PWO has a vision of aspiring “to see empowered and self sustained pastoralist community in Ethiopia.”. The mission of PWO is to work with women and men pastoralists and partners towards improving socio-economic conditions of pastoralists through institutional capacity building, enhancing livelihood, protecting the environment, and minimizing vulnerability to disaster.  The goals of PWO are to contribute for the livelihood improvements, enhanced and strengthened traditional natural resource management systems and build the resilience capacity of pastoralists in reduction and management of risks.