Major actvities leading to change in the areas we are engaged to make a difference basing SDG but not limited
GSDA has a vision of Ethiopia where:
"Poverty is alleviated, and the people lead a dignified life in an enabling social and natural environment."
"Enabling Communities to help themselves"
Garuma Social Development Association, GSDA, is a voluntary organization, based in the city of Nekemte (western Ethiopia), which focuses on improving family livelihood the disadvantaged, as well as marginalized rural, communities to enhance their quality of life while at the same time enabling them achieve economic self-sufficiency.
The association was established in July 2012, to fighting poverty by growing the capacity of communities through individual care, family strengthening and enabling the communities to help themselves.
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Recent Activity & News
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Village high school gardes 9 to 12 built and equipped with laboratory equipments, computers, furnitures, books, desks, tables, shelves, cupboards, and etc
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kitchen garden devloped for 40 house holds with vegetables, plants, trees, and animal fattenings
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Over 100 poor girls are regsitered for vocational teachnical courses for 3 years term
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Over 200 families those underprevilaged and children at school got milking cows
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By 2021 over 3 000 exotc and indegenoius trees were planted in the schools compound
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Over 20,000 patients were treated with curative and preventive priamry and secodary eye care servcies
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More than 50 springs and 55 hand pumps were installed /protected to give clean water access to schools in the village and communities for the population over 100,000 as supported by Rotary Clubs Osterholz and others in Germany
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More than 20,000 patients were treated from for blinding eye disease in April 08-19,2019 in partnership with Blindehilfe Aethiopien in Davos
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Weekly tutorial class for over 100 students struggling to cope academically in the areas of etc . going to colleges/universities in computer skill, research techniques and language
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Public health care service innovations.............for a marginalised etc part of the community in Nekemte towns
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Uke and arjo gudetu towns with population over 70,000 were supplied with clean water .
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8 village school with students school rennovated, desks , computers , toilets supported
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Over 5000 were supplied with desks ,computers ,toilets, additional classrooms and books buit at 6 sites .
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8 families houses for poor family at diffrent site buit .
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at 2 major sites establish kitchen garden for rural families
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Establish scince group for village schools and gave material support for students
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Live animals such us donkeys, oxen and milking cows for families supported at large including home econmics training at villages
Future Projects
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Enhance sanitation and Clean Water Supply Improvement
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Empowering many unemployed youth with basic eduction leading to self employemnt and job creation
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Focus agriculture producing fafmers to help them prodcue more food for family consumptioon and commercial purposes
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Work on reducing the blinding eye disease through prevantive and curative measures.
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Build many hosues for the poor village people and equip it with soalr electrification, toliets, and kitchen garden
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Dstribute simple technologies as much as possible at rural settings
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Promote community Awareness Projects on Harmful traditions Environmental protection and effects of Plastic Bag Usage and removal
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Nekemte town waste products Recycling and give job to the jobless
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Produce and introduce Hollow Block Madhouses , better environment
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Access micro Finance Support Scheme for Girls and Women through self governed small business holdings
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Mentor education for Disadvantaged Girls (Rural and Urban)
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Incorporate elderly Support directions
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Introduce Solar Rural Electrification
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Model complex village for poor families
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Green area closures
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Support of milking cow, farm tools, seed, fattening, sheep, goat , beehives, and home economics for families below poverty line
village model hosue for the underprevilaged at three sites to accomodate over 80 persons with ten houses each holding kitchen, toilets, washing basin, clean water supply pump and kitchen garden
introducing a kichen garden at village level for the purpose of training commuinty . with the poor rural people those who do not have houses
children at school learning without desks . This are the problems of many of the village schools in East Wollega zone of Oromia Regional state besides being crowded at each classroom numbering over 60 students at each class , dusty floor, etc,,,,, over 400 desks were purchased and donoated to six schools during the year 2017
Nekmete private school supported with toys and games for kindergarten and grade one ( year one Students) as donated by the charity
childeren and commuinty discuss teaching learning problems with the teachers and commuinty. on this special day families contributed in cash and kind to build one block with four classroms , fencing, and public toliets construction was approved as priority in 2017
Nekmete physcial rehabilitation center to make artifical legs for amputated people coming from the radious of over 200kms are donated machineries, equipments, supplies , parts and basic tools with over half a million Birr in 2017 and now the capacity of the firm is increased to serve over 20 patients per day which includes physical excersise in 2017 . blindenhilfe Aethiopian made a remarkable contributions to ease the problem
Oromai Regional State Arjo Hospital mass eye treatemnt carried out in partnership with Blindenhilfe Aethiopia based in Davos Switzeralnd for ten day helped us to treat over 4000 paitents with medication,. surgeries and training to staffs involved. The crew was with 20 people intensively working for 12 hours daily in April 2017
Arjo Gudetu town water storage tanker to feed 35, 000 people in the town in a remote area is a prove to clean water suppliy to battle waterborne diseases . This was carried out in partnership with the Rotary Clubs in Germany led by Dr Ulrike Hohmann in 2017
purcashe of donkey and milking cows for poor families supported women in the zone were given medication and trainings how to care for animals , keep kitchen garden, sanitaion and hygiene , soil conservation and food security are the major topics for 113 ladies in 2017
an opthalmologists from Switzrland , at Arjo hospital , after treateing 4000 patients getting blessings and honor from commuinty elder the *Abba Gadda*
children and families, visotors and leadership attending Demeksa school day and closing cermony which managed to rasie over 20,000 Birr and facilitated the comperhensive servcies leading to forwarding for juniour secondary school planning in June 2017
Tsehai Admasu, former student of the orgaization supported to study computer now employed since 2016 and managed to support her other sisters and brother with the good income she is earning as assistant expert of offcie
Arjo hospital eye Treatment team working hard for ten days in a remote hospital . The result was wonderful and the preventive and curative Treatment measures developed a sustainable eye care servcies as a result of on job training in April 2017
Chaltu tolera (Sr) midwife came to Garuma Charity Office to donate cash as an apperciation and thank you . She made a wonderful speech to the General Assembly as live witness counting the good work of garuma be a model for Transformation and ways to ease commuinty problems
math club students being equipped with basic equipments after a day workshop with thier trainer and teachers to help them be equipped for the future science garduates need in Ethiopia . This program is developed at six schools in 2017 with a total of over 200 students
teacher teaching in a poorly constructed school, dusty floor, old black Board, but highly motivated teachers and students
junior secondary school front apperance , 20 years old, with over 2000 students in a village of sasiga district where eduction is at the highest demand . the charity donated desks and clean water but the demand is at the highest gear in 2017 95% of the students passed to the next classroom and the big question remains unanswered for female students who can not continue learning at Nekmete which is 30kms far
feeding and clothing of beggars on streets
feeding and clothing of 129 street beggars in nekemte town on may 1st 2016. annually we support the people twice and train for attitude change
skill development for girls
Weekly tutorial class for over 100 students struggling to cope academically in the areas of etc . going to colleges/universities in computer skill, research techniques and language. girls will be taught computer skill, language, and science related subjects
special support :
over 115 women in the villages were supported with training on micro finance , home economics, saving & credit, garden for nutrition , , food security and animal care.. more than 40 poor women in the villages were supported with donkeys to loose workload on them and generate income to maintain family livelihoods
cattle trough:
spring protected to feed more than 2000 households, washing clothes. feeding animals in the dry land areas and people of the low land areas our major beneficiaries this year in East Wollega Zone
eye care treatment in nekemte by blindenhilfe aethiopien : more than 8,000 patients were treated, given mass eye treatment in partnership with Nekemte referral hospital for 10 days April 05- 16,2016 to 2020 and it is carried out twice a year . this support was implemented in October - November 2016 and supported many other activities such as the Nekmete hospital medical ward ultras sound machines, gastro scope machine, orthopedy appliances full set
school compound
18 schools in the area were given training on compound beautification, gardening, shading with commercial plants growing scheme development. this year a new strategy was designed to encourage schools contribute in April fort he demands of the schools such buildings renovation, desks, fencing, plastering, teaching learning equipment . Our organisation supported over 70% in cash to supply the demand as aprested
internal disease treatment training
medical treatment and traning at nekemte hospital by Dr, kistler from Davos, switzerland to ethiopian intenist doctors
Hand pump at school
A Standard spring capped with an overflow of 24hrs services which also waters vegetation/crops in vegetation of the area
Garden at school yard
is to make the learning environment attractive for the society of the area.
General assembly meeting
General Assembly meeting Founder members Board executives and supporters over 200 persons meet annually to discuss issues, raise funds, listen to achievements and future plans and review outcomes in partnership with all stakeholders .
Washing basin
It was built for the community to keep their sanitation like washing their clothes on the washing basin.
Desks for students at school
Desks more than 700 desks to accommodate more than 2000 kids were donated to make the teaching and learning processeffective & inviting.
School building renovation
In the last year we renovated a lot of buildings. This project was designed to facilitate /provide the best learning environment for the children of this area.
Giving clean fresh water to 450 children in just one day!
On Monday we went with our two contractors to a primary/secondary school in a very desolate area North-West of Nekemte to repair and assemble a water pump for the school. After having to overcome a few obstacles(a broken pipe 35m underground), we finally got water and where thus able to supply the 450 school children with clean water.
school classroom building
classrooms, a new block building in participation with the community with the local materials available in the village
WRITE TO US AND STAY IN TOUCH TO
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Share your questions and experiences
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Get involved to alleviate the social, economic, environmental, and spiritual challenges of the marginalized people who we know are in need. join the steps to reduce the risk of poverty with whatever you can,....
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HOW YOU CAN HELP BY MAKING A DONATION FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT
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Educate a disparate girls at college /university with euro 30/month for 3yrs and help them be self employed
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Given clean water access to village with 100 households or students at school with above a thousand
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A four class rooms block for 200 students with desks for children sitting on dusty floor
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A Donkey , shelter and or a milking cow for a widowed women with big family
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Micro finance - small business holding for a desperate lady govern own small business holding .
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focus primary health measures give care through providing a village community sanitation and hygeine project. This will reduce the risk of blinding eye disease.
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Improve the rural referral hospital complex which has poor infrastructure and equipment shortages. This will support 3 million people who may come to the hospital.
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Reduce youth unemployment by helping them become self employed by creating their own business through training.
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Extend services to women , children , street beggars, and the the aged .
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build bekumsa biya high school at rural areas
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establish kitchen garden group at two sites .with 40 households
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Success Story of Luches’ Family
Ethiopia, Oromia Regional State, East Wollega Zone, Nekemte, Negassa 02 Kebele (sub city)
Luche Wagari, 45 years old, mother of 4 girls (onemarried, one dropped school due to poverty, one at school and doing excellent work at grade 7 this year, additionally taking care of a grandchild after her daughter has divorced her alcoholic husband and currently lives at her mum’s small room as dependent)
Luche is a strong lady, hard worker with big responsibility to care for the family by bring up her children and grandchildren from the income she is generating from the sale of firewood. Her husband is a daily laborer besides looking after his cows (4 with the new cuff). The cow produces enough milk 3 liters a day. Husband is a shepherd now and Luche tells him what to do.
They are 6 in the family. The room is 3m x 4m, dust floor, mud plastered (see to the photo), all are healthy. The baby is so unclean and stinking and my staff had long time with her in helping her (teaching) how to clean a baby in a bad condition (baby care without a diaper). All are smiling. They offered us tea outside door because we did not get enough place in the house with the family. We heard from neighbor that, Luche run to the nearest village and bought 9 pcs of creamed bread each at Birr 15. That is the power in for sharing in love unlimited we observed.
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They have a plan
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To build a new house to accommodate her all family members.
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Purchase a bigger filed for grazing land and production of kitchen garden.
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Support her daughter at least finish high school.
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Help her divorced daughter stand on her foot and be able to care for her baby.
Basic Informations
Assuming that, by holding arms with you, with the ability you have, we are trying to make change in the life’s of many disadvantaged elderly people, women/ girls/ children/ the aged/ rural people/ destitute/the poor or not having/ through education, eye care for the community, college of university education for girls from prostitution, raped, maids, returnees from middle east, poor, HIV AIDS orphaned, firewood sellers, school drop outs , village schools, clean water supply, micro finance, school buildings, irrigation, credit money, training for transformations and self employment , the aged, sanitation and hygiene measures, sport, agriculture, a forestation scheme, food security and so many other things…….
Yes!!!! You are able to make a difference. We highly appreciate your presence at our corner
We are all volunteers working towards improving the living conditions of the disadvantaged
people or the marginalised through education and basic support to help people help \
themselves.
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visit our web site www.alemunega.wix/gsda for seeing what we have done last year
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And write to alemunega98@gmail.com general manager Revd. Dr. Alemu Nega, founder for
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explanation and further query
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If need arises Call to: ++ 251 932 50 9627 and or ++ 251 917 81 23 63
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Interested ; visit us and we are ready to drive you along to our place
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Pass to your friends; those interested to stretch arms to persons in need
For the purpose of: joining us with whatsoever you can in any
form or work as our AmbassadorInterested for projection:-
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visit us and we will be able to arrange your visits in an organized way for learning, sharing, daring,
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caring and daring goals to be centere
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for one time donation or possible partnership at any limit , please use our bank account as specified below
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Alemu Nega Family Care Association /Garuma Social Development Association
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success stories
Chaltu Tolera (former street girl and now a midwife nurse with reputation)
This girl has a touching story from her background. She was brought up in a desperate family with very poor living conditions. She has two brothers and two sisters all above 20 years old. She is dependent on an Old father and mother above 80 years old. They all live in an old grass roofed not plastered wall & extremely old little hat. Unable to maintain family living and educate their children due to age related diseases, hunger and inability to farm.
Chaltu hence decided to do firewood selling, hair splitting and dressing, cooking for someone at lower wages and interring into the circle of prostitution to earn for living and support the big size family. She had school education up to 11th grade. Thinking about furtherance of education needs was a troubling case which as it is difficult for her to continue her education which brought her into depression, illness and social and economical disturbances. Fortunately, she was a committed Christian in prayers continuously which encouraged her to visit Garuma Social Association office in Nekemte. She brought her resumes, support letters from district government offices, three witnesses and luckily admitted into the program to study nursing course at the New Generation for three years.
After completion she was employed by the Oromia Regional Health Bureau to take up a job at the district in Kiramu Woreda health centre as a nurse in charge of the OB & GYN ward. She becomes popular by delivering over a thousand women in a year in the village. She was additionally trained midwife with better earning & higher post. Now she is called * a mother of many women*. She is paid good salary + top up+ over time+ position allowance which helped her to send back her brother and sister to school and she also built a new house for the family.
Chaltu attended the Garuma Social Development Association General Assembly meeting held January 14, 2017 as life witness. It was a great joy and an attendant fall on tears at the Assembly and is a big reward for the members at large.
Thanks is due to Rotary Club Osterholz in Germany who relentlessly is supporting girls with education and we strongly value the effort leading to change in many ways ruled by Sustainable Development Goal directions of the global mission.
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Almaz Yadessa (a 16 years young paralyzed girl rolling on the ground since childhood)Three years ago her father brought her from a village & dropped her in the street of Nekemte town at night and disappeared. She found herself in tears, cried no one to listen to her, and ended up in begging to survive. She was on the street day and night without shelter. This girl has not been to school, no mother, in the village it is a curse and taboo to have such a girl. We tried to trace the whereabouts of her family all in vain. She is smiling, happy and always enjoying, everybody cares for her now. What a wonderful mission to invest on education for the needy. Great work Rotarian
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Firewood sellers (there are over 300 women firewood sellers around Nekemte town) GSDA has set up a strategy whereby we donate female donkey to each with tree plantation and chicken rearing support. The donkey is to help them loose workload on them, make better earning from the sell, rent donkeys when they are doing other works at home & earn same amount of money, husband could also replace them to transport the wood to town . This scheme went well and families living in poor conditions are improved very well. Family nutrition increased, garden developed, children to schools, colleges and even universities. Some mothers support their children at universities with a monthly pocket allowances for their children up to $USA20/month. The donkeys gave birth, planted over a thousand – three thousand plants of commercial coffee, eucalyptus trees and other exotic and indigenous trees , renovated houses or built a new , dropped firewood selling and diverted their business to grain selling, learned saving at bank and iqubs, chicken, milking cows, and other many outcomes.
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Two towns clean water supply February – March 2017 Rotary Clubs in Germany;-This year 2016/17 we mainly focused ( Rotary club Germany) feeding the people of Uke town (population 30,000) & Arjo Gudetu town (with 35,000 people) are targeted to supply clean water in partnership with East Wollega zone Water, Mineral and Energy office. Currently the people have already started enjoying the clean water as pipelines are extended and main reservoirs are assembled to improve their health status against water borne diseases affecting the lives of many dwellers in these both towns. On the parallel many other schools and town also got hand pumps and springs protected which will add up the number of beneficiaries to over 200,000 populations.
who we are?
Garuma Social Devlopemnt association, registered Chrity in Ethiopia, bearing a licence number 2828
what we do?
Supporting women, children, girls school drop outs, supporting with donkeys for firewood sellors, miliking cows for poor families, priamry and secondary eduction for girls leading to employemnt, clean water for rural & urban commuinties, agriculture & food security, soil conservation, irrigation, eye preventive and curative care, hospitals and linics support, schools rennovation , desks, teaching & learning aid, buildings, bridges, the aged, the blind & disabled, afforestation, enviroment, housing for the poor, honey & beekeeping, sanitation & hygeine, and many others
Our vision
to reach the unreached areas by expanding our current activites and reduce the risk of poverty and create a stable commuinty by the year 2030
stories
over half a million people were directly or indirectly supported by clean water, formal & informal edcution, learning to earn, family economic & nutrition deamnd increased by basic supplies, trees planted & soil conservation secured, healthy and productive society number increased by 75% amongst the targeted population in East Wollega zone at the end of 2017 , many children/ girls got eduction for best academic status
get involved
the little amount you shre in cash & kind will make lots of changes in the life's of the many disadvantaged families in need
transparency
please get our detailed informations on demand by wiriting to us at the above mentioned addresses
international Partners
There are individuals, organizations, churches, Rotarians,national and international friends of the charity, government and beneficiaries made lots of effort to help the underprivileged people of east Wollega Zone and its surrounding district to bring change in their living conditions.
Accordingly,
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Long standing partnership supports
Rotary clubs Osterholz trusted longer time commitment , family Hohmann including personal support from family, RC club 1850, R. Club Bremen, Bingo group, Rev. Prof, Oddvar and his friends of Ethiopia and love for the needy girls education, Rev. Anders, Rev. Wesley Dunbar and his congregation at large , Prof Anna, One World shop, Mr. Richard King, Rev. Michael Schwekendiek and Dr. sigi, Dr. Richard Hayes & Emile,EnlanceEslepona, Family flo, Mrs. Else,and many national individuals made a remarkable efforts through cash and kind contributions to help the communities’ get clean water supply, poor families houses, school building renovation, primary & secondary schools equipment and furniture , blind students support, public toilets and shower places, milking cows& oxen for the poor,
Primary and secondary school renovation with local materials, and support of basic infrastructure development at 8 sites, Kitchen garden development at two sites for 120 farmers additionally support over 300 girls at colleges and universities Plant over 20,000 trees for environment protection, , farming tools, seeds, introduce land area closure.
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Blindenhilfeaethiopien , Dr Mark & Dr. Carolin
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DrChristain & Dr. Uwe Press & family,Dr.monaSaad -Demeler
Basic eye treatment for over 100,000 poor people since 2003 with basic primary & secondary eye care services which included free medication, operation, cash and kind, hospital equipment’s and furniture’s, vehicles, water pump for university and eye hospital, springs and hand pump clean water supply chains, public toilets and shower places, computers for school hospital endoscope machine, water reservoir, Wilo pump for university, guest house for eye clinic and equipment, running costs, bringing eye medication and operation consumables , drugs, and surgical kits and on job trainings by attending twice a year at their personal cost
Supporting sanitation and hygiene and support to underprivileged families