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Global Team for Local Initiatives Awarded $387,000 by USAID: New Model for Indigenous Health in Ethiopia
October 7, 2009Northwest-based nonprofit Global Team for Local Initiatives (GTLI) has been awarded a $387,000 grant by US Agency for International Development (USAID) to help the organization implement clean water and sanitation programs in Ethiopia. Since 2008, GTLI, which incubated a new community-based model, has successfully completed a risk assessment of the threatened Hamar tribe, developed training programs with tribal elders, and is ready to deliver hygiene training, wells and cisterns to 3,000 people in four communities. "We are thrilled that USAID is investing in a new type of recipient that measures the adoption of new behaviors," said GTLI Founder and Country Director Lori Sweningson. "USAID saw the value in our comprehensive needs analysis and the importance of building trust and a relationship with elders prior to developing programs. This will result in sustainable behavior change." Full release.