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Giving Tuesday: Alemush Dreams of Opening Up a Coffee Shop… And You Can Help Her!
Meet Alemush, one of the 50 mothers in our Family Empowerment Program (FEP). She is a single mom of one child. Before coming to Addis Jemari,...
Giving Tuesday: Help Derartu Scale Up Her Vegetable Business
Meet Derartu, one of the 50 mothers in our Family Empowerment Program (FEP). She’s a single mother of two children. Improving the economic...
Giving Tuesday: Make a Long-Lasting, Sustainable Difference by Investing in Income Generation Plans
Meet Fana and Dinke, two of the 50 mothers in our Family Empowerment Program (FEP). Fana, mother of...
Help End Period Poverty- Provide Personal Hygiene Products to Our Programs!
Did you know that there are still places in our modern world where the lack of access to sanitary products, clean water, and proper waste management...
Family Day with the AJ Girls and Staff: By Lydia Johnson
We were able to be part of an AJ Home FAMILY DAY! This was an incredible experience. First of all, we stepped outside of the day-to-day work while...
Enkutatash – Ethiopian New Year!
Every year on September 11, Ethiopians celebrate their New Year. The holiday is called “Enkutatash,” which literary means the “gift of jewels.” This...
A Day to Remember-By Becky Highsmith
When I found out that I was traveling back to Ethiopia with Addis Jemari to see the AJ Family Empowerment Program for the first time, I was...
Empowering families through Income Generating Activity – PART TWO
Generational poverty occurs when people do not have the resources, such as financial capital, education or social capital necessary to rise out of...
Addis Jemari Joins Government-Nongovernmental Organizations Forum (GO-NGO Forum)
Being in the nonprofit business requires partnering and networking with other like-minded organizations to maximize program impact. It allows...
Empowering families through Income Generating Activities- Part One
Economic empowerment teaches individuals and families how to get better control and understanding of resources and life choices by allowing them to...
Celebrating these wonderful kids!
Here in Ethiopia, preschool and Kindergarten are known as KG 1, KG 2 and KG 3. When you complete KG 3, you are in essence ready for primary school,...
Silent Auction committee needed
Last October, our Night of New Beginning’s silent Auction raised $16,000 for our programs in Ethiopia. We need your help to grow that number this...
Lydia- My Reflections!
It’s hard to describe the emotion that comes from spending time with children and mothers at the Addis Jemari Family Empowerment Program (FEP)...
FEP Center- we need your help!
The Family Empowerment Program (FEP) Center has become the heart of our FEP program. The center is the home away from home for 117 children, 50...
AJ girls- Financial Literacy
Recently, the girls in our AJ Home have been learning the importance of setting a budget and making adjustments to their saving & spending...