- Total Impacts: 112,000 Rides Per Year
- Number of impacts pledged: 0
- Number Of Investors: 0
Provide Transportation For A Deaf Student
From: $0.54
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Project Charity Partner: Visions Global Empowerment Ethiopia
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Hawassa, Sidama Region, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, with its captivating landscapes and vibrant culture, is a country of stark contrasts. Nestled in East Africa, it’s a place where ancient traditions and modern aspirations intersect. But behind this facade, a harsh reality persists. Nearly one-third of Ethiopia’s population grapples with poverty, and the country remains one of the world’s poorest, ranking 203 out of 208 nations in per capita income.
Since the turn of the millennium, Ethiopia has taken significant strides in the fight against poverty, achieving remarkable progress in areas like disease eradication and child mortality reduction. Yet, the shadow of poverty still looms large, where families struggle daily for life’s essentials and the ability to offer children a basic eduction. This is where our Ethiopia impact project steps in, driven by the goal of providing childhood education, especially to children affected by poverty, disability, gender discrimination or other hardships.
As Ethiopia’s second-highest population in Africa faces the challenges of limited resources and job opportunities, the need for our help becomes more pressing. With your support, we can make a lasting impact, turning marginalized children into stories of hope, prosperity, and brighter tomorrows. Join us in changing the lives of those who need it most.
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Project Overview
In one of the least developed and highly impoverished countries in the world, having a disability adds an extra layer of hardship that makes even the most routine activities difficult or even impossible.
For nearly all of the deaf and hard-of-hearing youth served through the Visions Center for the Deaf in Hawassa and outreach support to neighbouring communities, an inability to afford daily transportation costs prohibits youth from regularly accessing their free services, which include formal Ethiopian Sign Language instruction, educational (including free daily preschool) & tutoring support, interpretation services, health & audiological services, daily nutrition support, community awareness & education, livelihoods development, mentorship, and more. With the rising costs of fuel, rampant inflation, and high rates of poverty and unemployment, access to transportation services fall further and further out of reach. A simple daily transportation allowance has the potential to make all the difference between a deaf youth finding education, language, healthcare, and community or not.
Visions’ work in Ethiopia is focused on serving those in and around Hawassa, the capital of the Sidama Region in southern Ethiopia, where it has been operating a Visions Center for the Deaf since 2019 and recently opened the Visions Academy – School for the Deaf in 2023. The Center and Academy have become a gathering place for people with hearing loss to find community, language, support, friendship, and respect – the first of its kind in this region!
In order to maximize their impact, they offer all services free of charge to deaf and hard-of-hearing youth and their families, including financial support and public transportation such as buses and three-wheelers. However, demand always far outweighs supply with over 250 youth across 5 communities that, if provided this daily transportation support, would be able to attend Vision’s programs regularly.
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