Who we are ?
Background
Give Hope Ethiopia (GHE) was established in Ethiopia in September 2010 by Tilahun Bekele Tesfaye and Martin Zuch, who met in England while studying for their Msc program on Community Wellbeing in Disaster and Development, and their friends. The organization was later registered with the then Charities and Societies Agency (CSA) of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in April 2011. Give Hope Ethiopia holds a valid license from Agency for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) to operate in Ethiopia with registration number of 2299. Give Hope Ethiopia remains grateful to Martin Zuch, whose financial support played an irreplaceable role especially during the initial years of the organization.
Vision Statement
Our vision is to see all children growing and living to their full potential.
Mission Statement
Give Hope Ethiopia envisions community capacity building and transformation by providing support to children to release them from economic, social, and physical poverty and facilitating a favourable environment in which they can grow and become responsible and fulfilled adults by addressing immediate needs of children and at the same time building the capacity of mothers or carers enabling them to generate their own income.
Objective
Our principal objective is to provide support to deprived communities in their struggle for better wellbeing, promote community empowerment and increase self-sufficiency to enable favourable conditions for children to grow and live to their full potential. We aim to:
Increase school enrolment through provision of educational materials as well as tutorial, nutritional and health support to orphaned and vulnerable children
- Increase quality of education through construction of schools in the community, providing furniture and teaching aids.
- Facilitate youth empowerment through establishment and strengthening of school clubs, provision of leadership and life skills training, vocational skills training
- Increase income of single mothers and carers of orphaned and vulnerable children helping them start up and/or scale up microbusinesses
Governance of the Organization
The General Assembly is the highest decision-making body of the organization. Its members bring rich and diverse experience including in the field of development works, project and human resource management. The GA assigns board members and internal auditor, decides on organizational policies and approves annual activity plans and audit report by external auditors. The GA has its regular meeting annually and other times, as the need arises. Martin Zuch, Founder, Trustee and Director of Give Hope Trust in England is an Honorary Member of the General Assembly due to his contributions since GHE’s inception.
Note: Dave, I have moved the Board Members to under the ‘Meet the Team’ menu?
Meet the team
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Tilahun Bekele Tesfaye (Mr.) is Board Chairman of Give Hope Ethiopia Board. He holds MA and Msc and is currently PhD candidate on Development Studies. He is also co-founder and General Manager of Kab Consulting and works as development consultant with World Bank and other multilateral agencies in and outside of Ethiopia.
Seble Tagesse (Ms.) is a member of the Give Hope Ethiopia Board. She holds an MA in Holistic Child development and planning and project management. Seble’s experience include counselling, TV show host and she is currently working with a local non-governmental organization in Ethiopia helping children.
Solen Jembere (Mr.) is a member of the Give Hope Ethiopia Board. He was the first volunteer and staff of Give Hope Ethiopia when the organization was first established in 2010. Solen holds MBA and is currently working with another international organization on fund raising and grant management.
Tayech Biramo (Mrs.) is a member of the Give Hope Ethiopia Board. She holds MBA and previously worked with Give Hope Ethiopia as Program Coordinator. Afterwards, she worked with international organizations including with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) focusing on livelihood strengthening projects with returnees.