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Senior leadership

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  Kidus Yohannes

  President

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  Kidus Yohannes holds the office of President.

  The President chairs ACLIC's executive and speaks for the coalition when it deals with its member structures, its partners and the public.

  A fuller profile, in their own words, will be published here once it has been written and approved.

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  Amanuel Tafese

  Vice President (Communication and Strategic Affairs)

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  Amanuel Tafese holds the office of Vice President for Communication and Strategic Affairs.

  The office supports the President and carries responsibility for how the coalition communicates and for the longer-term direction it sets itself.

  A fuller profile, in their own words, will be published here once it has been written and approved.

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  Fikir Tadesse

  Vice President (Advocacy and Events)

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  Fikir Tadesse holds the office of Vice President for Advocacy and Events.

  The office supports the President and carries responsibility for the coalition's advocacy work and for the assemblies and events through which members meet.

  A fuller profile, in their own words, will be published here once it has been written and approved.

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  Eldana Samuel

  Secretary

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  Eldana Samuel holds the office of Secretary.

  The Secretary keeps the record of the coalition's decisions — the minutes, the correspondence and the papers that let any member structure see how a decision was reached.

  A fuller profile, in their own words, will be published here once it has been written and approved.

Department heads

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  Temesgen Tesfa

  Head of Media and Communication

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  Temesgen Tesfa leads the Media and Communication department.

  The department is responsible for how ACLIC's work is told: what is published, in which of the coalition's three languages, and how its voice sounds in its own materials.

  A fuller profile, in their own words, will be published here once it has been written and approved.

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  Mestawut Minisha

  Head of G.E.D.S.I

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  Mestawet Minisha leads the department for Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion.

  Its remit is to make sure the coalition's structures and activities are genuinely reachable by the children most often left out of them, rather than open only in principle.

  A fuller profile, in their own words, will be published here once it has been written and approved.

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  Blen Aschalew

  Head of Training and Knowledge Management

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  Blen Aschalew leads the Training and Knowledge Management department.

  The department builds the skills members need in order to take part — facilitation, advocacy, safeguarding — and keeps what the coalition learns in a form the next intake of members can actually use.

  A fuller profile, in their own words, will be published here once it has been written and approved.

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  Ismail Abdu

  Head of External Relations

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  Ismail Abdu leads the External Relations department.

  The department handles the coalition's relationships beyond its own membership: partner organisations, government bodies, and the other coalitions ACLIC works alongside.

  A fuller profile, in their own words, will be published here once it has been written and approved.

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  Tsion Tesfahun

  Head of Events, Advocacy and Campaigning

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  Tsion Tesfahun leads the Advocacy and Campaign department.

  The department turns the coalition's positions into campaigns — what ACLIC asks for, who it asks, and how members take part in the asking.

  A fuller profile, in their own words, will be published here once it has been written and approved.

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  Yonatan Kibret

  Head of Research and Evidence

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  Yonatan Kibret leads the Research and Evidence department.

  The department gathers the evidence behind the coalition's positions, so that what ACLIC says on behalf of children can be shown as well as stated.

  A fuller profile, in their own words, will be published here once it has been written and approved.

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  Rakeb Merawi

  Head of Resource Mobilization and Grant Management

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  Rakeb Mereha leads the Resource and Grant Management department.

  The department looks after the resources the coalition works with — funding applications, the reporting that comes with them, and accounting to members for how those resources are used.

  A fuller profile, in their own words, will be published here once it has been written and approved.

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  Mekdes Solomon

  Head of Publication and Documentation

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  Mekdes Solomon leads the Publication and Documentation department.

  The department keeps the coalition's record: reports, minutes, photographs and the written account of what ACLIC has done, so the next intake of members inherits it.

  A fuller profile, in their own words, will be published here once it has been written and approved.

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  Rediet Sintayehu

  Head of Partnership and Networking

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  Rediet Sintayehu leads the Partnership and Networking department.

  The department builds and keeps the coalition's working relationships with child-led structures, schools and partner organisations across Addis Ababa.

  A fuller profile, in their own words, will be published here once it has been written and approved.