆን ማስጨስ ጤናን ከመጉዳቱ ባሻገር በህግ የተቀመጠ ወንጀል ነው ስለዚህ በተሰጣችሁ ግንዛቤ፣በሚደረግላችሁ ክትትልና ድጋፍ ተቋማችሁን መለወጥና ከሲጋራ ጭስ ነጻ ማድረግ ካልቻላችሁ ወንጀልን የመከላከል ስራ እርምጃ የሚወሰድ መሆኑን አውቃችሁ የተጀመረውን ነገር በማታም በቀንም ተጠናክሮ መቀጠል እንዳለበት ገልጸው ለስራችሁ መሳካት የከንተማው ከንቲባ፣የፍትህ አካላትና ባለስልጣን መስሪያ ቤቱ ከጎናቸው ሁኖ እንደሚደግፋቸው ለተጎበኙት ተ ቋማት ባለቤቶችና ተወካዮች ጠንከር ያለ መልክት አስተላልፈዋል።

Baseline Assessment
2021-07-11
Baseline assessment and finding in Arada and Bole sub-cities, Addis Ababa.
በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ በቦሌና በአራዳ ክ/ከተሞች የትንቦሆ ቁጥጥርን አስመልክቶ በህዝብ መገልገያ ቦታዎች ፤ በምግብና መጠጥ ቤቶች ፣ ካፊ ፣ በቡና መጠጫ ቤቶች ፣ በትምህርት ቤቶች ፣ ወዘተ በተደረገ የመነሻ የዳሰሳ ጥናት የተገኘው ውጤት በከተማ ውስጥ በቀጣይ #ጠንካራ ፣ #ሰፊና ተከታታይነት ያለው #የቁጥጥር ስራ እንደሚያስፈልግ የሚጠቁም ሆኖ አግኝተነዋል።
Thanks to – EFDA, AAFMHACA, MWCS, HDAMA, WHO & MCDO
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WORKSHOP ON SMOKE-FREE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT TO ARADA And BOlE SUB-CITY OFFICIALS
“𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙖 & 𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗-𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 ”
For those of you who have worked together for the success of the program:
𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨.

Distribution of Behavioural Change Communication brochures and No Smoking stickers to service providers at Arada Sub City, Addis Ababa
2021-07-01
Distribution of Behavioural Change Communication brochures and No Smoking stickers to service providers at Arada Sub City, Addis Ababa.

World No Tobaco Day
2021-05-31
World No Tobacco Day – Press Release (Capital Hotel Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
A press release was issued by the media regarding the day. Her Excellency Dr. Liya Tadesse, Health Mister, and EFDA Director-General Heran Gerba and guests in attendance.
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WHO has recently launched a year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 – “Commit to Quit”. This campaign aims to support 100 million people worldwide in their attempt to give up tobacco through various initiatives and digital solutions. It will help create healthier environments that are conducive to quitting tobacco by:

advocating for strong tobacco cessation policies
promoting increased access to cessation services
raising awareness of tobacco industry tactics
empowering tobacco users to make successful attempts to quit through “quit & win” initiatives.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to millions of tobacco users wanting to quit. However, quitting tobacco is challenging, especially with the added social and economic stresses brought about by the pandemic.
Worldwide, around 780 million people say they want to quit, but only 30% of them have access to the tools that can help them to overcome both physical and mental addictions to tobacco. Together with partners, WHO will provide people with the tools and resources they need to make a successful attempt at quitting.
Quitting tobacco has major and immediate health benefits
There are immediate and long-term health benefits to quitting tobacco. After just 20 minutes of quitting smoking, the heart rate drops. Within 12 hours, the carbon monoxide level in the blood drops to normal. Within 2–12 weeks, the circulation improves and lung function increases. Within 1–9 months, coughing and shortness of breath decrease. Within 5–15 years, the stroke risk is reduced to that of a non-smoker. Within 10 years, the lung cancer death rate is about half that of a smoker. Within 15 years, the risk of heart disease is that of a non-smoker.
Policies and capacity for tobacco cessation in WHO European Region must improve
Cessation policies are still among the least implemented of all WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control demand reduction measures, with only 8 countries providing best-practice cessation services in the European Region, the majority of which are high-income countries.
Governments should recognize this unmet need and act on it as part of a comprehensive tobacco control strategy. Population-level, cost-effective tobacco cessation interventions must be a priority for countries. At the same time, innovation is to be encouraged and mobile technologies should be fully harnessed to improve access to large and hard-to-reach populations.
Digital solutions to help the world’s 1.3 billion tobacco users to quit
WHO set up the new Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco, which gives people, among other things, free access to digital counseling. WHO has partnered with tech companies like Facebook, WhatsApp and Soul Machines to raise awareness and support tobacco users to quit with the help of chatbots and digital health workers. For instance, Florence, a digital counselor, based on artificial intelligence, helps people develop a personalized plan to quit tobacco and guides them to available mobile apps and toll-free quitlines in their countries. Meanwhile, the Quit Challenge on WhatsApp provides signed-up tobacco users with free messages on how to quit, directly to their mobile phones.
These and other global and regional cessation tools will be rolled out as part of the campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021, which will reiterate once again that strong cessation services improve health, save lives and save money.

Addiction Relapse Prevention
2021-03-15
Addiction
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Delivering Recovery Support Services የሱስ_ህክምናን_የተመለከተ_የዛሬ_ማለዳ_ውይይት #etv #ጤና_ይስጥልኝ
#ebc #etv #EthiopianBroadcastingCorporation
በሱስ ተጠቅተው በማገገሚያ ውስጥ ከሚገኙ ወጣቶች ጋር የተደረገ ቆይታ

15 Mar 2021
https://youtu.be/KUyAJ41THww

Addiction Relapse prevention - Recovery Coach
2020-08-15
#ebc #etv#EthiopianBroadcastingCorporation
#Addiction prevention #Recovery Coach
#Addiction treatment
#ጤናዎ በቤትዎ🚭 #የሲጋራ ሱስ ለማቆም መደረግ ያለባቸው ነገሮች Aug 15, 2020 / ነሃሴ 09/2012ዓ.ም

Addis Ababa Smoke Free Initiative Advocacy Meeting
2020-08-09 08:00 - 17:00
Addis Ababa Smoke Free Initiative Advocacy Meeting with members of the law enforcement body.
In attendance: Ms Heran Gerba, EFDA Director General Mr Tamene Director at AAFMHACA and staff members of CTFK and MCDC.

University Based Anti Addiction Community Movement /UBAACM/ - No tobacco day May 31,2019
2019-12-31
University Based Anti Addiction Community Movement /UBAACM/
“ዩኒርስቲዎችን መሰረት ያደረገ የፀረ አደገኛ እፆች ማህበረሰብ አቀፍ ንቅናቄ ”
No tobacco day May 31,2019
አለም አቀፍ የትንባሆ የማይጨስበት ቀን ምክንያት በማድረግ በአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የተዘጋጀ መድረክ።
ምስጋና
ይሄ ትውልድ በአገሩ ኢትዮጵያ በመጭው ትውልድ የሚታወስበትን አሻራ አስቀመጠ!! ሃውልት አቆመ!
የምግብ መድሃኔት ቁጥጥርና አስተዳደር አዋጅ ቁጥር 1112 መውጣት ከጠቅላላ ህዝባችን 71% ከ30 አመት በታች 41% ደግሞ ከ15አመት በታች በሆነባት አገር በአንድም በሌላ መንገድም ባለ አዲስ ነገሮችን ለማወቅ በሚነሳሳ የታዳጊ ወጣቶች ፍላጎት በቢራ ማስታወቂያዎች ገደብ ያጣ ሳቢና አጓጊ ማራኪ ማስታወቂያዎች ተነሳስተው ምን ያህሎች መጠጣት እንደ ጀመሩና እንደሚጀምሩ በየአካባቢያችን ያለውን ጫና መገመት አይከብደንም።
ስለሆነም የትንባሆ አጠቃቀምም ገደብና ቁጥጥር ባለመኖሩ ምክንያት የብዙሃኑ መብት ከመጣስ ባለፋ የሁለተኛ ደረጃ የትንባሆ ጢስ ተጠቂ ብዙዎቻችን ሁነን ቆይተናል።
በመሆኑም በትንባሆ ተጠቃሚዎች ተጠቃሚነት መብታችን ተጥሶ የነበረው የሁለተኛ ደረጃ ተጠቂዎች መብታችንን የሚያስከብረው አዋጅ 1112 ድንጋጌ መውጣት እንደ መቋሚያ የማህበረሰብ ልማት ድርጅት ደስታችን ላቅ ያለ ነው።
ስለዚህ ይህ ትውልድ የሰራው የጀግንነት ተግባር ነው ብለን እናምናለን።
በዋናነት ትንባሆ የሚጎዳው በጭሱ የተጠቁትን ሁሉ ዋና የሰውነት ክፍል የሆነውን አንጎላችንን ጭምር መሆኑ ግልፅ ሆኖ ሊሰመርበት ይገባል።
ይህ አዋጅ (አዋጅ ቁጥር )1112 እንዲወጣ ጥረት ላደረጉ ፣ለተጉ ሰለቸኝ ደከመኝ ሳይሉ መንግስትን የወተወቱ ፤ እውቀታቸውን ላበረከቱ ፣ ገንበባቸብን ፣ ጉልበታቸውን ፣ ጊዜቸውን ላበረከቱ ሁሉ የዚህ ዘመን ታሪክ ሰሪዎች ጀግኖች ፤ የሚመለከታቸው መንግስታዊና መንግስታዊ ያልሆኑ አካላት ሁሉ እንዲሁም ግለሰቦች ሊመሰገኑ ይገባል።
በፎቶው ከሚታዩት በስተጀርባ ብዙ ታሪክ ሰሪዎች አሉ።
ለምሳሌ መቋሚያን ወክሎ ከቆመው ኤልያስ በስተጀርባ በምንም መለኪያ ወደር የማይገኝለት ብዙ ዋጋ የከፈሉ ወጣቶች የመቋሚያ ልጆች እንዳሉ ሁሉ ማለት ነው። ሁሉንም የተወከሉ አካላትን መነሻ አድርገን ከልብ የመነጨ የትውልድ ምስጋና ልናቀርብ እንወዳለን።
እናመሰግናለን!!!!
እናንተ ትውልዱን ወክላችሁ ታሪክ የሰራችሁ ጀግኖች ናችሁ!!!
ከዚህ ቡሃላም ሃይላችሁ ታድሶ አንድነታችሁ ጠኖክሮ በቅድመ ሚከላከል ስራው ላይ አመርቂ ነገር ትሰራላችሁ ብለን እጠብቃለን።
ከፍተኛ ምስጋና ለአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርስቲ ማናጅመንት እና ለአንቲ ድራግና አልኮል ክለብ ።
ኢትዮጵያን እግዚአብሄር ይባርክ
ሃገር ማለት ሰው ነው። ሰውን የሚጠብቅ ህግ ሁሉ መላውን ተፈጥሮ የሚጠብቅ ህግ ነው።
በአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርስቲ የአለም አቀፍ “ትንባሆ የማይጨስበት ቀን” የግንቦት 24/2011 ዓ.ም በፕሮግራሙ ማጠናቀቂያ የማስታወሻ ፎቶ

እራስዎንና ቤተሰብዎን ከኮሮና ቫይረስ ወረርሽኝ ይጠብቁ
2019-06-29
#ከሱስ_ነፃ_ትውልድ_መፍጠር
#Creating a generation free from addiction!
https://www.press.et/Ama/?p=35207
👉 የሰኔ 21 ቀን 2012 ዓ.ም የአዲስ ዘመን ጋዜጣ ይዘቶችን በሙሉ
በፒዲኤፍ እነሆ!
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በህክምና ባለሙያዎች የሚሰጡ ምክሮችን ይቀበሉ፤ ይተግብሩ!
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ለትክክለኛና ወቅታዊ መረጃ ትክክለኛውን የቴሌግራም ቻናላችን ይቀላቀሉ
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