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The Twinning Center is partnering with Visions for Development, Inc. and three supporting Diaspora organizations to mobilize professionals to assist in Ethiopia’s fight against HIV/AIDS through its Volunteer Healthcare Corps (VHC).

The Ethiopia Diaspora Initiative works to identify and place highly skilled Diaspora professionals at PEPFAR-supported ARV treatment sites and AIDS service organizations, where they serve as technical experts. Volunteers are placed at sites for a period ranging from three months to two years with the dual goals of building institutional capacity and increasing staff competencies.

To ensure a demand-driven program, the Twinning Center office in Addis Ababa works closely with potential placement sites to identify their specific human resource needs and jointly develops a scope of work for each volunteer assignment.

When the scope of work is finalized, our partnering organizations identify a qualified candidate from the Diaspora community. The Twinning Center then provides travel-related logistical support, extensive orientation, and on-going support throughout each
volunteer’s assignment.

As of May 2009, the VHC has placed 30 Diaspora volunteers in Ethiopia, including a pre-service education specialist, a pathologist, a communications advisor, an epidemiologist, a capacity building advisor, an IT consultant, and a patient services specialist.

Updated June 5, 2009