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Educating Africans to develop Africa

The independent responsive charity run by experienced, competent, caring & committed volunteers. Supporting vulnerable young Africans, principally Ethiopians, giving them hope, higher aspirations & self-confidence to achieve their potential through education.

Working in partnership with the Education authorities and communities A-CET, through EYES, is supporting hundreds of vulnerable youngsters with long-term scholarships plus building and furnishing village-based elementary schools providing free education.

All locally selected scholarship students and their backgrounds are well known to us and, with dignity and symapthy, are assisted from kindergarten through to higher education and into gainful employment or self-employment.

"… there are numerous NGO efforts that achieve excellent value for the money through the dedication and hard work of volunteers. Two such examples are the charities run by Ethiopian famine survivors Birhan Woldu -- who danced with Madonna in front of billions during the 2005 Live 8 concert in London -- and Bisrat Mesfin. EYES (Ethiopian Youth Educational Support) and A-CET (the African Children's Educational Trust) help build and donate classrooms to local schools, enabling tens of thousands of children to access a place of learning." Bosse Lindquist, Director, Give Us the Money

Read the Huffington Post article and the Why Poverty blog post

The schools and schoolchildren shown in this film are all from A-CET/EYES: Why Poverty: Give us the money

Birhan Woldu was an A-CET/EYES supported student for over ten years, together with her six siblings, three of whom still receive A-CET/EYES full scholarships. After high school Birhan attended College and received a Diploma in Agriculture following which she studied at a private University for three years and received a degree in Nursing. After working with the World Food Programme as a Nutritional Nurse to took maternity leave and now helps manage her husband’s hotel and café in her home city of Mekelle. Birhan is a Director of A-CET Ethiopian charity partner Ethiopian Youth Educational Trust (EYES) managed by Bisrat Mesfin who is also featured in this video clip. EYES builds rural community elementary schools and offers long-term scholarships to vulnerable youngsters.

Metego Full Elementary School

under construction 15 May 2013

School progress

Administation block ready for roofing. This is our ninth school to date costing £ 150,000. Comprising additionally eight stone built classrooms It is planned to open in time for the next academic year in Sept 2013. MORE funds are urgently needed to build a dry latrine block, put in electricity and buy locally made furniture. Please try to help us now!

See fully updated recent photographs of our activities. Click on photo & play to see all

We are independent and rely on NO government funding. None of our donatiions are spent on UK salaries or pension schemes, professional fund-raisers or consultants. Neither do we, or are we able to, fund other charities, so please do not apply to us.

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