The Education of Children Sponsorship Program

The Shashamane Settlement Community Development Foundation is a 501C3, Non Profit Organization, registered in the United States of America, and accountable to its Government Agency, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Annually, we are required by law to report our income and expenditure to this agency.

The contributions we raise are generated from three programs: Fundraising Events, Donations and Educational School Sponsorship; all of which are recorded and reported to the IRS, annually.

The Education of Children Sponsorship Program is the only area in which we request our supporters to sponsor the education of a child at the JRDC Elementary School in Shashamane Ethiopia.  The sponsorship is US $80 for a year.  The funds we receive enable us to build and pay for the monthly operational requirements of the school such as teachers and staff.

Similar to other donations that we receive, the sponsorship contribution comes to our Foundation and does not go directly to any individual child in Ethiopia. All funds must first go into the Foundation’s general account which is a requirement under United States of America law. These funds are then dispersed along with other contributions and donations to the operational budget at the JRDC School.

Our ethos and philosophy of ensuring we support an important legacy such as educating our children, parents and community in Shashamane, Ethiopia, ensures this money is not sent to any individual or group of individuals at the JRDC but solely for the operational budget of the JRDC Educational Project. This includes its staff and its employed administrators. We emphasize that all our funds along with other contributions, go directly to the central fund of the school’s budget, to make up the monthly expenses.

We also stress that   the JRDC Executive, including the Chairman and Board of Directors, are all volunteers, and thus unable to receive or be eligible to receive salaries.  Likewise, our brother and sisters on the ground in Ethiopia are accountable and report to the relevant Ethiopian agencies regarding its income and expenditure as we do here in the United States. 

Measuring our Success

In relation to the success of the program, in 2007 our donors supported the education of 82 children. This money was sent to pay school staff and assist in the school’s operation.

The JRDC School is administered and executed by this NGO and is free to children, their parents and the Shashamene community. We are extremely proud of the impact, empowerment, and development those contributions are having on this Ethiopian African community.

Sponsorship

Just eighty US dollars plus $5.00 paypal transaction fees*  can contribute to the education of one child for a year at the JRDC School in Shashamane, Ethiopia. This contribution will go directly to the School’s Operational Budget. Upon receipt of your contribution, we will provide you with the name, age, photograph and grade of a child you  have assisted to receive an education.

 

I would like to make a contribution
of $80.00 plus transaction fee:

Shashamane Foundation, Inc.

- OR -

Download this form: shashamane_donate2.pdf

And mail this form directly to:

The Shashamane Foundation Inc.
P.O. Box  5845 - Takoma Park, Maryland  20913 - U.S.A.

* Includes $5.00 Credit Card Transaction Fees

"It is the duty of the educated few to fulfill the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate" many.
-- H.I.M. Haile Selassie I