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Who we are
Rosii Manno e.V. is a non-profit and charitable initiative dedicated to youth welfare and development cooperation. We currently sponsor and support 25 children who have to live in extreme poverty in southern Ethiopia and whose families cannot provide basic care and schooling from their own resources. All of us at Rosii Manno are convinced that education is a cornerstone for a self-determined and dignified life, and that every child, no matter where he or she happens to be born, should be able to grow up healthy and flourish.
Who we stand up for - the Rosii Manno children
Fiqirte Birhanu
Fiqirte pays close attention in school and wants to be the top of her class. Later, she would like to learn a technical profession—becoming an engineer would be wonderful. Her father makes clay for building houses, and her mother sells her handwoven baskets at the market. Fiqirte helps her mother with cooking, cleaning the house, and working in the garden. If she isn’t too tired, she persuades her friends to jump rope with her. She really doesn’t like being bored. Fiqirte has been with Rosii Manno since September 2023.
Where we are active
The village of Funamura is located in the Kambaata country and belongs to the Angacha district in the Kembata Tenbaro Zone in Southern Ethiopia (SNNPR). The Kambaata, with their own Cushitic language, are one of the many ethnic groups in Ethiopia. They inhabit areas of the highlands about 250 km south of the capital Addis Ababa. The majority are farmers who grow various cereals and cultivate ensete (so-called "false banana") as a staple food.