GPDI
Gayo Pastoral Development Initiative
Ethiopia
Gayo Pastoral Development Initiative is an indigenous non-governmental organization established in 2003 by a group of concerned professional people from the Borena zone. GPDI works with the pastoral community in the Borena lowlands to improve their livelihoods through various programs including clearing of brush, providing emergency assistance in the form of water, veterinary services, and pastures, and providing destitute pastoralists with camels. Currently, GPDI is collaborating with Oxfam and the Harvard Health Initiative to set up an early warning surveillance system to be able to identify and prepare for future humanitarian crises in the Borena zone.