Gallery Newsletters Special Reports Contact Us Country Program Descriptions Ethiopia Opportunities in Craftsmanship of Ethiopia was established in Addis Ababa by a diversified group of concerned citizens in 1973 to train underprivileged, unemployed and economically deprived urban school-leavers and dropouts in vocational skills.
Courses teach the building trades skills of masonry, carpentry, plumbing and electrical wiring.
In 1993, OIC Ethiopia opened up another center in the town of Dimma . This center also offers the refugees setteled in Dimma training in vocational skills. In October 1995, Rev. Sullivan made a successful visit to Ethiopia to launch his SOS project. SOS stands for Supporters of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a program that grew out of the African-African American Summits with the objective of assisting African school children and African schools with books and educational supplies and materials.