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Haben Tigray Event Christmas Giving to Tigrayan Refugees in Sudan
As we approach Christmas, we invite all to be part of a joint project by Haben Tigray & Green Tuneydbah Foundation to support Tigrayan refugees in Sudan by contributing uto start farms and feed their families.
Recent information from refugees indicates that food aid provided by the World Food Program (WFP) which was previously inadequate has been reduced further by 50% starting from August 2022. The resulting food-insecurity, lack of basic needs and income to support themselves and their families leaves the populations vulnerable to risks that affect their health and security.
As a response, Haben Tigray is collaborating with individuals and organizations to promote small-scale farming solutions for these refugees by supporting a project which would help them produce food for their households by making use of the small plots of land near their shelters. This can help them gain income while creating employment opportunities throughout the camp. Green Tunaydbah Foundation (GTF) was established by refugees to mobilize the community around farming activities in the camp. Through its initial work with 184 refugees, GTF has proven that the lives of multiple households can be changed for the better with resourcefulness, innovation, and local community action.
Do you want to learn more about this project?
Support the People of Tigray
More than 500,000 civilians killed, many more injured
More than 2.2 million people displaced
More than 2.3 million children impacted
Haben Tigray Relief and Development Association is a nonprofit association established to support the people of Tigray affected by the war that started in November 2020.
Our Vision is to become a strong and dependable partner towards Tigray‘s inevitable victory over the crisis.
Haben Tigray Distributed Support to IDPs and Residents in Need in Tigray
Haben Tigray allocated $13,000 for aid operations in August and September 2022. Our local team in Tigray, Haben Tigray Organization, along with six other local nonprofits distributed the aid to 3,500 people, based on its assessment and coordination with local offices.
The primary objective of the operation was to provide aid to IDP, street or orphaned children, elders including some with mental illness, pregnant and lactating mothers, people with chronic illnesses, people with disabilities as well as displaced monks and nuns. The types of immediate aid as recommended by the various organizations include provision of food, health, medical and hygiene services, full accommodation by centers including food, education and day care service, cash aid and material supply aid.
TDRF Partnered with Haben Tigray to support the ECDC/HPN4Tigray Wellness and Education Center
TDRF partnered with Haben Tigray to support the computer literacy project at ECDC/HPN4Tigray Wellness and Education Center in Sudan by providing $5,432. Haben Tigray is extremely grateful to TDRF for supporting our joint education project with ECDC and HPN4Tigray.
El Camino in solidarity with the women of Tigray - a fundraising supporting Haben Tigray
Tigray Art Collective Exhibiting in Paris and Selects Haben Tigray to Donate Proceeds
Installation of the Ed Tech System started in Tunaydbah, Sudan
Phase 1 of the Tunaydbah Computer Literacy Project, our collaboration with Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) and Health Professionals Network for Tigray (HPN4Tigray), is well underway. This project is part of the Wellness Center in Sudan which was built for Tigrayan refugees displaced due to the war which started in November 2020. One of our members have travelled to the refugee camp to install the Educational Technology System (Ed Tech System), a network of Clients (Raspberry Pi’s) and a Server and conduct the training of trainers.
Haben Tigray Media Outreach
Pictures from Our Work in Tigray
IDPs Supported by Haben Tigray in Mekelle and Shire, Tigray
Urgent Humanitarian Aid for IDPs in Tigray
Since early 2021, Haben Tigray and its members have been donating funds and whenever opportunities arise, sending resources to Tigray for the purpose of supplying urgent humanitarian assistance.
Helping Injured Children in Mekelle
Recipients of aid include Beti who lost her mom, her brother and her grandmother after heavy artillery in Axum. She survived but lost her two legs. The Mekelle physiotherapy center is helping her to walk again using artificial limbs.
In consultation with her doctors in, Haben Tigray members in Tigray bought her a bike which would help her to exercise walking and cycling with her man-made limbs.
Urgent Aid to IDPs and Residents in Mekelle and Shire
Haben Tigray allocated funds to our teams in Tigray to coordinate the purchase and delivery of multiple rounds of humanitarian aid operations to help families of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and residents in Mekelle and Shire. The recipients of emergency food, sanitary supplies and cash for medical expenses included hundreds of families of IDPs sheltered in various camps, female-headed households, individuals with disability, children with physical injuries, pregnant women, breast-feeding mothers, children and elders including those displaced from monasteries.
However, the amount of aid for each family and the number of families covered in this effort falls short of the needs on the ground.
TIGRAY is defined by its people
Truth is what we glorify; it sets and keeps us free.
Integrity, we are always who we say we are.
Generosity, we are helpful even to sworn enemies.
Resilience, we can persevere any misfortune.
Aspiration, we know that we will get to greatness.
YOU, Tegaru and friends always have Tigray’s back.