Tana Haik Alumni Scholarship – Second Round

About Tana Haik Alumni Group

In the year 2012, a few numbers of former-students who lived in Ethiopia and abroad volunteered to work together for the cause of giving back to their school, Tana Haik. They established the alumni group with a vision: “Together we can make a difference to bring a bright future for students in our community!”. It all started by supporting the school through providing furniture and Internet service to the Library, and organizing donation of books. In just a few years, alumni from all over the world shared the vision and expanded the dimension of the support to the school. Currently, there are members from all batches participating in annual fundraisers and campaigns to support current students. The first successful campaign and scholarship award was accomplished in Sep. 2017 (More details below). The Alumni Network has now launched the fundraising campaign for the 2nd round. (https://www.gofundme.com/tanafamilyscholarship2)

This alumni group has three main objectives:

1.     To encourage students through providing scholarship: the scholarship targets students with academic excellence, those from lower socioeconomic background and girls.

Achievements in 2017
·       $9450 raised for scholarship
·       24 outstanding students benefited from the scholarship ( monthly 500 ETB each month)
·       Two visually impaired scholarship winners were provided recording devices
·       Work in progress to support one student in need of wheelchair

Second Round Scholarship Fundraising has Launched, Please Take Part:

https://www.gofundme.com/tanafamilyscholarship2

2.     To assist young girls from lower socioeconomic background with sanitary napkins: this objective aspires to create better learning environment for girls from poor families through providing monthly sanitary napkins in school.

Achievements in 2017
·       $1000 raised for sanitary napkins for girls
·       100 girls from lower socioeconomic background benefited from this intervention
·       Sanitary napkins were made available for all other girls and faculty for emergency needs

3.    To support the school in providing books and educational resources for higher standard library and learning centers

The school recently built a big library, however this library is severely challenged by the very limited number and variety of books it provides for students. The long-standing shortage of important books is currently a critical problem which is given high priority by the alumni.

Achievements since 2012
·       The alumni has supported the library and computer centers with books and other resources (furniture,internet service etc) since 2012
·       Several reference books were provided to the library by volunteering members since 2012
·       Currently we are organizing campaigns for all members to participate in book drives which will be facilitated in several locations.