MAMA ETHIOPIA ORPHANAGE
PROJECT It was created
thanks to the unshakeable will and determination of
a woman : Emebet GEBRE-AB, a high-level
marathon runner, ethiopian by birth, whose
distressing life led to France ( and more precisely
in Le Puy en Velay, in Haute-Loire), a country
where she now lives since 20 years. She became aware
that the growing number of orphans (whose parents
died of illness or because of the war) in her
country needed help as she, recently, had to come
back to Ethiopia after the death of her sister who
left 7 orphan children. She had the idea
to create the organization « Mama
Ethiopia », which is official since june
2002. The purpose of
this organization « Mama
Ethiopia » is thus to come to the
assistance of Addis Abeba's orphans, the completion
of its project being, to build an orphanage and to
develop the sponsorship of the children who will be
accomodated there. For her project,
Emebet, who is a high-level sportswoman, received
the support of two famous ethiopian runners :
Derartu TULU and Hailé
GEBRE-SELASSIE. E-Mail:
mamaethiopia@orange.fr
Why
was our organization created ?
2.
The materialization of our project :
We have
drawn the plans of the future
orphanage : The
facilities would be made of buildings
including :
Classrooms . Rooms
for different activities.
A
kitchen. A
refectory. Dormitories.
Sanitary
installations. A
free health centre.
The creation of a
stadium is also planned. Training period, sports
activities for professional or amateur sportsmen
will be organized there and will be with charge for
admission. This stadium will be a fundamental
source of income for the running of the
orphanage. Finally,
bungalows will be necessary to accommodate the
sportsmen.This orphanage's capacity of reception
will be of 300 children.
