written by Mesfin, CEO of CBISDO The Community-Based Integrated Sustainable Development Organization (CBISDO) was founded in 1997 by the visionary philanthropist, Dr. Jember Tefera. At the time, the organization began its journey in Lideta Sub-City, Woreda 5, in Addis Ababa—a place that was once characterized by severe poverty, overcrowded housing,…
written by Ellilta staff Early Life in Hosanna Sgana was born and raised in a town called Hosanna. She is now 28 years old. When she was nine, her older sister brought her to Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. Her sister helped take care of her and even…
written by Ellilta staff, names changed to protect identity Bayi was born in Bahirdar in 1999 G.C. She is the youngest among her siblings, which include three brothers and one sister. The family struggles with very limited farmland, making their daily life quite challenging. Due to financial constraints, her father…
written by Ayele Tekatel, general manager of AHISDO We would like to report that Lunch event was organized for 44 (male, 9 & female, 35) elderly at the elderly centre by AHISDO. The event includes coffee ceremony and lunch which makes elderly happy and thanked AHISDO. The program was colourful…
Written by Helen AHISDO was one of Creds early Ethiopian partners, and a sister organisation to CBISDO It is a community based organisation in one of the poorer parts of Addis Ababa and for many years has been supporting elderly and child residents who are most in need through a…
CBISDO is one of CRED’s earlier partners in Ethiopia. I can never remember what the acronym CBISDO stands for (I know, shame on me!), but I do know that it is a very wonderful little community based organization that is working in one of the poorest ‘woreda’ of Addis, and making a…
Written by Helen I’ve visited Ellilta several times now over the years, and they never cease to leave me feeling humble, in awe, and totally inspired. Started 27 years ago by a dear friend Serawit (Cherry) Friedmeyer, the focus from the start is as it is now – to work…
A week of delivering training in Ethiopia complete In October, myself and a friend Jude delivered some training to a group of 30 – 35 Ethiopians, all of whom have roles working for Ethiopian charities that focus on supporting children living with disabilities. these are my reflections on that week. It has…
By Helen Harrison In Amharic, the Ethiopian language, Berhan means ‘child’, and Lehetsanat means ‘light’ or ‘lighten’. The focus of the organisation Berhan Lehetsanat (hereafter BL) is to bring the light of hope to disadvantaged children, and to lighten their load. Primarily this is through working with disabled children and…
CBISDO is a community based organisation based in one of the low-income ‘woredas’ of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. One of the programmes that they run is to provide support and a day care centre for young adults who have additional needs. As well as being a place that the young people…
