News & Events
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Latest Events
Fundraiser
Premiums
Summer 2025
Fundraiser
After many years of house, park, or
restaurant gatherings, we decided to do something different this summer.
With a donation of $100 or more you can pick your EEF swag!
Choices: Adjustable ball cap, knit beanie, or tote bag.
Please indicate your choice with your check or via email if you donate online.
These are great looking items! Wear them proudly and share the story of the program.
Created for EEF by TAGS, Olympia.
Community Partners
Whidbey African Store
390 NE Midway Blvd.
Oak Harbor
Store sells African goods and EEF coffee. Visit & support Juliet Dei.
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Olympic Crest Coffee
Roaster
4211 Pacific Ave,
Olympia
Roasting EEF Ethiopian coffee for us for over eight years! Visit & support Chuck.
Buy coffee year-round from Board members or at Whidbey African Store.
Fantastic!
August 11, 2024
2pm-4pm
Olympia Fundraiser
Gather together to celebrate the success of EEF students. Snacks, coffee and new stories and updates about the students. Bring a friend.
New Traditions
300 5th Ave SW
Olympia
Store will be open!
One More Year
A video produced by Rochelle Stowe, co-director, and husband Jake in 2013 about the history and students of the Ethiopian Education Fund. The video highlights how just one more year of education can change a student's life.
Resources & Links
Narrative included in the 501c3 application in 2011. It contains more details about the EEF program objectives.
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Our board member Jeffery Ried talked about the Ethiopian Education Fund and his work in Ethiopia and Togo in this podcast about people who travel to work. November 24, 2023 "Travel to Work" podcast hosted by Thais Miller.
Presented by Board Member Jeff Ried to Olympia World Affairs Council September 17, 2020 via Zoom.
DFG is changing the status quo through quality menstrual care solutions, health education, and income-generating opportunities that give back days of opportunity and health.
A creative short video on how we can inspire change for girls everywhere, by focusing on their well being starting at age 12.
The Moment Of Lift, How Empowering Women Changes the World, by Melinda Gates, Flatiron Books 2019
Half The Sky, Turning Oppression Into Opportunity For Women Worldwide, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf Publishing, 2009
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Gender Parity- This Ethiopian Ministry of Science and Higher Education article reports a rise in females entering public universities. It also points out that Secondary School is where many females drop out of the education system for a variety of reasons. This is exactly where EEF's support makes a critical difference.
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/world-view/gender-parity-and-leaking-pipeline-0
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​Young Women in Africa: Agents of Economic Growth and Transformation By 2030 - Mastercard Foundation (mastercardfdn.org) https://mastercardfdn.org/report/young-women-in-africa-agents-of-economic-growth-and-transformation-by-2023/