Education Support
Uniforms, school materials, tutorials and kindergarten classrooms so no child drops out for lack of means.
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What we do
Our programmes
We support highly vulnerable children — orphans, children living on the street, children affected by HIV, children with disabilities and girls at risk — together with their mothers and guardians. Our approach is community-based, family-centred and built to last.
How we work
Through public schools
Government primary schools are the only education most of our children can afford, so we deliver support where they already are — in school compounds, with teachers and parent committees.
With the community
Trained community volunteers, community committees, kebele offices and Idirs identify children, make home visits and keep every family connected to services.
For the whole family
A child cannot thrive while a mother is destitute. Livelihood training, saving groups and container shops let mothers provide for their own children.
Built to hand over
Every project has a phase-out plan: income-generating assets, savings groups and trained committees that continue after external funding ends.
What we do
Six ways we stand in for a mother
Vulnerability rarely has one cause, so our support does not have one shape. Each programme area answers a need we have seen up close in Jimma's public schools and neighbourhoods.
Psychosocial Support & Counselling
Guidance, counselling, life skills and school gender clubs for children carrying more than they should.
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Livelihoods for Mothers
Container shops, saving groups and business skills so mothers can pay for their children's needs themselves.
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Health & Nutrition
School meals, emergency food support and health referrals for children and families affected by HIV.
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Child Protection & Legal Support
Birth certificates, abuse prevention and legal information for children at risk, especially girls.
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Community, Volunteers & Shelter
Trained volunteers, community committees and safer homes — the structure that keeps care going.
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- Orphans and children living on the streets
- Children and mothers living with or affected by HIV
- Children with disabilities
- Girls at risk of abuse, early marriage and dropping out
- Destitute mothers, guardians and child-headed households
Future project · 2026
Addis Ababa: children off the streets and into school
When Ende Enat was registered we proposed to work in both Jimma and Addis Ababa. Limited resources kept our programmes in Jimma — but the need in the capital has only grown. In Addis Ababa's streets we see very young children accompanying mothers who beg, gradually becoming accustomed to street life instead of school.
Beginning in 2026 (2019 E.C.) we are establishing an office in Addis Ababa and starting in the Asko and Addis Sefer areas. The goal is simple and long-term: help children move from street life and begging toward education, protection and dignity, while their mothers become economically self-reliant.
What we need to begin
- An office and a small team in Addis Ababa
- Seed funding for the first cohort of children's school costs and meals
- Start-up capital for mothers' livelihood groups
- Partners in Addis Ababa: schools, kebele offices, clinics and volunteers
Questions about our programmes
Short answers about who we help, how children are selected and how our programmes are run.
Who does Ende Enat support?
Ende Enat supports highly vulnerable children in Jimma, Ethiopia — orphans, children living or working on the street, children and mothers affected by HIV, children with disabilities and girls at risk of abuse, early marriage or dropping out — together with their mothers and guardians. From 2026 the same support begins for children on the streets of Addis Ababa.
How are the children Ende Enat helps identified?
Children are identified through the public primary schools we work in, kebele (neighbourhood) offices, Idirs and trained community volunteers who make home visits. Community committees in each kebele verify each family's situation before support starts, and volunteers follow up weekly.
What programmes does Ende Enat run?
Six connected programme areas: education support (uniforms, school materials, tutorials, kindergarten classrooms); psychosocial support and counselling; livelihoods for mothers (container shops, saving groups, business skills); health and nutrition (school meals, emergency food, health referrals); child protection and legal support (birth certificates, abuse prevention); and community volunteers and shelter.
How does Ende Enat help mothers earn an income?
We build small container shops — coffee corners, hair salons and school-supply kiosks — inside school compounds and hand them to organised groups of mothers of vulnerable pupils. Community self-help saving groups, basic business training and matching funds help the groups grow into small enterprises linked to microfinance institutions.
What happens when a project ends?
Every project has a phase-out plan. Income-generating assets such as container shops, saving groups and trained community committees stay with the community and continue after external funding ends, so the support does not stop when a grant does.
What is planned for Addis Ababa?
Beginning in 2026 (2019 in the Ethiopian calendar) Ende Enat is opening an office in Addis Ababa and starting work in the Asko and Addis Sefer areas: identifying very young children who spend their days on the streets with their mothers, enrolling them in school, meeting basic needs and giving their mothers a sustainable livelihood.
Support
Your gift keeps a child in school and a mother in business
Ende Enat is funded by partners and private individuals from Ethiopia and around the world. Every contribution goes to uniforms, meals, counselling, medicine and start-up capital for mothers — with lean administration and full transparency.