Diaspora Engagement Window
Bring your skills home — from anywhere in the world.
How It Works
A three-step process designed to turn your skills, time and capital into measurable impact on the ground.
Share your professional background, skills and interests through our diaspora intake form — whether you are in engineering, health, education, finance or any other field.
We align your expertise with one of our six thematic axes — WASH, health, education, livelihoods, youth empowerment or peacebuilding — where your contribution will have the greatest impact.
Collaborate with our in-country teams to design and deploy your contribution — whether through technical support, virtual mentorship, project co-funding or direct capital investment.
Your skills, your terms, your impact
Whether you can give time, expertise or capital — there is a way for every diaspora professional to contribute.
Contribute your professional expertise — engineering, healthcare, education, IT, agriculture, finance or governance — to strengthen VIDO's in-country program delivery through virtual consulting, training or short-term deployment.
Guide Ethiopian youth and emerging professionals through structured mentorship programs. Offer career guidance, academic support and leadership coaching — remotely or during diaspora returns.
Co-fund a specific project or thematic axis with full transparency. Every diaspora contribution is tracked through the MEAL framework, with quarterly impact reports delivered directly to you.
Amplify VIDO's mission within your professional networks, diaspora associations and academic institutions. Host events, share resources or represent VIDO in international forums.
"As a diaspora professional, I finally have a home for my technical time."
Ready to make a difference?
Join the VIDO diaspora network. Whether you have two hours or two weeks — your expertise can transform lives in Ethiopia.