Description
Getasetegn is a cute 4-year-old little boy. His favorite color is green and his favorite animal is a dog he actually has two of them as pets. He is very sweet and easy to talk to. When he isn’t at school he likes to play house with the neighbor kids. He lives with his grandma (who is HIV+). She bakes and sells injera to support Getasetegn.
Awake & Alive is a champion for educating children in Ethiopia, Africa. The children and families served by Awake & Alive in the Kechene slum (located in the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa) are among the poorest and most marginalized people in Ethiopia.
To further its purpose, Awake & Alive has partnered with Bright Future, a highly reputable Ethiopian nonprofit organization. Together, Awake & Alive and Bright Future opened a school and tutoring center in Kechene for 185 of the poorest and most marginalized children in Ethiopia. Currently, the all-Ethiopian staff provides full educational services for 4 to 7-year-old children, a large majority of which are orphans or half-orphans (one parent deceased). In addition, Bright Future provides medical and general health education for the widows of the half-orphan students.
