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Our projects

Our projects have always promoted gender equality and a more inclusive economy by strengthening social infrastructure – such as education and childcare – and financial infrastructure – such as social entrepreneurship and angel investment (Our history). Since 2022 we specialise in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), and our projects form an inter-connected web of complimentary activities centred around our “4 tools” (Approach).

All projects are answers to actual demand and have been designed in partnership with local change-makers. There is always an explicit and realistic plan for project self-sufficiency, to avoid dependency and decline. Plans are flexible and decision-making de-centralised to foster innovative solutions that deliver the timeliest and best results.  

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Education
Centre-based Childcare
Value-chain creation
Quality Assurance
Other
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Value-chain creation
Maleda
The Maleda project’s primary goal is to pilot a project on the non-collateral loan financing opportunity with a USD Guarantee for Small and Mid-sized Enterprises delivering goods and services to the Early Childhood Care and Education Sector in Ethiopia.
Other
Felek
“Design for Decent Work,” Felek’s initiative, aims to elevate the leather-finishing industry by enhancing vocational education and creating much needed job prospects for its graduates.
Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance
Enhancing childcare quality through standards and expert collaboration
Education
Education
Professionalising childcare through training and curriculum development.
Centre-based Childcare
Good Samaritan Montessori ECCE Centre
The project addresses the acute scarcity of quality care and education for toddlers, a gap that severely limits women’s access to work and further education.
Centre-based Childcare
Industrial Park Pilot Project
Boosting gender equality and productivity in the garment sector.
Centre-based Childcare
Summit ECCE Centre
A community-financed childcare centre to pilot a privately funded model to scale and enhance access to ECCE.
Girl smiling standing in front of a group of girls
Other
Girls as Changemakers in Society
The Siiqqee Women’s Development Association (SWDA), founded in 1997 by Zertihun Tefera, is dedicated to empowering impoverished Ethiopian women through education, addressing the significant gender gap in educational attainment, professional life, and leadership positions.
Value-chain creation
Five Dots
Five Dots, a social enterprise, is addressing Ethiopia’s educational gap by producing affordable learning materials for young children.
Value-chain creation
Green Scene
Pilot project to roll-out an affordable, quality clean energy system for rural households in Ethiopia.
Other
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Creating jobs and saving lives by establishing Ethiopia’s first certified ambulance college.