Towards a food secure future
The Strategic Plan 2006 to 2010 of the Relief Society of Tigray
(REST)

The Relief Society of Tigray is an indigenous Ethiopian non-governmental organization, working since 1978 on relief, rehabilitation and long term development programs in partnership with local communities of the National Regional State of Tigray. |
MOVING AHEAD - REST 5 year plan from 2006 to 2010
Organisational Goals and Objectives
-Goal
REST’s overall goal is to bring about a sustainable improvement in food insecure livelihoods within REST operational areas.
- Strategic Objectives and expected results
1.To strengthen household livelihoods within REST operational areas:
- Increased productivity in the agricultural sector
- Increased diversification within farm, off farm and non farm economic sectors
- Improved market systems and linkages
- Reduction in household vulnerability to drought and other economic shocks
- Expansion and strengthening of community based institutions and organisations
- Enhanced capacity of local government and other relevant development actors
2.To improve the health and educational status of people in Tigray:
- Improved nutritional levels
- Reduction in spread of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases
- Improved access to primary health services
- Increased access to basic education
- Increased adult functional literacy
3.To promote empowerment of women in Tigray
- Improved access to livelihood assets and strategies within Tigray
- Measures taken to promote women’s equal participation in REST organisation and operations
4.To improve water security within Tigray
- Increased access to safe domestic water supplies
- To expand and diversify sustainable water harvesting and irrigation technologies
- To promote effective management and utilisation of water resources
5.To promote sustainable natural resource management
- Degraded land rehabilitated
- Existing natural woodlands and vegetation protected and expanded
- Targeted impacts of environmental degradation halted and reversed
- Sustainable usage of wood, soil and other natural resources promoted
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Organogram of REST Structure
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