Our prayers to families!

Our prayers to families!

Heartbreaking news from Ethiopia this morning. Our hearts go out to the families that lost loved ones today in this terrible tragedy. Please keep these families in your prayers....
In honor of International Woman’s Day

In honor of International Woman’s Day

Addis Jemari Marketplace is giving away a handmade, fair trade all leather book bag in honor of International Woman’s Day. Go check out the AJ Merketplace’s Facebook page for all of the details. While you are there don’t forget to 👍 the page to...
Celebrating International Women’s Day

Celebrating International Women’s Day

Working to empower the girls in our AJ Home not only impacts their lives and their futures, but it also impacts the community around them, too. Women have a natural inclination to share a new skill or what they’ve been taught with the people around them in hopes of...
So that they can change their futures!

So that they can change their futures!

Addis Jemari is doing their part to create a balanced world by working towards the elimination of generational poverty in Ethiopia. We work to encourage, educate, and empower orphaned and vulnerable children and their families so that they can change their futures and...
From the inside out!

From the inside out!

Addis Jemari’s Financial Literacy Curriculum teaches our #AJGirls and staff how to be financially self-sufficient. Our curriculum teaches finance from the inside out through the discovery of one’s values, goals, and self-worth. Knowing what you value and believe is...
Observing Hudade – the “Great Fast”

Observing Hudade – the “Great Fast”

Today marks the beginning of Lent for us here in the US while Ethiopians have been observing Hudade since March 4. Hudade is known as the “Great Fast,” or Lent (Hūdădæ – ሑዳዴ.) Abíy Tẓ’ōm, means a period of fasting when the faithful undergo a rigorous...