Update on the crisis in Ethiopia.
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28 July 2021
Further Thanks to St Anne's Catholic School, Wrexham
Gobaith i Ethiopia wish to thank the children of Year 1 at St Anne’s Catholic School, Wrexham and their families and teachers for their generous donation of £290 and for their continued support to help their fellow pupils in the war torn areas of Tigray in Ethiopia. The children will be very grateful.
Communications are still not good with the Tigray area.
June 2021 - Thanks to all who supported and organised our raffle, donated prizes or funds and helped in any way. We raised £245.
June 2021
Abba Hagos Hayish replaces Abba Lukas as Headteacher at the Abba Gebremichael High School in Mekele.
Limited update on the situation in Mekele and Alitena, the area which saw much of the recent fighting in Tigray.
Father Paschal Dormer RIP
April 2021 Thanks to St Anne's School, Wrexham
Our thanks to the head Teacher, the children, staff and parents of St Anne’s School for the amazing donation of £182.40 to Gobaith i Ethiopia from your “Own Clothes Day”. It will be used for the relief of children and their families who were caught up in the recent conflict which has made hundreds of people homeless without food and medication. Many were already in need of support before the conflict.
March 2021 Update - Humanitarian Emergency Responses for the people in Tigray
We have heard from a number of contacts in Ethiopia and particularly in Tigray about the devastating conflict which has claimed hundreds of lives and left thousands homeless, short of food, water and medication.
Gobaith i Ethiopia - Hope for Ethiopia has managed to send £2,000 from our funds to help with the humanitarian needs of the people affected and propose to send, in the next few days, another £1,000 collected through the generosity of our supporters in the Wrexham area, specifically for this purpose.
For more details -see "NEWS" page.
A Cry for urgent Humanitarian Emergency Responses for the people in Tigray from the Bishop of the Catholic Eparchy (Diocese) of Adigrat, Northern Ethiopia.
We have received an urgent appeal from Bishop Tesfaselassie Medhin for help with the “terrible humanitarian situation we are experiencing here in Tigray because of the war which began on 4 November 2020”.
For more details -see "NEWS" page.
Our Vision
Gobaith i Ethiopia - Hope for Ethiopia has a vision of an equal and just world where people no longer have to live in poverty and where social injustices are eradicated, where basic human rights and an acceptable quality of life are assured. In a modern world in which technology draws us ever closer, we have a responsibility to the common good and are all responsible, not only for ourselves, but also for the wellbeing of all.
Education is vital in providing children who live in difficult circumstances with the opportunity to achieve their full potential and play a part in providing for the future, not only of themselves but also their fellow citizens and to contribute to the wider world as global citizens.
Our mission
Our two main aims are:
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To help in the provision of quality education for children aged 4-18 in Ethiopia and Sub Saharan Africa, with the broader aim of empowering people to lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.
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To enable the establishment of links and interaction between people of different cultures, particularly the young people of UK, especially Wales, and the people of Ethiopia, so as to raise awareness of our similarities, shared goals and global interdependence.
"Linking the communities of Wrexham, North Wales and Mekele, Ethiopia"
