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W/ro Abebech Gobena
Founder and General Manager of
AGOHELD
Mother of Many
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W/ro Abebech Gobena a
prominent humanitarian lady was born in 1938 in the then Shoa
province, Selale Awraja in small rural village called Shebel. Her
father was killed during Ethio - Italian war and she was brought
up by her grandparent until nine. She was married at the age of
ten in traditional marriage system without her consent which mad
her unhappy with the marriage. She left to Addis Ababa where she
scraped basic education and latter gained a job as quality
controller in a company.
Eventually she remarried and was living a fairly typical life. In
1980, she went to Gishen Mariam (The Holy Church in Wollo) for
pilgrimage where the area was stricken by drought which caused
catastrophic famine. The situation in the area, especially a
scenario of a baby girl sucking her dead mother’s breast, shocked
Abebech and made her to engage in life time benevolent
humanitarian tasks.
W/ro Abebech Gobena, despite her remarkable achievements in the
last two & half decades, believes that a lot has to be done on
poverty reduction and she is ready to devote all her energy and
time for the expansion of the present organization, so that it
could be able to serve the orphans, needy children and
marginalized segments of the population. SERVING THE COMMUNITY is
her life philosophy and because of her devotion and determination
to care for others some call her Africa’s Mother Teresa |
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