| Abstract: | The effects of HIV/AIDS are complex and far reaching. According to the six national report of MOH (MOH, 2006) this impact is revealed on the national economy, health service, population growth, average life expectancy and teaching learning process. HIV/AIDS requires holistic and integrated response from the government, bilateral and multilateral organizations, indigenous and foreign NGOs, community and faith based organizations and the private sector.
Community Based Organizations like Iddirs emanate from the community and hence they are entry points to community mobilization against the spread of HIV/AIDS and its impact. Studies showed that CBOs should have the resources, capacities and skills to provide various social services including HIV/AIDS prevention and service delivery to orphans and people affected and infected by HIV/AIDS (Shiferaw, 2010). To build the capacities of Iddirs, their status has to be assessed and capacity building plan has to be developed. The assessment by itself is to enable Iddirs themselves to identify capacity areas that they feel need to be strengthened in order to improve their effectiveness and sustainability as their set purpose.
This research tried to assess the Capacity of Iddirs that are engaged in HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention in some selected Iddirs in Arada Sub City of Addis Ababa City Administration using a capacity assessment tool called Community Capacity Barometer (CCB) which is adopted from a standard rating scale called Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA). It is adopted and revised assessment tools to measure organizational and technical capacity of local community structure.
The overall result of the assessment report showed that, the capacity of Iddirs found in Arada who have been engaged in HIV/AIDS interventions, are not in a position to confident
their agencies are successfully enhance the social functioning of disadvantaged groups for which they planned to address and hence need capacity development support. |
