Support Seniors in Bekoji
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.
Dear friends,
I am raising funds to build a Seniors' Center in the town of Bekoji and I need your help to accomplish this goal.
Bekoji is a small town located in the heart of Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Bekoji has considerable number of Senior Citizens who are 60 years of age and above. These retired seniors were educators, farmers, soldiers, police officers, members of the armed forces, shop keepers, handymen, government employees, etc. These elders have served their country and community with great dedication. They have educated thousands of youth spanning many generations. They have built community infrastructures such as schools, roads, health care centers, and faith centers. They have served in various community organizations and committees without any compensation. Now in their retirement age, they need a center of their own to congregate and to continue being productive citizens. Their experiences, knowledge, education, and skills are still vital for the growth of their community. With the support of kind people like you, we are certain that we will make their dream come true. Their dream is to establish a center which will pass down to future generations.
Your support, 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.
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ውድ ጓደኞቼ
በበቆጂ ከተማ የአረጋውያን ማእከል ለመገንባት ገንዘብ እያሰባሰብኩ ነው እና ይህንን ግብ ለማሳካት የእናንተን እርዳታ እፈልጋለሁ።
ቤቆጂ በኦሮሚያ ክልል መሀል ላይ የምትገኝ ትንሽ ከተማ ነች። ቤኮጂ እድሜያቸው 60 እና ከዚያ በላይ የሆኑ ከፍተኛ ቁጥር ያላቸው አረጋውያን አሏት። እነዚህ ጡረተኞች መምህራን፣ገበሬዎች፣ወታደሮች፣ፖሊስ መኮንኖች፣የጦር ኃይሎች፣የሱቅ ጠባቂዎች፣ሰራተኞች፣የመንግስት ሰራተኞች፣ወዘተ እነዚህ የሀገር ሽማግሌዎች ሀገራቸውንና ማህበረሰቡን በታላቅ ትጋት አገልግለዋል። ብዙ ትውልዶችን የዘለቁ በሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ ወጣቶችን አስተምረዋል። እንደ ትምህርት ቤቶች፣ መንገዶች፣ የጤና አገልግሎት መስጫ ጣቢያዎች እና የእምነት ማዕከላት ያሉ የማህበረሰብ መሠረተ ልማቶችን ገንብተዋል። በተለያዩ የማህበረሰብ አደረጃጀቶች እና ኮሚቴዎች ያለምንም ካሳ አገልግለዋል። አሁን በጡረታ ዕድሜአቸው፣ ተሰብስበው አምራች ዜጋ ሆነው ለመቀጠል የራሳቸው ማዕከል ያስፈልጋቸዋል። ልምዳቸው፣ እውቀታቸው፣ ትምህርታቸው እና ክህሎታቸው አሁንም ለህብረተሰባቸው እድገት ወሳኝ ናቸው። እንደ እርስዎ ባሉ ደግ ሰዎች ድጋፍ ህልማቸውን እንደምናሳካ እርግጠኞች ነን። ህልማቸው ለትውልድ የሚተላለፍ ማዕከል ማቋቋም ነው።
የእርስዎ ድጋፍ በጣም የሚያስፈልጋቸውን ማዕከል ለማቋቋም ይረዳናል።
ስለ ድጋፍዎ እናመሰግናለን።
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Kabajamtoota hiriyoota,
Magaalaa Boqojjii keessatti Giddugala Maanguddootaa ijaaruuf maallaqa walitti qabaa jira, kaayyoo kana galmaan ga'uuf gargaarsi keessan na barbaachisa.
Boqojjii magaalaa xiqqoo garaa naannoo Oromiyaa Itoophiyaa keessatti argamtudha. Boqojjii Maanguddoota umuriin isaanii waggaa 60 fi isaa ol ta’e baay’ee qaba. Maanguddoonni soorama bahan kunniin barsiisota, qonnaan bultoota, loltoota, poolisoota, miseensota humna waraanaa, eegdota suuqii, ogeeyyii harkaa, hojjettoota mootummaa fi kkf turan.Jaarsoliin kunniin of kennuu guddaadhaan biyya isaanii fi hawaasa isaanii tajaajilaniiru. Dargaggoota kumaatamaan lakkaa’aman dhaloota hedduu barsiisaniiru. Bu’uuraalee hawaasaa kanneen akka manneen barnootaa, daandii, buufata eegumsa fayyaa, fi giddugala amantii ijaaraniiru. Dhaabbilee hawaasaa fi koreewwan adda addaa keessatti beenyaa tokko malee tajaajilaniiru. Amma umurii sooramaa isaaniitti, walitti qabamuu fi lammiilee oomishaa ta’uu itti fufuuf wiirtuu mataa isaanii isaan barbaachisa. Muuxannoon, beekumsi, barnoonni, fi dandeettiin isaanii ammallee guddina hawaasa isaaniitiif murteessaadha. Deeggarsa namoota gara laafessa akka keessaniitiin abjuu isaanii akka dhugoomsinu mirkanaa'aa dha. Abjuun isaanii wiirtuu dhaloota dhufuuf darbu hundeessuudha.
Deeggarsi keessan giddugala akka malee isaan barbaachisu hundeessuuf karaa dheeraa ni deema.
Deeggarsa nuuf gootaniif galatoomaa. Learn more.
Ways to donate
You may donate by wiring contributions directly to the following accounts via Western Union or Remitly.
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (የኢዮጵ ንግድ ባንክ) 1000504727819
Awash Bank (የአዋሽ ባንክ) 013221008124500 I
If you’re in the US, and would like to send a contribution via Venmo, please send funds to Negesse-Gutema. For Zelle, please use ngutema@comcast.net
A message from Negesse
This is an issue near and dear to my heart. I have known these elders all my life. Many of them have educated me when I was in elementary and junior high school. Many were my neighbors, big brothers, and sisters. Due to a non-existent social network, some live on a meagre pension that never grows with inflation, and many do not have adequate means of retirement. Any help will go a long way to establishing a center that will help them generate funds as they participate in community developments. Thank you again.
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (የኢዮጵ ንግድ ባንክ) 1000504727819
Awash Bank (የአዋሽ ባንክ) 013221008124500 I
If you’re in the US, and would like to send a contribution via Venmo, please send funds to Negesse-Gutema. For Zelle, please use ngutema@comcast.net
“I have known these elders all my life. Many of them have educated me when I was in elementary and junior high school. Many were my neighbors, big brothers, and sisters. ”
—Negesse Gutema