PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN ETHIOPIA

Do you ever wonder how your Schools of Africa donations are being used?

Ms. Bisrat Gebre, project director for the One Hope Garden Primary Education School, sent WFWP USA a short report and a letter of thanks for our donation of $2,200. The money was used to buy a photocopy machine, a DVD player, and other necessary items.

The Report: The One Hope Garden Primary School project is working as a non-formal educational program in Gulelle in the sub-city called Woreda 7 and 8. This project is designed to provide access to children from low-income families and also to build the capacity of poor household members and guardians. WFWP's project has been implemented and in place for the last several years, creating access to education for disadvantaged children by transferring them to government schools. The necessary finance will be solicited from donors to finance the project up to the project completion.

Twenty families and guardians are financially supported by the organization. Many of the students transfer every year to government schools, and are provided with uniforms and stationery materials. There is also an adult literacy program for women that started in 2014. The project provides a feeding program, library service, and classes in adult literacy skills (reading and writing).

For parents, we provide classes in mathematics, family planning, sanitation, and basic business and life skills, and we have plans to sustain the project in the near future.