Berri Maida Tigray ― Samre Center

The pilot prototype hostel was built in Tigrai, South-Eastern zone, Seharti-Samre district. This prototype project was designed to meet the needs of high school girls, including extracurricular activities, creativity and critical thinking. The center was meant to be community and hostel residents owned and therefore one step closer to be sustained. Every thinking and effort has been invested to make this project self-sustained and replicable.

Berri Maida begun its work by soliciting contributions from individual volunteers, the private sector and of late even from the commercial bank of Ethiopia (CBE), the endowment for the rehabilitation of Tigrai (EFFORT), UNICEF and others. The place and period of onset was Seharti- Samre district, Samre town. Two years to its operation it expanded its operation to its second center at another district of the zone, Degua Tembien, the town of Hagereselam.

It is now preparing to expand its operations to another zone and have a center at the North-Western zone of Tigrai, the district of Sheraro to expand its services to girls from the minority population of the Kunama.