Illuminating Lives, Empowering Communities, and Sustaining Hope in Rural Ethiopia

We strive to transform their livelihoods by enhancing the productivity of agricultural products, adding values, creating jobs, and facilitating access to market opportunities.​

Who We Are

SaLiWat Initiative is a local NGO led by a board of like-minded senior professionals, with an executive guided by the principles of salt, light, and water. Salt symbolizes health, light represents knowledge and empowerment, and water signifies life and sustenance. Through integrated rural development interventions, SaLiWat Initiative aims to sustainably improve the livelihoods of rural communities in Ethiopia.

Changing lives in rural area.

— Our Vision

SaLiWat Initiative envisions to sustainably improving the livelihoods of the rural community in Ethiopia

— Our Mission

SaLiWat Initiative is committed to supporting rural vulnerable community members in transforming their livelihoods through increased productivity of agro-products, value additions, job creations and market opportunities.

- Our Core Values

  • Respect for the eco-hydrology system
  • Integrity and commitment
  • Neutrality and Impartiality
  • Accountability
  • Cost efficiency
  • Gender sensitivity
  • Equity and justice
  • Mutual respect

our engagement

The program intervention is holistic development with the maximum use of locally available livelihood assets (human, natural, social, physical and financial capitals) to achieve sustainable livelihood improvements in rural Ethiopia

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Impact Stories

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