HELP US EMPOWER AFRICA
ONE VILLAGE AT A TIME
ONE VILLAGE AT A TIME
What We Do
Improve education and livelihood of poor rural African communities
Go to Rural Agriculture and Development
Rural Agriculture and Development
Grow East Africa is partnering with the local community to elevate poverty by distributing 3 goats (2 female 1 male) to rural in-need families and training them on how to care for the animals. GEA is also helping a group of internally displaced ladies, and local in-need families to improve their livelihoods by growing nutritional vegetables, quinoa, and teff.
Go to Education
Education
Education is a primary key to overcoming poverty and building lasting opportunities for growth and development. Burji District school infrastructures are in state of disrepair and the schools lack modern teaching materials including computers and access to textbooks and libraries.
Go to Clean Water
Clean Water
Many young and elderlies suffer from water born illness such as diarrhea due to usage of unclean water. In most places people and animals share the same source of water for drinking and house hold use
Go to Health Service
Health Service
In the Burji District of Southern Ethiopia for a population of 100,000, there are no hospitals. Instead, the community is serviced with three inadequately resourced clinics. Patients travel over 100 Km to receive health service.
Our Mission
Empower poor African rural communities for sustainable growth and development
Global partnering to impact lives in poor rural Africa
DBCO aka Grow East Africa is an international non-profit organization headquartered in San Marcos, California, with membership from North America, Europe, Australia and Africa.
Our vision is a prosperous Burji community living in peace and harmony.
Our Mission is partnering with minority and marginalized Burji communities in S. Ethiopia and N. Kenya to create lasting educational and livelihood opportunities.
DBCO will accomplish these goals by partnering with communities, local government and other national and international NGOs.
Most important factor to overcome poverty.
Poor health service result in children not attending school and farmers not working on the farm- all result in poverty.
Waterborne illnesses are one of the primary factors in children missing school and remaining in poverty.
Rural farmers use subsistence farming with poor crop rotation that often result in poor yield and uncertainity
Our Board
We are group of dedicated volunteers excited about our mission
Yohannes Chonde (Ph.D.)
Founder / CEO
A successful life thru the generosity and goodwill of many. It’s been an amazing journey from a village in Ethiopia to a Doctor in Chemistry, 27 years of R&D at the Dow Chemical Company, and Hwellt-Packard. We succeed by helping others succeed! It’s time to give back to the community!
Dr. Meshe D Chonde
Board Member
Dr. Meshe Chonde is a dedicated young physician-driven to help underserved rural families and children to improve their livelihoods. He believes education is the most important tool that can change lives for better.
Craig H. Neilson
Secretary
Craig Neilson is a businessman and humanitarian individual who spends most of his time caring for the well being of animals and people. Craig believes in sharing the abundance he has to fulfill a significant purpose in life, which is to help people and animals in need.
Wato Seif Mohammed
Country Manager
Wato has a bachelor’s degree in statistics and economics and he has over 15 years of experience working for international NGOs including Save the Children. Wato believes helping others is the best way to realize once value.
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News and Events
Fall 2019 GEA Vegetable Garden Initiative Update
GrowEastAfrica.org (GEA) is actively working in the Burji District of SNNPR Ethiopia. We work with internally displaced peoples (IDPs), primarly ladies, to improve their livelihoods. They grow nutritional vegetables, teff, and quinoa on 4.5 hectares of plot. In 2018, GEA installed a drip irrigation system on one hectare of the land for growing vegetables year Read more about Fall 2019 GEA Vegetable Garden Initiative Update[…]
Burji District Sustainable Solar Water Project
In the Burji District of Ethiopia, less than 10% of the communities have access to a clean water. HareWenji village, with a population of ~4000, is one such community where the girls and women spend hours to fetch water from distant open-source water. In October 2019, Grow East Africa partnered with Water Charity to bring Read more about Burji District Sustainable Solar Water Project[…]
GEA 2018-19 Harvest Update
Groweastafrica.org is improving the lives of poor rural farmers and internally displaced people (IDP) in the rural Burji District of Ethiopia. We help IDP families grow vegetable, Tef, and quinoa and distribute goats to rural poor families. In 2018 we expanded the vegetable and quinoa farm by 2.5 hectares to serve more families. On this Read more about GEA 2018-19 Harvest Update[…]
2018 GrowEastAfrica Goats Distribution and Vegetable Garden Initiatives.
Grow East Africa Organization is partnering with local communities, government, and other NGO to improve the livelihood of poor Burji farmers and families. We distribute 3-goats per family and help grow nutritional vegetables for 300 internally displaced peoples. Our 2018 plan is to expand both initiatives. For the vegetable garden, we increased the garden by Read more about 2018 GrowEastAfrica Goats Distribution and Vegetable Garden Initiatives.[…]
GrowEastAfrica.org Relief Distribution to Internally Displaced Burji From Bule Hora Guji Zone Ethiopia
Dear All, We are thankful and appreciative of all that responded to a humanitarian fundraising drive to provide for the daily survival needs for the 2017-year internally displaced Burji families. These families are residents of Hageremariam, a town in the Gujji zone of Oromia. In September through November 2017, homes and properties of the minority Read more about GrowEastAfrica.org Relief Distribution to Internally Displaced Burji From Bule Hora Guji Zone Ethiopia[…]
Growing Nutritional Vegetables and Quinoa – Sustainable Solutions to Hunger
GrowEastAfrica.org, a project of the Diaspora Burji Community Organization (EIN 47-3363829), is actively working in the Burji District of the SNNP region of Southern Ethiopia improving livelihoods of rural farmers and internally displaced peoples (IDPs) by employing vegetable gardening and planting quinoa. Our mission is to help improve livelihoods of these families with emphases on Read more about Growing Nutritional Vegetables and Quinoa – Sustainable Solutions to Hunger[…]
Distributing Goats to Improve Livelihoods of Rural Families -2018 Update
GrowEastAfrica.org, a project of the Diaspora Burji Community Organization (EIN 47-3363829), is actively working in the Burji District of the SNNP region of Southern Ethiopia. Our mission is to help improve the livelihoods of rural poor Ethiopian families. In particular, we are focused on improving access to 1) quality education, 2) clean water, 3) Read more about Distributing Goats to Improve Livelihoods of Rural Families -2018 Update[…]
2017 GrowEastAfrica.org Billa Goats Distribution Ceremony
Hello Friends and supporter. 2017 GrowEastAfrica.org Burji Goats Distribution project, one of the two initiatives to tackle poverty in rural Ethiopia had a very productive year. The number of recipients was increased by 150% of 2016. More families were given opportunity to improve their livelihood. We have implemented various learning from our 2016 activities. Our recipients Read more about 2017 GrowEastAfrica.org Billa Goats Distribution Ceremony[…]
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