Let’s address it together!

Let’s address it together!

Ethiopia is experiencing an overwhelming orphan epidemic, due to generational poverty. Our Family Empowerment Program strives to address this epidemic by giving families hope, and the ability to plan and establish values, goals and life skills through our...
By stimulating the economy

By stimulating the economy

We are striving to end generational poverty in Ethiopia not only by our work with our #AJGirls and #AJFEP families, but also by stimulating the Ethiopian economy as much as we can, whenever possible. We purchase whatever we can for our programs and beneficiaries...
Create lasting solutions

Create lasting solutions

Our vision at Addis Jemari is to create lasting solutions and foster transformation in the lives of orphaned and vulnerable children in Ethiopia, thus breaking the cycle of generational poverty. What do we mean by generational poverty? It is much more than a daily...

Meet Minassie…

We are excited to announce we have hired our Family Empowerment Program (FEP) coordinator, Minassie Tekle. Minassie comes to us highly regarded with more than eight years of experience in NGOs (non-governmental organizations), which are what non-profits are called in...

A glimpse of life in Akaki-kality

Addis Jemari is working with families in our Family Empowerment Program (FEP) in the sub-city called Akaki-kality, located on the outskirts of Addis Ababa. Roughly 200,000 people live in the sub-city and a majority of the families’ incomes in the area are hand to...