Please donate to help build Bekoji Seniors' Center

Dear Friends,

My name is Negesse Gutema. I am raising funds to establish a Seniors' Center in Bekoji (my birthplace), and I need your help to accomplish this goal.

Bekoji is a small town located in the heart Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Bekoji has a considerable number of Senior Citizens who are between 60 and 100 years old. These retired elders were educators, farmers, soldiers, police officers, shop keepers, handymen, government employees, etc. These elders have served their country and community without reservation. Now in their retirement age, they need a center to congregate and continue being productive citizens and contribute to the growth of their community. Because of meagre retirement income they are not able to establish their own center. From this center, they can support themselves by running small shops, restaurants, copying services, flour mills, gardening, etc., while continuing to give back to the community by mentoring and tutoring the youth, by practicing traditional conflict resolution, and through many other services. Having the center also helps them to meet and spend good old times together.

Your donation, no matter how small, will go a long way in establishing the center they so direly need. You will be proud to help some needy seniors in one corner of the world.

Thank you for your support.