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Weʼve raised £657 to help fund a training programme for 38 young women in Mekelle, Ethiopia
- Mekele, Tigray, Ethiopia
- Funded on Thursday, 19th January 2017
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Fr. Michael Fitzsimons and Anna Bourke are asking for your help.
Based out of St. Vincent's House in Mekele, Ethiopia the Daughters of Charity led by our friend Sr. Medhin Tesfay we are aiming to support 38 young women and their families gain sustainable business skills and assistance to offer a permanent pathway out of poverty for them and their families.
Training will be offered in poultry, vocational and skills training.
8 students will be funded to attend college based training.
20 women will be trained for petty trade and skill development.
10 women and their families will be offered poultry training and given chickens to start their trading.
The complete project will cost in the region £7000 but we are trying to raise some of the funds via this page!
How you can help
£240 will pay for one of the 8 women to attend college for 10 months
£145 will pay for the business start up costs of one of the 20 women
£75 will pay for the chickens for one of the women
£20 will pay for the training in poultry, business and skills development for one of the women
£7.50 will pay for one chicken and its feed for the first year
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- 7 years ago
Michael Fitzsimons
7 years agoThank you so much everyone! We are trying to raise £1,000 via this page but thewhole project is going to cost in the region of £7,000. Wealready have over £1,000 from previous donations and funding so with the money here our total is over£1,700 and we only started this appeal this last week. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas
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- 7 years ago
Michael Fitzsimons
7 years agoThank you to all who have shared this and donated. Here are some past beneficiaries of the sisters work in Mekele. The women gather to see and make embroideries which the sisters then purchase and sell from their shop. Many of the women are widows or lone heads of the families so they value the money but also essentially offer each other companionship and mutual support.
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Supporters
15
Gareth Gregory
Jan 10, 2017
Good luck to you all.
Ged Edwards
Dec 29, 2016
Thanks, Fr Mike
Patrick Sweeney
Dec 29, 2016
£50.00
PJ Bracewell
Dec 26, 2016
Good luck with the project!
£20.00
Anonymous
Dec 23, 2016
Good cause good luck
Anonymous
Dec 22, 2016
A wonderful and worthwhile project. I hope you get all the support you seek.
Anonymous
Dec 22, 2016
A worthy cause
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Michael Fitzsimons
Mekele, Tigray, Ethiopia
Fr. Michael Fitzsimons and Anna Bourke Fr. Michael and Anna have both worked with the Daughters of Charity in Ethiopia and both retain on going contact with the sisters and the vital projects they offer. This Christmas we are asking for help for this project for young women.