Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Fregenet Foundation is dedicated to creating educational opportunities for underserved children in Ethiopia. The Foundation provides high quality early education as a means to overcome poverty, and gender inequality for children from low income families. The Fregenet Foundation set out to provide this by building a school that has lower teacher / student ratio (2 to 30) and provides everything for free (meals, uniform, books, education, transportation), including a free pre- Kindergarten and Kindergarten program.
The Fregenet Foundation is a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing early childhood education to children from low-income families in Ethiopia. The first Fregenet School (Fregenet KidanLehitsanat) opened its doors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the fall of 2004, and enrolled 31 children of ages 4 to 6 from a small and impoverished community in Addis Ababa. The vision for the school was inspired by Fregenet Tafesse Woubshet, an Ethiopian-American, who died in 2003 before she could realize her dream of returning to Ethiopia to help children. Thanks to generous benefactors, in the school's 15 years of operation, the number of students served has grown to 430. About the School: Many students are from single parent households, while some others are from families of unemployed parents or from precariously employed families. Students are selected in a fair manner and in accordance with the nondiscrimination policy of the Foundation and the School. We believe that some of the students, if not all, may not have had the opportunity to go to school had it not been for the Foundation. The school currently supports 77 students. There are three classes for the Kindergarten, or "KG." KG 1: These are the youngest children, ages 3 to 4, in their first months at a teaching establishment. KG 2: These students have completed one year of KG and are able to identify letters and numbers and to think in logical patterns. KG 3: Student in KG 3 are 5 to 6 years old and are developing reading and writing skills in Amharic (the national language of Ethiopia) and English. Lessons are given in accordance with the curriculum required by the Federal Ministry of Education. The textbooks used are also those prepared and approved by the relevant educational authorities of the country. All students receive education at no charge. School uniforms and school supplies are also distributed to each student at no cost to their families.
One of the missions of the Fregenet Foundation to build schools that have lower teacher / student ratio (2 to 30) and provide free education, including Kindergarten and Kindergarten program. The Bishoftu Elementary School Construction project is to build a model school, Fregenet Dembi Elementary School, on a 12,000 m2 plot of land. This model school will house seven classrooms each with a capacity to accommodate 30 students from Preschool, Kindergarten 1, 2 & 3, Grade 1 to Grade 4, a library, a computer lab, a cafeteria, and a clinic and will serve the educational and social needs of the children. The construction of the model school is 40% completed.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Tafesse Woubseht | Board Director, President | 40 | $0 |
| Shimelis B Gulema | Director Visibility and PR Committee | 5 | $0 |
| Abdi Sherif Dr | Director & Fundraising Committee | 5 | $0 |
| Yonas Assefa | Director and Fundraising committee | 5 | $0 |
| Chris Kurtiz | Board of Director, Public Relations Committee | 5 | $0 |
| Kedest Habtu | Board of Director Fundraising Committee | 5 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Asrat | Board of Director, Financial Officer | 5 | $0 |
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