Our Sponsors
We owe a great debt and thanks to our wonderful sponsors:
Nosissa vzw
Nosissa support the boys shelter, education support and several training programmes.
Dertiende Ster vzw
Dertiende Ster support our two girls shelters, our training courses for young adults and the upcoming mobile school programme.
Beletu
Beletu sponsor the medical support programme and HIV/AIDS awareness and health and hygiene training.
... without them and your donations, none of this would be possible. Thank you.
Who We Are
Yenege Tesfa was born in 2001 out of the philosophy that homeless and parentless children deserve a better life. We registered as a local NGO in 2004 and are now providing three homes for 50 children and are delivering many community activies.
We are proud of the amazing changes and developments we see in our children but are determined to do more.
Our five year goals are to:
Provide homes for at least 400 children
Make education accessible to 100% of children in Gondar
Offer free healthcare to all children unable to afford medical assistance
Tackle the causes of child homelessness through social education and vocational training
Our Team
Yenege Tesfa would not have achieved so much without the generosity and voluntary support from so many people.
Nigisti is our founder and the full-time manager of Yenege Tesfa. Having moved to Gondar with family in 2001, she instantly felt a passion to help the local children and has been dedicated to their cause ever since. We are all very grateful for her constant love, support and drive to give all the local children a brighter future.
Mobile: +251 (0)918 774 745
Email: nigisti@yenegetesfa.org
Etenesh keeps our accounts in order and helps us to be totally transparent about our spending. She has been with us since the start of Yenege Tesfa and is in the office every afternoon keeping a close eye on the accounts. We owe her a big thank you for volunteering for free for the first seven years, we hope she will be with us for at least seven more.
Mobile: +251 (0)918 703 738
Email: etenesh@yenegetesfa.org
Fenta has been with us since the beginning. She used to work in children's education and now applies her experience to helping us improve the shelters and the wellbeing of our wonderful kids. She knows a thing or two about looking after children; being a proud mother and grandmother to a clan of her own.
Mobile: +251 (0)918 199 556
Sami is our Health and Education Coordinator. He previously worked as a teacher for 6 years in Gondar and at development organisations in marketing and project management. Sami joined Yenege Tesfa in August 2011 from CVM Gondar where he worked as a Project Officer for training, care and support activities for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs).
“I just joined Yenege Tesfa. I am happy to be a part of this organization because working with children is interesting to me. I hope with the other staff members we will bring better life to OVCs in Gondar. I hope my experience will help us to improve our programmes and to promote the organization.”
Here Karma is herself an orphan with three brothers. She used to work washing clothes and cleaning houses to support her brothers. With minimal wages, life was hard and she was working just to survive. Yenege Tesfa has supported Here for many years; one of her brother’s used to live in our Boy’s Shelter; he recently graduated from Gondar Technical School and has now good job.
“Without Yenege Tesfa’s support, my brother could have been in the street without any hope. And now I am working at Yenege Tesfa as an Office Assistant. I am so happy to work and get the chance to help other people in a similar position”
Our Board
All of our activites are monitored by our board. They provide advice and experience in local government and NGO management. We meet twice a year with all the staff in a General Assembly hosted by Ato Menker, who is like a godfather to our organisation. We are very grateful to him and our board for their continuing support: Hibiste Mekonnen (Chairman), Dawit Derebew, Getachaw Meskelekal, Joseph Alemeye.
Latest Reports
A transparent overview of our spending and evaluation of our programmes:
Children in Gondar
Gondar is a popular tourist destination in north-west Ethiopia. Its famous castle and Royal Enclosure are part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.
There are over 800 street children locally. Rapid population growth, high unemployment, and HIV/AIDS, all contribute to the many social problems that drive children onto the street.
The prospect for street children is grim; drug abuse, crime and prostitution are the common threats, as well as stigmatization by society.
More than ever there is a need to give these children a hope for tomorrow; the belief behind the foundation of Yenege Tesfa. With your help we can give more of these vulnerable children a bright future.
You can help; support our 'Home for Tomorrow' appeal.