International Board

Anna Getaneh, Founder/ Creative Director African Mosaique, Founder/ Chair ECF Children’s Fund, Addis Ababa

Alex Yosef, GM, Jenaan International, Addis Ababa

Amsale Aberra, Co-founder / Creative Director, Amsale, New York

John Canady, Senior Advisor, National Philanthropic Trust, London

Manoj Narender Madnani, DSA Investments Inc, Dubai

Marcus Samuelsson, Celebrity Chef, Author and Entrepreneur, New York

Meskerem Asrat, Former Executive Director, ECF Children’s Fund, New York

Ronald D. Brown, R.D. Brown & Associates, New York

Advisory Board - Ethiopia

Getachew Kassaye

Yoseph Tekle Mariam

Child Sponsors

Sheraton Addis, Jean Pierre Manigoff, Alain Berdouare, Samuel Adinew and Dee (Dereje), Jade Brown, Abraham Zemuy, Yemaneh Zemuy. Meskerem, Amsale Abera and Neil Brown, Jean-Louis Dumas, Abby Erdmann, Shira Erlichman, Erika Falconeri, Perine Fernando, Robert and Melinda Gerrard, Andy Goldman, Teresa Clarke, Lene Hall, Ephraim Isaac, Bill Karg, Hirut Kassaye, Gurmit Kaur, Kruh, Margareth Lahoussaye-Duvigny, Rita Matsuura, Yongbok Mayer, Tewodros Mequanenet, Tony Musembi, Leen Persico, Ekwe Quaye, Tekonme Quaye, Marie C. Rhone, Marcus Samuelsson, J. Schachter, Margaret Snyder, Heliane Steden, Mika Tarao, Mahmoud Thiam, Raeven Western, Abby Zeichner, Irvin Kicks, Henock Samuel Adinew, Yename Mekonnen

Fund Raising Committee

Meskerem Asrat. Adeelah Carrim, Alejandro Conde, Diana Erdmann-Sager, Erika Falconeri, Perine Fernando, Hirut Getachew, Adey Getaneh, Vincent Hornoy, Rahel Kebede, Dani Leone, Julie Malin, Leen Persico, Myriam Said, Stephanie Peters, Yodit Seifu, Hanna Shiferaw, Yeshiwork Shiferaw, Kaleb Tarrekegn, Admassu Tadesse.

Donors

AMADE, British Council, Addis Ababa, Energie Assistance, Belgium, Ethiopian Airlines, GTZ, Irish Aid, Mango Productions, Queen of Sheba New York, Sheraton Addis, Tory Burch, USAID, Irish Aid, Addis Ababa Villa Pacri, New York

ECF is made possible by the collaboration of so many individuals and organizations. Our deepest apologies to individuals who were inadvertently omitted.