School feeding program ETH

1. “ENDEGAGEF”SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME
RCAAW
EDGET BESIRA SCHOOL, ADDIS ABABA
“Reducing immediate hunger among school children is within our reach.”

2. OBJECTIVE
Ensure that
today’s needy
school children in
urban Ethiopia
get the basic
minimum food
he/she require to
learn, grow and
thrive to become
a responsible
citizen of
tomorrow.

3. PROJECT INITIATORS
 It was reported over the media that
hunger among school children was a big
problem.
 This caught the attention of Rtn Askale
Benti and Rtn Guenet Guebre-christos .
 Contact was established with two
schools:
 Edget Besira in Tekle Haymanot,
Berber Terra a very depressed
slum area of Addis Ababa with
1900 plus students
 Addis Sira in Shiro meda another
poor slum area with a population of
900 students.

4. PROJECT BEGINNINGS
 Given the magnitude of the problem and the
resources available to the initiators of the
project, it was decided to consider Edget Besira
as A pilot project.
 The project started with private funding from
Rotarians Askale and Guenet plus 10,000 birr
from a donor in December 2011.
 The project started with 40 grade one students
(selection was made on the basis of age) .

5. SPONSORSHIP
 In march 2012, the project was adopted by
RCAAW.
 RCAAW made a donation of 50,000 birr and 20
additional children were added to the project .
 Subsequent to the adoption by RCAAW, a
number of Rotarians and other donors made
generous contribution bringing the number of
children to 100.

6. CURRENT STANDING
 To date, we have over 51 sponsors 21 Rotarians 2 rotary clubs and 28 non
Rotarians
 Have a promise from members of rotary club Entoto which will be matched by
their club
 Have a pledge of 351,500 birr.
 299,256 birr has been collected
 The outstanding pledge need to be collected
 55,ooo birr has been dispersed last school year.
 The balance remaining in the account is 244,256.98
 We need to raise about 200,000 birr to feed the 200 extremely need children for
the coming school year 2012/2013.

7. HOW YOU CAN HELP
 Your contribution is highly appreciated.
 For less than the cost of one Macchiato, you can bring this kind of
wonderful smile to the face of the children.
 By pledging today, you have added your voice to the global movement
of people committed to ending hunger among children by 2015.
 Thank you for joining the millions of people working to eradicate hunger
among children in the world;
 By buying into this initiative you will contribute your share toward
building a peaceful and just society.

8.  Account Information
 A/C No SP 1119
 Name: Rotary Club Of Addis Ababa West
School Feeding Project
 Bank Of Abyssinia
 Sunshine Building ,Bole

9.  Thank you for your contribution to feed a
child keep him/her in school and off the
street.
 You can count on us to be good stewards of
your generous contribution.
 And we can all be proud for doing our share
in laying the foundation for a peaceful co-
existance .

10.  Take the next step:
 Ask your friends to sign
 Don’t just be a sponsor –be a promoter. Turn
sponsorship into hundreds more by asking
your friends to buy into this project
 That is how we can win the war on child
hunger.

11. THANK YOU!