Meet Birtukan. She has two children, Kibrom and Fikir. The family lives in a small one-room house without enough space for the family to sleep. When Birtukan joined Addis Jemari’s Family Empowerment Program (FEP), her children slept on the one bed that the family...
Enku is a strong, personable young woman who smiles constantly and maintains close relationship with her neighbors. She is a single mother of two girls and lives in a compound with five other households. Enku has little formal education and struggles with her reading...
Addis Jemari’s Family Empowerment approach enhances the capability of families to solve problems that exist due to poverty. Desta, one of our Family Empowerment Program (FEP) beneficiaries, lives with her 15-year-old son, Getachew. Desta is 35 and her schooling...
Written by: Becky Highsmith, Sponsorship Coordinator for Addis Jemari Our newly launched Family Empowerment Program has one goal: strengthen and empower impoverished families living in the sub-city of Akaki-Kality in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia so families can stay intact....
