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How you can help

Our aim is to fundraise £120,000 by the end of 2024 to make sure the school is built. To achieve this you can help in many ways.

  1. You can help us run and develop WADA in Oromia to plan and build the school in Malkaa-Dhagaa Gudar. We need lawyers, planners, builders, community activists and educationalists.
  2. You can help us run WDEF with organisational skills, public relations, event planning, fundraising, marketing.
  3. Make regular, affordable contributions, which will mount up over time.
  4. Organise a local group to cooperate and encourage each other with sponsorship challenges, social events, concerts or exhibitions.
  5. Help maintain the websites in English and Afaan Oromo. We plan to send out monthly mailings to supporters updating them on progress towards our targets.
  6. Help us apply to major funders and commercial companies to fund the building and equipment.
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Legal recognition of organisation in Oromia

On May 3rd 2021 (25 Miaziah 2013) Hundee Barumsa Warqinaa Dachaasaa (known by the acronym WADA, meaning promise) received its certificate of legal recognition.

For this purpose, the following activities have been accomplished: –

Support certificate was obtained from Guder District Education office. 

We conducted our second meeting to approve the constitution of the foundation and the proposed project.  In addition, the Board members, audit committee members and management team of the board were selected. 

The management team members and their positions are:

Mr. Birisa Bedhane President
Mr Shigut BifessaVice-President
Mr Hirpa AbuSecretary
Mr. Dima AberaPublic Relations
Mr Olana HundessaAccountant
Mr Mirgina AbdisaAudit Committee member
Mr Dejee HundessaAudit Committee member
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Workneh Dechasa Memorial 2021

Saturday 15th May

3pm UK time
4pm CET
10am EST
5pm Oromia (Ethiopia)

Please join us to remember our dear friend, colleague and family member Workneh Dechasa who passed away on 13th May 2019.

We shall remember the important and joyful contribution he made to so many of our lives and we will share our plans to create an Elementary School in his home village as an enduring memorial to him. 

Anyone wishing to contribute poetry, music or reminiscences will be welcome. Let me know beforehand so we can include you in the programme.

I hope you will all be able to join on the day.

Join us on Zoom

Aster (Gifti) Belay