TESFA Foundation builds schools and community in Ethiopia

Dana Roskey founded the Tesfa Foundation in 2004 with inspiration from his fiance Leeza Woubshet. A Minnesotan Ethiopian, Leeza died in 2003 in an auto accident before she could realize her dream of going back to Ethiopia to open a school for children. Because Ethiopia has no publicly funded options for pre-school or kindergarten, Tesfa has specialized in early childhood education. To date, Tesfa has founded five schools serving 800 children and has recently established a program in Addis Ababa for at risk teenage girls. As the organization develops, they hope to continue offering education and opportunity to children throughout Ethiopia and spread to its neighboring countries.

Recorded on August 30th, 2008 at Solutions Volume 3 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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