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The Tesfa Foundation expands opportunities for children and youth where the necessary resources to build self-reliance are inadequate. We strengthen families and communities in ways that make for sustainable networks to support children and youth properly. |
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To honor the memory of Leeza Woubshet and her dream to help Ethiopian children, the Tesfa Foundation has resolved: To provide education to the youngest and the most disadvantaged children among communities in the Horn of Africa who have no access to schools; to advocate for early childhood education; to enable parents and communities to support the young children that we serve. |
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At the core of each school will be a two-year kindergarten program with high quality curriculum in English, Amharic, and, where pertinent, the prevailing regional language.
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New Ethiopian schools will be paired with schools in the US or UK as sister schools. Students will correspond. Western teachers will use the experience to teach an international perspective. They will mentor Ethiopian teachers. Where possible, they will share materials.
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Additional services for the poor children and their families will be provided by partnerships with agencies inside and outside Ethiopia – services such as healthcare, resources for continuing education, and training on parenting and rights in education.
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Our philosophy is to provide cost-effective services. Barring any major shift in the economies involved, we promise that every new school (defining the average Tesfa school as serving about 60-90 children) opens and operates for its first two years for a budget of $7,000 - $10,000 per year.
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Our philosophy also calls for an organizational structure that is simple, transparent, and close to its clientele. Wherever possible, Foundation work will be conducted in Ethiopia for Ethiopian wages – good wages, but proportional to the local economy. In the US and UK, administration will be lean.
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