Helping the weak doesn't cause failure, rather it is a ladder for development

Building a better community through empowering women, protecting children's rights, and caring for the elderly.

Our Foundation

Our Foundation

Helping the weak does not cause failure, it is a ladder for development.

Assisting those who are not fit for work

We care for people who cannot work due to health or old age so they can live the rest of their lives with dignity and happiness, and we are working to share this model more widely.

Encouraging women and ensuring equality

Work should be skill-based, not gender-based. We empower women to make decisions at home and beyond, access vocational training and support themselves and their families.

Children grow up with their rights protected

We protect children's right to education with both formal learning and ethics from an early age, aiming for a capable, well-molded generation.

Awra Amba community members working together

Who we are

Awra Amba Community

Founded in 1972 G.C. through the gathering of farmer members, based on the ideas conceived by Honorary Dr. Zumra Nuru. our community rests on five core principles.

We are dedicated to building a better society by respecting women's equality, protecting children's rights, assisting those unable to work, eliminating bad practices and fostering comprehensive solidarity.

  • Women's Equality
  • Children's Rights
  • Elderly Care

Our core work

Core Programs

Based on the Awra amba Community New Chapter Behavior and Development Building Multipurpose Association's five decades of experience serving humanity.

Elderly care

Elderly Care

Caring for individuals who are not fit for work due to health or old age, enabling them to live out the rest of their lives happily.

Impact: 50+ elders cared for over 30 years
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Women empowerment

Women's Empowerment

Empowering women by teaching gender equality and providing vocational training to break free from dependency and poverty.

Impact: 250,000+ women trained in equality
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Children education

Children's Education

Ensuring children's right to education is protected, teaching both academic subjects and ethics from an early age.

Impact: 300+ children educated to self-reliance
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Emergency support

Emergency Support

Providing various support to people facing sudden difficulties and natural or man-made disasters.

Impact: 600,000+ Birr in aid delivered
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Conflict resolution

Conflict Resolution

Developing a culture of conflict resolution through discussion, teaching indigenous conflict resolution experience to other societies.

Impact: 50+ years of peace-building experience
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Environmental conservation

Environmental Conservation

Working on natural resource conservation to prevent the balance of nature from being disrupted for future generations.

Impact: Successful soil conservation and tree planting
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How we serve

More than five decades of community experience

Since 1972, our work has stayed rooted in the same commitments: care for the vulnerable, equality, education, relief, peace, and the land we share.

Caring for individuals not fit for work due to health or old age, so they live their remaining years happily.

Empowering women through equality education and vocational training so they can work, support their families, and leave dependency and poverty behind.

Ensuring children's right to education, academics and morals together, so the next generation grows capable and principled.

Providing practical support to people hit by sudden hardship.

Spreading a culture of conflict resolution through discussion, sharing our community's indigenous peace practices.

Conserving natural resources so the balance of nature is protected for those who come after us.

50+ years - Since 1972

Community impact built on compassion and equality

Transforming lives through compassion, equality, and community solidarity since 1972.

By the numbers

Achievements

300+ Children educated

Supported to reach achievement and self-reliance.

50+ Elders cared for

Elderly Center established and managed for happy lives.

600,000+ Estimated Birr in aid

In-kind assistance delivered to displaced people.

250,000+ People trained

In women's equality, children's rights, and conflict resolution.

100% Community-centered

All our work is focused on serving the community and building a better society for all.

Although this work has grown over many years, formal recognition and expanded operation matured over time: long-standing service at the regional level, and since September 2024 G.C., federal registration (No. 7406) so this experience can reach farther nationally.

Vision

To raise a generation defined by kindness, hard work, shared support, and a lasting commitment to doing well for others.

Mission

To enable the creation of a good generation by providing various trainings and supports, thereby instilling a culture of work, ethics/morality, love, and mutual understanding in the generation.

Foundation

Our five core principles

Everything we do rests on these commitments, first articulated when the Awra Amba Community was founded in 1972 G.C.

  1. Women's equality

    Respecting women's equality in rights, voice, and opportunity.

  2. Children's rights

    Respecting children's rights, including education, safety, and dignity.

  3. Assist the weak

    Assisting and caring for people not fit for work due to health or old age, and raising, educating, and enabling orphaned children to succeed.

  4. Eliminate harmful practices

    Eliminating bad speech and practices that harm individuals and the community.

  5. Comprehensive solidarity

    Fostering bundled solidarity by avoiding fragmented loyalties and putting the whole community first.

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