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KMG staff and supporters gather after the Durame Sensitization Workshop
in September, 1999. The KMG staff now numbers 37, not including a
large number of community-based, volunteer health workers who operate
in neighboring town and villages. |
KEMBATTI MENTTI GEZZIMA-TOPE empowers Kembatta women
and their communities and supports their right to be free of harmful
customary practices and other forms of abuse. In Kembatta as in
other rural regions, social turmoil, environmental degradation
and loss of the traditional income base all reinforce attitudes
which victimize women. To combat this trend KMG emphasizes three
inter-related programs to help women and their families help themselves.
• Health Reproductive health education, including elimination of female
genital
excision (FGE) and HIV/AIDS prevention
• Livelihood Vocational training and advancement of women’s entrepreneurial
skills
• Environment Restoring depleted watersheds and damaged ecologies
To Contact KMG in Ethiopia:
KMG Adminstrative Office
P.O. Box 13438, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
v. 011.251.1504472
f. 011.251.1507803
email: kmg.selfhelp@telecom.net.et
website: http://www.kmgselfhelp.org
KMG Center/Durame
251-6-54-01-30
To contact KMG in the USA, please call:
Parents International Ethiopia
Sarah Vaill
2901 Ocean Park Blvd, Suite 201,
Santa Monica CA 90405
piekmg@verizon.net
t. 310-396-2062
f. 310-396-2827
KMG operates from two cities in Ethiopia.
Direct services are provided primarily from the KMG Center near
its target population in the regional city of Durame. (Click
here for map of Ethiopia.) Because
communications and power sources are unreliable or non-existent
in some areas of the KAT Zone, KMG maintains its administrative
office in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Abeba.
KMG currently has a staff of about 30. This small staff is supplemented by
several hundred civic organizers and health workers working in distant towns
and villages throughout the region. They are graduates of KMG programs that
give highly recommended candidates skills and materials they need to return
to their villages to develop community-specific programs in partnership with
their own schools, churches, mosques and other institutions throughout the
region.
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Dr. Adanetch Kidanemariam
Chairperson Pension,
Ex- Minister of Public Health
Field: Public Health Education
Mr. Bekele Basore
V/Chairperson Mekane Yesus Main Office
Field: Adult Education
Ms. Maheder Paulos
Secretary
Lawyer
Field: Law
Ms. Bogaletch Gebre
Executive Director, KMG
Fields: Public Health Professional, Epidemiologist, NGO
Ms. Tigist W/Kidan
Member, Ethiopian Road Authority
Field: Civil Engineering
Dr. Messeret Lejebo
Member, Mekane Yesus South Ethiopia
Field: Integrated Agriculture Rural Development
Prof. Redda Teklehaimanot
Member, Addis Ababa University, Girar Ledukuman Rehabilitation Organization
Fields: Neurologist and NGO Directo
Mr. Estifanos Danshiso
Financial Controller and Advisor
Sayo Treading Agency
Fields: Finance and BankingKMG STAFF
Executive Director
Bogaletch Gebre
Administrative and Finance Officer
Weynshet Berhanu
Project Officer
Berhanu Legesse
Secretary/Cashier
Wubet Berhane
Purchaser/Driver
Aklilu Yohannes
Administrative Assistant
Molalet Tsedeke KMG Center Manager/Durame
Langana Lambebo
Health Officer/Durame
Kebede Olbemo
Skill Training Officer/Durame
Tadiwos Tiranchie
Accountant/Durame |
Executive Director, Boge Gebre, and
her
staff prepare for running a fundraising
10K race in Addis Ababa in October, 2001.
Community members,
elders and staff convene to bless and celebrate at the ground-breaking
ceremony for Heritage House.
Getachew Dobeko
HIV/AIDS Coordinator/Durame
Muluneh Markos
Construction Coordinator/Durame
Shamebo Elilo
Secretary/Cashier/Durame
Meseret Markos
Community Outreach Agents/Durame
Misrak Admassu
Mershaye Bekele
Storekeeper/Durame
Ayele Tapeno
Gardeners/Durame
Belayneh Tsegaye
Lente Lechamo
Guards/Durame
Abebe WoldeMichael
Senbeto Genoro
Tesfaye Mekebo
Maintenance/Durame
Almaz Gebre
Askale Mekebo
Ayelech Shamelo
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