Company Background

Rediet Baltina was initiated by a TB survivors group (Organic Health Care Service) working on TB prevention and adherence support on voluntary basis. TB champions within this group dedicate themselves to contributing to their community through educating society on prevention mechanisms and stereotypes and also support adherence to patients on treatment. Organic Health Care Service gave birth to Rediet Balitina to resolve the devastating effects of the disease on the livelihood of the survivors and also to support treatment adherence and prevent treatment dropouts caused by lack of income. Through this business, drug resistant TB patients that are beyond the intensive phase or completed the treatment are engaged in production and sales of products where they get paid for their services.  people are currently engaged where of them are females and the business forecast anticipates deploying up to  drug resistant TB survivors in the coming 5 years.

Rediet Balitina manufactures semi-processed food items like ground grains and spices targeting most of the population groups enjoying Ethiopian dishes. In the context of Ethiopia, most people consume the common national dishes on daily bases where products of Rediet Baltina are the main ingredients in the preparation. Due to the high demand of the product, it is fairly easy to initiate partnership with wholesalers, Hotels, supermarkets, mini markets, retail shops and even foreign market where Ethiopia community is substantial in number. Maintaining quality and supplying authentic products is the major value of the company which is believed to be the distinctive advantage making the company stand out.