MELCA Ethiopia has been named as the organisation with the most entrepreneurial approach to education in Ethiopia in the Educating Africa Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education.

With over 350 entries from all over Africa, MELCA Ethiopia has done exceptionally well to be named a country winner in the competition. It’s unique and entrepreneurial approach to education meant that it caught the judges’ attention even despite this being the most competitive competition to date. This is the fifth time that the Pan African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education have been run by UK-based international development charity, Teach A Man To Fish.

“Aba dire is our life. It is our culture and identity. We pray for peace and stability to our God under this tree. It is the shade under which we share our happiness in times of prosperity and our sorrows during adverse times. Now we are losing this tree also because of the outlaws and you, who are reluctant to enforce the law to control criminals. Our survival is being endangered” this is a quotation from what an elder of Ula Foata community said.

The Sheka forest covers a unique bio-geographic unit extending from cold and very wet highlands bordering Illubabor zone of Oromia regional state and Kafa zone to hot lowland areas bordering Gambella regional state and the Bench-Maji zone.