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Empowering Currents: Addis’s Dream Sewing Startup
Yessera will be posting videos, photos, and write-ups for visitor participation. Active partnership in Empowering Currents welcome if visitors have ideas, projects and empowering events that you want Yessera to look into and promote. Below is a link to a GoFundMe for her. We hope you can help her reach her goal. Here is a […]
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In Memory of Ato Solomon Retta
Ato Solomon Retta passed away on August, 2022. Hard working visionary Ethiopian. Long-time yessera coordinator from the start until 2020, when his health issues prevented his work. Yessera coordinator from its inception from the start 2001. His love of Ethiopia was evident by his selfless service to the youth of Ethiopia from all for corners. […]
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Bekoji Senior Center
YESSERA empowering Negesse Gutema, one of our founding team members, to establish a Bekoji Senior Center. Where is Bekoji? What is special about this town and the planned Senior Retirement Center? Bekoji is a small town located in the heart Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Bekoji is known through its world class runners such as Fatuma […]
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“ትንሽ በካርታ፤ ትልቅ በዓለም”
This is a book by a founding member of Yessera, Negesse Gutema. “ትንሽ በካርታ፤ ትልቅ በዓለም” (Tinish Bekarta: Tiliq Bealem”) is a history of a small town in Arsi Zone known as Bekoji and its educational progress written by one of the co-founders of YESSERA. Bekoji is well known in the world through her world […]
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Classic Ethiopian Songs-By YESSERA Board Member
Martha Ketsela & Charles Sutton Traditional Ethiopian Music In their ongoing tribute to great artists of the “Golden Age” of Ethiopian popular music (the nineteen sixties and seventies), the trio of Martha Ketsela, Charles Sutton, and Sisay Tekletsadick pays homage to Bahta Gebrehiwot, and honors the memory of Tezera Hailemichael and Tefera Kassa by performing […]
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Mintamir’s story
My name is Mintamir Desalegn Werku. I reside in Piazza, in the center of Hawassa (formerly Awassa) – my birth place. This is a brief story of my life and the unexpected turm of events that brought YESSERA and its supporters into my life.
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Pilot projects, informal training & Yessera-U
Active and always wanting to be viable on the ground Yessera continues improvising forward: Yessera-U: Working more and more on becoming an Umbrella organization to empower the empowerers. The idea is for Yessera to become a capacious resource base for members and others to pursue Ethiopia empowering work in areas of their interest, expertise, and […]
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Our newest group of trainees
We are looking forward to helping this group of young ladies to get on the road to self-employment. Wz. Aselef is playing a key role as the trainer. We will post details soon. YESSERA board member Charles Sutton visited Ethiopia and met with our long-time country coordinator, Mr. Solomon Retta.
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What we do
YESSERA provides intensive young adult-based community development assistance to marginalized Ethiopians. YESSERA delivers vocational skills training, leadership and character development, and support for microenterprise. Our approach is participant-driven, holistic, and intensive.
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Yessera Harar 2016
After successfully completing 2 years of training of 31 destitute young women, in various fields, from Addis Ababa as its Yessera 2014, and Yessera 2015 project, Yessera is now happily resuming its 4 Corners of Ethiopia. From the east in Kombolcha, Harar, six women are embarking on the self transforming journey of living, learning, dreaming […]
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