Workneh Dechasa Education Foundation is a registered charity made up of family, friends and colleagues of the late Workneh Dechasa. The foundation has been set up to raise funds to build an elementary school in his memory on land donated by his family in his home village Malkaa Dhagaa-Gudar (Guder), Oromia, Ethiopia, support Oromo families in the diaspora and improve educational opportunities in rural communities in the Oromia region.
WDEF has active members in the UK, US and Europe. The primary aim of the international organisation is to raise funds by organising events, marketing, crowdfunding and sponsorship.
WDEF is working in partnership with Waltajjii Barumsa Warqina Dachaasaa (WADA), a group of Workneh Dechasa’s friends and colleagues in Oromia who have gained the support of the local community and the education authorities there, and will play a leading role in managing the building of the school.
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