Ethiopia Arise e.V. is a charitable organization committed to improving the quality of life for people in Ethiopia through various development projects. The goal is to assist Ethiopian children and their single parents on the way to a life in liberty and dignity by enabling them to help themselves.

Ethiopia Arise e.V. was registered as an incorporated society in Germany in 2004 and as a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Ethiopia in 2006. As its first project, it founded the Childrens Day Care Center in the city of Addis Ababa.

Childrens Kinderhaus Project in Addis Ababa: In March 2008 Ruth and Klaus Betz, a mixed Ethiopian/German couple, together with a small team, inaugurated the Childrens Day Care Center in the urban district of Yeka. The objective was, and still is, to provide children, who without external support would grow up on the streets, with a possibility of escaping the negative influence of this environment, and to give them the hope of a better future. Children are provided with nursery school training and later sent to a private school.

Since 2008, the number of children in the program has grown from 8 to 34. The long-term success of this initiative is ensured by sponsorship, which covers the costs for each child. This program is intended to continue for many years as the basis of Ethiopia Arise’s work in Addis Ababa.

A financial training and savings course to help the single mothers, and sometimes also fathers, to manage their resources more effectively and thus improve their income is also offered.  There are also plans to extend the work of the project in Addis by offering sewing classes and continuing education for the women in order to create jobs for them and at the same time open up a further source of income for Ethiopia Arise.

The long-term vision is to establish additional childcare centers to provide more impoverished children with access to education. Besides street children, the project hopes to include children from a background of prostitution, offering a way out of poverty by providing the mothers and their children an alternative to prostitution through education.

Contact in Ethiopia:

Ethiopia Arise e.V.
Addis Abeba, PO Box 1213
Ethiopia
Phone:- +251 - (0) 116 - 18 74 05
Mobile:- +251 - (0) 911 - 96 75 00
+251 - (0) 912 - 14 09 79
e-Mail:- Klbetz@gmx.de
betz_ethiopia_arise@ethionet.et
info@ethio‐arise.org

 

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YELUNTA

Yelunta is a central theme in Ethiopian culture. It can be roughly summed up by the feeling of restraint coming from the fear of asking oneself ‘what will the neighbors think?’ Proper behavior conducted in a manner that will not bring shame, or cause one of the interlocutors to lose face, is always paramount. Yelunta bis, somebody who doesn’t feel shame, or a sense of decorum in front of his peers, is a damning character assessment. It is an accolade to be avoided at all costs in Ethiopia. Yelunta yelowm which, strictly speaking, means to have no sense of propriety, translates into English as ‘unscrupulous.’

From and the fear of losing face, of acting or saying something in an inappropriate way, stems Ethiopia’s heavy reliance on the formal rituals of engagement that often bewilder foreigners. Sene magber – etiquette, or the rules of interaction - is paramount and should not be ignored – for fear that one of the interlocutors may lose face in the exchange. Nor no! That is taboo! Is the expression that will often greet these unseemly acts.

This heavy reliance on ritualism is all pervading in Ethiopia, from the way you eat a traditional meal of injera and wot to the correct manner of greeting your colleagues and folding a gabi. This complex ballet often puzzles foreigners. But there is also great beauty and liberty to be found in respecting these arcane rules. To know the rules is to be able to bend them. Just stop short from being called! Which is of course what I am, for bringing this subject up in such an unseemly fashion in an open forum.

 

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I WANT TO CHANGE A YOUNG CHILD’S LIFE!

Our Fathers Kitchen is a child - feeding programme operating under the umbrella of HAPCSO Vulnerable children. Many orphans and some living with HIV/AIDS are fed once a day to help them go to school and live a healthy life.

This project is a partnership between HAPCSO, Beza Lewegen, FHI and
the Lime Tree.

Every time I enjoy a meal with friends and family, I want to make sure that somewhere in Addis a less fortunate child is being fed.

Full Name

Company

Email

Telephone

Alternate _________________ I am privileged to make the following commitment:
I want to feed children everyday for 1 month (217.20 birr per child)
I want to feed children everyday for 3 months (651.60 birr per child)
I want to feed children everyday for 6 months (1303.20 birr per child)
I want to feed children everyday for a year (2606.40 birr per child)
I would like to pay by the following method:
Cash
Cheque payable to: Our Father’s Kitchen
I would like to give in kind support (state)

Amount

For more information about Our Father’s Kitchen, telephone: 0911 67 8419 or
contact ourfatherskitchen@yahoo.com

Donation drop offs: The Lime Tree. Be sure to collect a Receipt!