SEFI MELAKU WERKU
BSc MATHEMATICS
JULY 2012
Sefi now has full time employment in a government office.
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Sefi Melaku
2011 Age 20 Years
Sefi is studying Mathematics at Jijiga University. In her second year she scored 2.5 out of a possible 4. She has now been promoted to third year.
As Jijiga is so far away from Lalibela, (1,330 Km.) her biggest expense is for travelling. It costs her 850 Birr each way to come home to Lalibela. She didn’t get home last summer, but managed to save up for this year and was home in the summer to visit her friends and family.
It has been agreed to continue her monthly payment of 600 Birr with 2 performance related bonuses, paying up to 400 Birr each.
Sefi Melaku
2010 Age 19 years
Sefi is studying Computational Science at Jijiga University. As the facilities at University were not completed in time, her course did not start until February 2010. Because of this, first year is not yet finished, and her results are not available. Continue reading Sefi Melaku
Sefi Melaku
2009 Age 18 years
Sefi’s family farm in a village 45 Km. from Lalibela. She has 3 sisters and 1 brother. To support her education, she has worked as a servant in Lalibela. This has given her board and lodgings.
I quote from her application form “It is hard to take pride in a bridge that you can’t cross and in a door that you can’t open. I have nothing to cross the bridge ahead of me and nothing to open the door that acts as the gateway to my
life and economic independence.”
We are opening the door!
She has gained a place at Jijiga University to study Computational Science (Biology ,Chemistry, Physics + teaching qualification). It has been agreed to give her 900 Birr every month (£45), with an incentive bonus of 600 Birr on successful completion of semester 1 and another 600 Birr on successful completion
of first year.