Berri Maida ― Girls’ Hostel and Educational Center

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Berri Maida ― Girls’ Hostel and Educational Center 〰️

Berri Maida Girls Hosted and Educational center was registered at agency for charities and societies of the FDRE in accordance with the charities and societies proclamation No.621/2009 with a certificate number of 3362. Our organization intends to play a role in the development of Tigrai by supporting the empowerment of women and girls. Our motto is “Educating a girl is educating a family”. Our organization provides shelter on full-board basis, tutorial support, and support of educational and sanitary materials to selected bright poor rural girls who couldn’t continue their studies beyond grade 8 as a result of distance to school and their families’ poor economic conditions. 

  • Berri Maida, with the same name but with timely and scaled up undertakings, is founded here in the United States of America.

  • Berri Maida (USA) Girls Hostel and Education Center is a non-profit corporation organized under the laws of District of Colombia.

  • The principal office of Berri Maida Girls Hostel and Education Center shall be in the District of Columbia and additional offices may be established by the Board of Directors.

  • The organization shall operate in Tigray, Ethiopia in collaboration with Berri Maida girls Hostel and Education Center in Tigray.

Objectives of the center ―

  1. Encourage enrollment and support tuition and educational needs of girls with limited resources or access to educational centers.

  2. Run educational programs related to sexual violence, aiming at improving access and reducing barriers to girls’ full participation

  3. Build educational and boarding facilities aimed at improving access to girls’ education.

  4. Run college prep programs and professional career enhancements to ensure girls realize their full academic and professional potential

  5. Advocate for programs and policies aiming at improving equitable access and quality educational programs for girls.

  6. Provide care and supporting environment for girls and young women survivors of conflict related sexual violence, war crimes, and war related trauma.

  7. Provide psychosocial, healing programs and training and certification in healing and life coaching.

Berri Maida Before and After The Genocidal War of Tigray.

  • Before the Genocidal War

    Berri Maida has completed the construction of hostel and it has also fully furnished and equipped to allow high quality education and learning environment. The hostel includes:

    • Catering services and facilities

    • Administrative offices

    • Rooms that accommodate 160 students

    • Library

    • Computer center

    • Playing ground to comfort students learning process.

  • After the Genocidal War

    Due to the genocidal war in Tigray, all our initiatives are halted for now. The building is destroyed, facilities are damaged and looted.

    Studies have indicated that the damage of education sector in Tigray have reversed years of progress with more than 88% classrooms severely damaged and 95% of the instruments vandalized and destroyed. In this case, 90% more girls are likely to be out of secondary schools. Taking this fact into account, the role of Berri Maida and other initiatives are not going to be limited to only helping the governments endeavors. It must scale up to playing a lion’s share of the part.