Join us in sending some virtual hugs and high fives to our extraordinary Educational Coordinator in Ethiopia, Asrat! Her dedication to the children in our program enabled them to keep up on their studies during the nine month COVID school shut down in Ethiopia. Asrat...
Alganesh is one of the incredible mothers in our Family Empowerment Program! She had a rural upbringing and her education is almost entirely focused on household management and caring for family. Alganesh had a difficult life of having to migrate from place to place....
Happy New Year to all of our AJ Friends and Family! We hope 2021 is off to a marvelous start! In Ethiopia, the New Year holiday is celebrated in September, but here in the US, we just finished celebrating the turn of a new year! Some people have asked us before, “What...
Meet Bekelech! Bekelech was born and raised in a town called Shashemene, which is located 255 kilometers south of the capital city of Addis Ababa. Her parents still live there but she left the town when she was 14. Seventh grade is the highest level that Bekelech has...
Our vision at Addis Jemari is to break the cycle of generational poverty. We are doing our best to meet the needs and project components that we believe will help our families ultimately stay together and be successful. We know both our mothers and their children need...
