what we do

What we do

1. Education

Education is believed to play a significant role in both individual and community level development. In Ethiopia, it is estimated that 20 percent of school age Ethiopian children, i.e. one in five, are out of school. It is widely believed that one of the root causes of poverty in Africa is the low level of education. Even among those who are enrolled in school, many drop out due to lack of basic educational needs such as school uniform, stationary and the need to support their poor families. Furthermore, most children especially those who lost either or both of their parents, do not get the support they need on their studies. In fact, in most cases the carers are not educated themselves or are busy struggling to sustain their family.

Tutorial Support: The children have received tutorial support three days a week. This is conducted by a group of seven volunteers, including one from oversees, who helped the children in areas of English language, Maths, arts, social studies and others. The volunteers also played the role of mentors checking the pupils workbooks and advising and counselling in every aspect of the children’s life.  All of the volunteers have a degree from recognized universities in and outside of the country. 

Provision of School Uniforms and Stationery: School uniforms have been provided to all of the children enrolled in the programme. Children were also provided w ith exercise books and writing materials.

• Health

The health support includes providing regular health check on a quarterly basis by Ethiopian and foreign health professionals. The doctors also made prescriptions based on the diagnosis and some children have received medical treatment. Children will also receive medical treatment at different health service giving institutions for chronic and acute illness including private clinics and hospitals.

One of these cases was Adanech Legesse, who has been diagnosed and treated for lung tuberculosis for over five months. Adanech’s health condition was considered incurable by her relatives and neighbourhood after they took her to traditional medicine-men and the local ill-equipped health post. Give Hope Ethiopia facilitated and covered all the costs for Adanech to come to Addis Ababa to get treatment at Minilik Hospital. Adanech has now fully recovered and has started school from grade one in Jima Senbete school in Sandafa. 

Tigist is another girl who suffered from a serious eye problem and needed a pair of reading eyeglasses which cost 600birr. Her parents were unable to buy her one and Tigist was forced to quit her education.  Thanks for the support from Give Hope Ethiopia, Tigist has now the glasses and is in school.

• Nutrition

Give Hope Ethiopia in consideration of children who can not learn properly unless they are provided with enough food, support carers of children or families by providing nutritional ration on a monthly basis. Additional nutritional support includes provision of pasta, ‘aja’, barley flour, oil, milk, etc based on the special need of the children especially in the case of children recovering from chronic sickness such as tuberculosis.

• Women Empowerment through Saving and credit and Income generation

Give Hope Ethiopia Women Saving, Credit and Income Generation Project aims at working in organizing women self-help groups in its operational to encourage saving, facilitate credit as well as helping beneficiaries engage in both small scale and medium level income generating activities both at individual and group levels, respectively. The project aims at addressing specific economic and psycho-social problems such as:

• Women’s lack of access to micro-finance
  • Women’s lack of knowhow on how to start and/or expand income generating activities (IGAs)
  • school dropout of children of the target women
  • Women’s inability to pay for the children’s school and meet their family’s basic needs
  • Women’s lack of self-confidence and poor self-esteem on matters affecting their lives both at home and in the community
  • Women’s exposure to domestic violence

With the collaboration with Woreda and Microfinance offices, GHE facilitate the training of women on benefits of saving and credit, different income generating options, formation of saving and credit schemes, skills of leadership, basic accounting, project appraisal and follow up, loan disbursement and collection skills, etc. for leaders of each group (i.e. five to seven women from each of the forty groups).

In addition, GHE gives the opportunity to experience sharing visits with other successful self-help groups which creates motivation among women.

Furthermore, GHE provides match-funding for each woman according to the amount of money she manages to save on a weekly basis. It coordinates with banks to facilitate opening of saving account and provide legal coverage. This empowers the women as well as the groups to take full ownership of the schemes and run by themselves.

• Youth Empowerment