Education Ethiopia Project #30736

Quality Education for Orphan & Vulnerable Children

by Brave Hearts

Project Report | Jul 12, 2022
Learning and Growing with Tutorials and Life Skill

By Koni Yimer | Managing Director

Fostering love and friendship in our BHE family

BHE is currently supporting 32 students in primary, 19 in secondary, 4 in higher education and 3 in TVET education. In the program, children and youth living close to our drop in center have the opportunity to attend daily after school tutorials and receive holistic care including educational, health and counseling support.

Among the activities, one of the kids favorite is our Saturday Sessions. The group discussion provides the children and youth with a chance to express themselves on different topics, debate each other and learn to tolerate differences of opinion. “If we count our blessings, we lack nothing.” - Lemma, one of the youth in the program stated in one session.

The sessions in this quarter covered different areas including supporting each other as peers, counseling each other, mediating when there is conflict, educating and mentoring each other, practicing gratitude, kindness and integrity among others.

As the kids prepare to complete the school year this month and start their summer break, they have been discussing what activities they would like to partake in. They expressed their interest in drawing, reading books, practicing language, attending arts classes at their schools and participating in BHE's summer program among other activities.

The students are also active in their schools where they are participating in different arts programs, multimedia, child centered conferences and creating different content on youtube and tiktok. They are given awareness and guidance on safe use of the internet and using social media for creativity, education and sharing knowledge and information as well as having fun.

The activities at our drop in center are also child-centered where the children get to lead different sessions and get a say in what activities they would like to participate in. Our social workers strive to build confidence and key life skills in the youth so that they are well equipped to grow up as self reliant adults that can handle life's challenges and take charge of different opportunities.

We would like to deeply thank our major partner, Dean Hanson and the Hanson Family Foundation for supporting and empowering orphaned and vulnerable children and youth through our program.

As always, we express our heartfelt appreciation to the support of each of our donors on GlobalGiving along with our other partners and staff. Thank you all and God Bless you!

Our social workers and youth in a group session

Encouraging children & youth to express themselves

Learning to share and listen to different ideas

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Mar 14, 2022
Rewarding BHE Student's Academic Excellence

By Koni Yimer | Managing Director

Students studying in the BHE library

At Brave Hearts Ethiopia, we regularly reward the children’s academic excellence. This has been a tradition at BHE to ensure students are acknowledged for their hard work and to encourage them and their peers to keep striving in their studies.

BHE is currently supporting 3 students in pre-school, 28 in primary, 16 in secondary, 4 in higher education and 2 in TVET education. We joyfully awarded the excelling students in our program with certificates and gifts at the start of the year. We were extremely proud that four of our students ranked 1st and five ranked up to 10th in their class.

The award ceremony coincided with Ethiopian Christmas celebrations and was a joyous occasion celebrated by children, guardians, BHE board members, staff and invited guests.

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela

Literacy is a core aspect of our holistic care program at Brave Hearts, as we aim to transform the lives of vulnerable children through quality education. BHE continues to provide children and youth with access to our library containing over 15,000 books.

At BHE we provide Computer Literacy to ensure children have access to modern education and technology alongside their studies and tutorials. Peer to peer support is one of the key ways younger children learn from the youth in the program on various software.

As an additional reward, the children and youth got to participate in a fun trip to Entoto national park. They enjoyed the extracurricular activity as they walked through the park and visited its different sceneries. They had fresh air and laughed together as they spent the day with each other and the staff.

The students continue to receive holistic care including daily healthy after school meals, tutorial, educational material and clothing support, health and sanitation, counseling and psychosocial support as well as income generation for their guardians.

We believe the continued effort towards quality education and their well rounded care is the key to transforming their lives and ensuring the youth have bright futures.

“Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else, improves your chances of building better lives.” — Nelson Mandela

We would like to thank Dean Hanson and the Hanson Family Foundation for enabling us to carry out this aim through their generous establishment of our library and continued belief in youth education.

We also deeply thank the support of each of our donors on GlobalGiving along with our other partners and staff. Thank you all and God Bless you!

Celebrating Ethiopian Christmas with BHE Family

Rewarding students with high academic achievement

Fun trip at Entoto Park for BHE students

Children and youth checking out sites in the park

Youth and staff enjoying the park's fresh air

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Nov 15, 2021
Using Education to Break the Cycle of Poverty

By Koni Yimer | Managing Director

Eyerusalem on her Graduation Day

Our vision at Brave Hearts Ethiopia is to see a world where poverty is non-existent. We aim to break the cycle of poverty by empowering vulnerable communities to become self-sufficient through the transformative impact of high-quality education.

BHE is currently supporting 32 students in primary, 19 in secondary, 4 in higher education. During the summer we supported the children in our program by improving their literacy skills through our summer book reading program. Our library at our drop in center has over 13,000 books that are leveled appropriately for children of different ages.

We are proud as almost all of our students progress to their next school level. This quarter we also were filled with delight as Eyerusalem graduated after earning her Diploma in Accounting!

We are proud of Eyerusalem who is one of the youth in the Brave Hearts Ethiopia program since 2014. She and her two siblings had lost their parents at a young age. After joining the BHE program they were provided with educational and holistic support including counseling.

BHE supported Eyerusalem in attending private college and continuing her education after high school. Eyerusalem has become an enthusiastic leader and a role model to the younger children.

She supported the younger kids in the program through peer mentorship and group discussions during counseling sessions. Now Eyerusalem is a confident, hard working young woman with a bright future ahead of her. She is looking forward to continuing higher education.

"My graduation is not the end, it is the beginning." stated Eyerusalem with energy and passion. We deeply thank Eyerusalem's sponsor and major partner, Dean Hanson and the Hanson Family Foundation in helping her succeed and reach this stage.

Despite the hard times we face with the pandemic and national hardship, we are encouraged to keep going on our mission to empower orphaned and vulnerable children, youth and their families through our holistic care model towards sustainable self reliance.

We thank the support of each of our donors on GlobalGiving along with our other partners and staff. Thank you all and God Bless you!

Eyerusalem (in the middle) with her siblings

Eyerusalem during a home visit after joining BHE

Eyerusalem at the BHE drop in center

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