"It is the duty of the
educated few to fulfill the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate" many.
-- H.I.M. Haile Selassie I
Update
Since the start of the formal collaboration between the two organizations in 2003, the Shashamane Settlement Development Foundation has contributed an average of 84.9% of the JRDCs Income as shown below:
SHASHAMANE FOUNDATION INCOME ACTIVITY
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Total
Total Income
10,140
19,342
18,158
23,191
35,587
27,797
35,847
34,413
204,475
TTL sent to JRDC
7,365
14,022
15,051
16,697
24,873
28,141
29,118
24,737
160,004
% Sent to JRDC
72.6
72.5
82.9
72
69.9
101.2
81.2
71.9
78.3
JRDC INCOME ACTIVITY
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Total
TTL JRDC Income
8,689
40,940
43,965
31,622
34,182
36,684
36,710
35,191
267,983
Amt From SSCDF
7,365
39,022
40,051
26,697
32,373
28,141
29,118
24,737
227,504
% From SSCDF
84.7
95.3
91.1
84.4
94.7
76.7
76.2
65.3
84.9
Regarding the JRDC Income, It should be noted that $25,000 of the 2004 total, $25,000 of the 2005 total, $10,000 of the 2006 total and $7,500 of the 2007 total were delivered directly to the JRDC in Ethiopia by U.S. and Canada based organizations, as a direct result of the effort of the Shashamane Foundation, so that the direct and indirect contribution of the Foundation is as shown.