ለወላይታ ሲሉ ሠማዕታት ለሆኑ ወገኖቻችን ዕዝን (Martyrs of Wolayta)
Donation protected
The federal government of Ethiopian military and SNNPR security forces brutally massacred unarmed peaceful protesters of Wolayta since August 9, 2020. Scores of children, woman and youth killed in-front of their doors by live ammunition fired from the troops.
We, the people of Wolayta in the diaspora closely watching all the gruesome clips and pictures in the past four days. Some of you protested in your local cities of the United States, Canada, Europe, South Africa and Australia. Others took social media to show their solidarity with the people of Wolayta.
However, compared to those who paid the ultimate price by their lives at the towns of Soddo, Boditi and other locations of Wolayta, what we have done from our comfort zones were so insignificant.
Let's show our recognition to the martyrs of Wolayta by our monetary contributions (Shocca) which 100% of the funds to be delivered to the families of the deceased.
We also invite all Ethiopians to partake in this humanitarian fund raising event taking into consideration that Wolayta is part and parcel of our motherland, Ethiopia.
============================================================================================
This campaign was started by members of Wolayta Community in Washington DC Metro area (WCDC), a non-stock corporation registered in the State of Commonwealth of Virginia.
The campaign was needed to support the victims of violence perpetrated by the Ethiopian government soldiers on unarmed Wolayta civilians that demanded autonomous regional state within Ethiopian territory. The government forces started firing on protesters and killed over 35 civilians including an expectant mother and young children. More than 150 young people are also fighting for their lives at hospital ICUs after suffering from gunshot wounds. Further news can be read from mainstream media like New York Times, AP and others: https://rb.gy/a7jg6l and https://rb.gy/bcyg8a
After the GoFundMe campaign started, the whole diaspora community of Wolayta origin joined from around the world, mostly from the US and Canada. Representatives of Wolayta diaspora community from different corners of the US joined our team and considerably helped our campaign efforts.
The team members mainly led by WCDC will responsible and accountable to collect the donations from GoFundMe and wire to the ultimate recipients in Wolayta Ethiopia.
A group of 11 community members that comprises of University Professors, religious leaders, elders and local businessmen are established as a committee in order to help the disbursement of funds to ultimate beneficiaries. This committee will be referred as “The Wolayta Committee” afterwards.
The Wolayta Committee has its own Chairman, Secretary, treasurer and auditor that overlooks the disbursement of funds to the intended recipients. At the end of disbursement of the funds, the Wolayta Committee will report the details of proceedings with spreadsheet, picture and videos to WCDC. WCDC in turn will report to all our donors by means of e-mail and social media.
WCDC will transmit the funds to the Wolayta Committee bank account in Ethiopia by means of direct bank wire transfer from its bank account in Arlington Virginia.
The funds will be spent by handing out cash to the families of deceased and to those who were injured. The families of deceased might use the donated cash to the funeral expenses of victims. In the same way, the injured might use the money for hospital bills and long-term recovery.
We, the people of Wolayta in the diaspora closely watching all the gruesome clips and pictures in the past four days. Some of you protested in your local cities of the United States, Canada, Europe, South Africa and Australia. Others took social media to show their solidarity with the people of Wolayta.
However, compared to those who paid the ultimate price by their lives at the towns of Soddo, Boditi and other locations of Wolayta, what we have done from our comfort zones were so insignificant.
Let's show our recognition to the martyrs of Wolayta by our monetary contributions (Shocca) which 100% of the funds to be delivered to the families of the deceased.
We also invite all Ethiopians to partake in this humanitarian fund raising event taking into consideration that Wolayta is part and parcel of our motherland, Ethiopia.
============================================================================================
This campaign was started by members of Wolayta Community in Washington DC Metro area (WCDC), a non-stock corporation registered in the State of Commonwealth of Virginia.
The campaign was needed to support the victims of violence perpetrated by the Ethiopian government soldiers on unarmed Wolayta civilians that demanded autonomous regional state within Ethiopian territory. The government forces started firing on protesters and killed over 35 civilians including an expectant mother and young children. More than 150 young people are also fighting for their lives at hospital ICUs after suffering from gunshot wounds. Further news can be read from mainstream media like New York Times, AP and others: https://rb.gy/a7jg6l and https://rb.gy/bcyg8a
After the GoFundMe campaign started, the whole diaspora community of Wolayta origin joined from around the world, mostly from the US and Canada. Representatives of Wolayta diaspora community from different corners of the US joined our team and considerably helped our campaign efforts.
The team members mainly led by WCDC will responsible and accountable to collect the donations from GoFundMe and wire to the ultimate recipients in Wolayta Ethiopia.
A group of 11 community members that comprises of University Professors, religious leaders, elders and local businessmen are established as a committee in order to help the disbursement of funds to ultimate beneficiaries. This committee will be referred as “The Wolayta Committee” afterwards.
The Wolayta Committee has its own Chairman, Secretary, treasurer and auditor that overlooks the disbursement of funds to the intended recipients. At the end of disbursement of the funds, the Wolayta Committee will report the details of proceedings with spreadsheet, picture and videos to WCDC. WCDC in turn will report to all our donors by means of e-mail and social media.
WCDC will transmit the funds to the Wolayta Committee bank account in Ethiopia by means of direct bank wire transfer from its bank account in Arlington Virginia.
The funds will be spent by handing out cash to the families of deceased and to those who were injured. The families of deceased might use the donated cash to the funeral expenses of victims. In the same way, the injured might use the money for hospital bills and long-term recovery.
Co-organizers (7)
Wolayta Community in North America
Organizer
Arlington, VA
Wesenachew Zebdewos
Team member
WIDA Team
Team member
Ermias Asale
Team member
AWANA Wolayta
Team member