Leaving thousands of children orphaned and communities shattered. Many of these children have lost both parents and are now living in extreme poverty, with little to no access to basic needs like food, shelter, or education. The Love Legacy project is stepping in to provide life-saving support for these children, many of whom are at risk of homelessness, hunger, and long-term trauma. This project aims to break this cycle of despair by offering not only immediate aid but also the emotional and psychological care that is essential for long-term healing.

Our immediate focus is on providing first aid support to 50 orphaned children in Maikinetal, a community severely impacted by the war. Each child receives monthly food, shelter, and educational assistance. We are also laying the groundwork to expand the project into a full-scale orphanage and rehabilitation center. This center will offer psychological counseling and emotional support to help children overcome the trauma of war. Our long-term vision is to give these children not just survival but a chance to thrive and build fulfilling lives.

Your contribution to the "Love Legacy" project will go directly toward providing life-saving services for orphaned children in Tigray. A small amount each month can provide a month’s worth of food for one child, this can support their education and psychological care. Every donation, big or small, helps us offer these children a brighter future, free from hunger, trauma, and uncertainty. Together, we can make a lasting difference in their lives.

So far, we have been able to support 50 orphaned children with monthly food and financial aid. We are in the process of expanding this support to reach more children in need, with plans to build a rehabilitation center that will provide both educational and emotional care. Your support is making all of this possible—thank you for being a part of the Love Legacy!

Join us in making a real difference in the lives of orphaned children in Tigray. Donate today to help provide food, shelter, education, and emotional healing to those who need it most. Every contribution brings us closer to our goal of building a future where these children can thrive.

I have one older sister and younger brother from my mother, and two older sisters and one younger brother from my father, totally two brothers and three sisters. My mother was just eighteen when she gave birth to me, she used to live in Yirgachefe (one of the cities out of Addis) with her family. While our father was living in Addis with our elder sisters mother (Nigisty), He wanted my brother and me to come and stay with him in Addis for a better living. Our mother agreed to sacrifice her love believing we will get a better life and brought us to our father. Unfortunately our dad who was planning to give us that better life, left this world when I was seven and all the responsibility came upon our mother Nigisty who raised me and my brother with full dedication like her own, sacrificing her life and she doesn’t deserve to be called by any other name other than real mom. I was three and half years when I came to stay with my father. In the process of having two mothers I couldn’t get the chance to fully experience the love I had inside.                      

After finishing high school, I joined AAU to study construction management and received Jesus as my personal savior while in the campus. After finishing and while working and earning a salary I felt like there was something missing that even a good job couldn’t satisfy, which initiated me to ask God about the gap if there is anything more to live for. To make it short, though I had an interest in playing with kids I didn’t know it could go any further to go beyond, but God led me to study Holistic Child Development MA program at ETC which somehow indicated I have a purpose to do in the area of children and education which made me change my job to teaching children. But in the process I was also feeling like I needed to further my studies in the area of children and education and continued the educational leadership MA program again at ETC, where by some of the theological courses also challenged me to continue studying more and I joined EGST to study the biblical studies post diploma program, during this a ministry working in mission work in collaboration with empowering rural area schools by giving different support and training also emerged.

I have a special affection for those women since I was adopted and raised by a Tigraway mother who chose to take care of us when our father passed in our early age. She is my personal representative of all Tigrayan mothers.

Our father had a family in Addis before he gave birth to me and by brother from a different mother in Southern area. He then decided that we should be raised and have our education here with Him, unfortunately he passed when I was just 7, then our adoptive mother (I don’t like the term step) raised us with great resiliency and devotion for her word she gave to our father (She represents the Tigrayan mothers for me).