Support for Sustainable Development (SSD) is a national, non-profit making, resident charity established in May 2003 to support the development initiatives of the poor, neglected and marginalized communities of Ethiopia in general, and the Afar pastoralists residing in the extremely hostile and arid climate of the Awash Valley within the main Ethiopian Rift Valley System in particular. SSD has registered with Charities and Societies Agency (CSA) with registration #0034.