Good Samaritan Ethiopia was formerly known as The Good Samaritan Training Center (GSTC). It was founded by Mrs. Elisabeth Abebe Gizachew. Elisabeth grew up with a passion to help the poor and needy around her, especially women, girls and childeren. Her desire to help people was kindled further while she was attending a women empowerment training in Sweden Uppsala Samaritan Training center in 1989 G.C. She visited a center where blind women were knitting shawls for sale to send the proceeding assit the underprivileged women in Ethiopia and Cameroon. The experence assured of the possibility of making a difference in the lives of the poor and the needy in Ethiopia. Elisabeth began the journey of establishing The Good Samaritan Training Center with a startup capital of 10.50 Birr.

"I used to help the poor farmers when I was at the age of 9 taking or stealing salt from my mom's and give to the farmers who use to bring us grain and coffee from our land i love the farmers and the poor till know i want to help my poor community this was born in me at the age of 9 till them after i finished my education i want to apply it, so i have been working with some NGOS which is working and helping women and children so finally I established GOOD Samaritan Training Center in 2003 with confidence to train my fellow women teaching them that. we women are very strong because GOD created us from the bone according to the word of GOD Gen.2 ;23-25 so we can do, we can make a difference ,in the life of so many women and children taking this opportunity i would like to pass my message to all women in the world don't loose hope be strong and start working with what you have in your hand . if 10.50 birr/1 USD make a difference we can think what we have and have vision of progress so we can do and we can make a difference .since 2004 - 2022 we train more than 3000 women and school drop young girls in sowing ,hairstayling ,knitting food preparation ,most of them create job the others get employment in different Embassies in food preparation in UN agenesis resident restaurants hotels in different salones to day they are some body so if we are strong we can help our selfes and others the 2nd project was The light house school project which we are working in Oromia regional state at Holeta again where the poor farmers are living at the Mendegudena keble we start with the vison of my doughtier Rachel Habtamu Tarku who loves children and collect them from village s when we where living in Addis kg 1--3 in 2005 opened and know we are in holeta ,working with government to open grad 1--6 hope our plan is to expand education in a rulare area and train women and make them work hard to help them selfes and families the other is we have day care center in a very modern way feed the kids age 2-3 keep them safe clean till their parents who are working as a daly laborer and the one who are getting training in our center they can keep their kids for a day .future plain is to open old age center for old peoples age 70and more .I would like to ask any one who can read this website to donate or be partener or donar to make us contenu this good work . Elizabeth Abebe Gezacw ,funder and general manger of GSE. GOD BLESS ETHIOPIA AND AFRICA AND ALL OVER THE NATION OF THE WORLD." Mrs. Elizabeth Abebe Gizachew Founder of GSE

Development interventions that focus on vocational skills training (VST) in catering and culinary arts (food preparation), tailoring (sewing), and beautification of women (hair dresssing) are the three major types of trainng offered by GSE at its own Training center, Pre-school education, day care services for toddlers and pre-school childeren and lighthouse schools are the other components of GSE program. The day care services for pre-school age children are designed in such a way to make young mothers free from child care and focus on their vocational skills and till they graduate and start income generating busineesses. Teh children are given food, clothes, health care and education by well trained teachers and caretakers. Our daycare center is one of the model centers selecte dby local government and donors. The third important area of intervention added recently is the rehabilitation, reunification with their families and reintegration.

The leadership of the organization plays networking roles with donors and partner agenices including private secotrs and civil society organizations to empower the underpriviledged beneficiaries of the program, promoting gender equality and inclusiveness while enhancing the quality of livelihood for the target beneficiaries.

Partnership for Change (PfC), A Norway based humanitarian organization is fully supporting our daycare project and vcational skills training project since 2015. We extended our healtfelt thanks to PfC on behalf the beneficiary women and children whose lives are being changed on sustainable basis.

GSE operates in Nefas Silk Lafto Sub-city and AKaki Kaliti Sub-city of Addis Ababa, and Holeta town of Oromia Regional State. The organization envisions reaching more disadvantaged women, girls, youth and children in other towns and regional state of Ehtiopia.

Since its foundatioin, more than 3000 women and school dropout girls graduated in different types of vocational skills. Most of our graduate pass the COC (Certificate of COmpetency) exam to get officially accepted certifacte and employement in their respective field of training. Access to soft loan is facilitated for those interested in starting their own businesses by organizing them in to self-help gorups (SHG). Vision Fund Micro-financing Institution is partenring with us to provide soft loans for graduates from our vocational skill training project. In second bi-annual of 2021, a total of 26 VSC graduates were organised in self-help groups and got access to soft loan to start their own businesses. Soft loan for another 20 vocational skills graduate women in being processed.

200 male street childeren benefited from the Urban Destitute Support Proejct at Akaki center since 2019. The childeren were rehabilitated, reunited with their families and reintegrated ecomonically, educationallly and Socially. Vocational SKill training was offered to 50 of these street children in 2020 and 2021. Some of these children have started their own business after reunification with their families while others are employed by priveate business owners.

60 children under 3 years of age were cared for at the Akaki daycare center since we began the service in 2021. ALl the children belong to mothers whose families are under very difficult economic situation. Such mothers are able to engage themselves in income generating activities as they become free from the responsibility of childcare.

Income generating schemes are being initiated and promoted that include bakery, hair dressing, catering, and evening VST to women at an affordable tuition fee.

A total of 67 children age 4 - 6 attended school at lighthouses and benefited from child sponsorship program at Holeta town and in Addis Ababa. Saving accounts were opened for each child in the branches of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia as a bond for future withdrawal.

Over 1000 jobless young women will be trained in the three vocational skills, get access to loans and start business.

Over 400 toddlers and pre-school children will get daycare service.

Some 500 children will receive quality education including access to school materials, food, public library and physical activity facilities.

1500 households will benefit from primary care clinic to be established by the organization.

200 aged people (over 65 years) will receive care in a geriatric center envisaged for establishment.

We plan to establish 3 grain mills as a community income generating scheme. More than 5000 households are expected to benefit from the initiative. The project will improve girls' school attendance and promote the health of women and young girls by reducing long distance travel and waste of time in search for grain mill.

We also have plan to open a beakery and a health care center in 2024 G.C.

Nifas Silk Lafto Lighthouse School: Pre-school education; KG, -KG4 (4 to 7 year olds) phased-out in 2015.

Holata Lightlouse School: Preschool education: KG1-KG4 (4-7 year olds): 2005-to-date. 67 children currently enrolled.