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Mela

We publish the first and the only Ethiopian women's quarterly magazine in Massachusetts

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OUR PROGRAMS

are aimed at fostering economic empowerment and eliminating social conditions that perpetuate poverty

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I need a person in need: Adbar serves refugees and immigratnt women and their families. Visit "Services" to read more about what we offer for help. I am a volunteer: With the help of volunteers, Adba aims to strengthen the capacity of the organization to respond to community needs and to better carry out the mission and vision of the organization is strengthened. Visit "Get Involved" for ways to volunteer. I am a donor: Adbar is a 501(c)3 non profit organization and needs your help. Visit "Donate" for numerous ways to contribute to our mission. Together we are strengthening our community.
Every month we provide space to discuss issues that are pertinent to women's and girls lives, to build nurturing relationships and to get a taste of other culture, food, and ways of life! If you are interested, please call or email us. We look forward to hearing from you! 1151 Massachusetts AvenueCambridge, MA 02138Tel. (617) 234-8981 adbar_ethiopianwomen.org Learn more>

About Us

About Us Welcome/ SelamAdbar Ethiopian Alliance is the first and only female-headed organization of its kind in Massachusetts. Adbar, provides empowerment programs, services, and links to other providers to meet the needs of newly arrived immigrants and refugees as well as homeless, low-income, and at-risk individuals and families. We offer skill-building training, economic and social empowerment programs, and a range of related support services and resources. Adbar welcomes participants and volunteers from all cultures who are interested in strengthening and empowering immigrants and low-income women and girls.In 1993, the lack of an Ethiopian women's organization that responds directly to immigrant/refugee womens issues in the Greater Bostons Ethiopian community, motivated a group of individuals to unite and create an Ethiopian womens organization to address this deficit. In 1994, the Adbar Ethiopian Womens Alliance was officially launched, as the first and the only Ethiopian women's organization, with a focus on personal, social, economic and cultural growth, in Massachusetts.Our Mission Adbar Woman's Alliance is unique in that its mission is two-fold. First, Adbar is committed to empower, strengthen, and enhance the status of immigrant and other marginalized women and girls through community organizing, advocacy, and collaboration with organizations that have shared objectives and common concerns. Our mission is to encourage them to become agent of changes, and to grow both as individuals and as active members of our community and the community at large. Second, is to assist newly arrived immigrants and refugees, as well as homeless, low-income and at-risk individuals and families, by providing services and marketable skills to overcome short-term crisis. Our Vision StatementAdbar Ethiopian Womens Alliance will offer a safe and welcoming place for immigrant and other low-income women. Adbar actively collaborates with other womens and human rights organizations, as well as with businesses and community institutions, to create innovative programs in the pursuit of excellence on a sound fiscal basis.

What Adbar Means

Adbar is an Ethiopian word meaning a female "goddess"--a symbol of love, peace, harmony, justice and motherhood. Adbar also represents Earth and the spirit or underlying force of a community. Adbar recalls a living power, a gathering place, and stability.

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About Mela

ABOUT MELA

We publish, Mela , which is the publication is the first and the only Ethiopian womens quarterly magazine in Massachusetts since 2000. The magazine serves as avenue for expression and advocacy tool for immigrant, and other marginalized women and girls, writers, and poets, to showcase their skills.

Mela means "solution" in Amharic the Ethiopian national language. It is in our effort to reach out to the Ethiopian community and the general American public at large.

Mela is a modest forum that entertains views, opinions, and questions from the readers in both Amharic and English. We expect from our readers critic, informative ideas and views that improve our newsletter. We also would like to invite every one to join our newsletter team.

Please send your articles to:

Mela

c/o Ethiopian Adbar Women's Alliance

PO Box 382302

or email your articles to adbar_ethiopianwomen.org

Please support the publication of Mela by subscribing, advertising or donating

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Our Awards

Our Awards

Organizational Awards & Recognition

•2004 , from The City Council of Boston in recognition of Adbars its mission to empower & strengthen Ethiopian women and Girls to pursue their rights to economic justice and human freedom;

•2004, from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the House Of Representatives, in recognition of our commitment to Ethiopian women in Massachusetts providing support, self-esteem, self determination, access to information, education and community services ;

•2000, received certificate of recognition from Mayor Menino for our participation in "Boston Vote 2000" and Civic Education.

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•2000, awarded certificate of recognition from the United States of Department of Commerce for our participation in the "United States Census 2000."

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•2000, Received certificate of recognition from the entire members of the Cambridge City Council for our collaboration with Jose Mateo Ballet Theater to reach out to the larger American audience as well a public officials .

•1999, received an award from the Ethiopian Community for our commitment and involvement in the lives of Ethiopian immigrants and refugees women and their families in our community.

•1998, awarded a certificate of recognition in from the cross-cultural organizers of "Sharing the Journey," an annual event in Cambridge.

•1997, Received a certificate of recognition at Boston City Hall in from Mayor Menino for our efforts to reach out to the larger U.S. public.

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Programs and Services

PROGRAMS & SERVICES

Our services and programs are designed to assist and empower immigrant and non-immigrant low-income women with support and skills-building resources. Adbars work centers on assisting often-traumatized people through the emotionally demanding legal process of immigration. We help by providing legal assistance, interpretation, translation of documents, and advocacy to give voice to the concerns of immigrant women as well as other low-income women and families. We offer consultation services to business, and other travelers to Ethiopia, as well as a pre-and post adoption consultation for adoptive parents. We serve people who are often isolated from legal and other assistance by economic, social, language and culture barriers. In addition, we offer the following services:

Amharic lesson: Because the need for multilingual citizens in our society is evident, Adbar offers lessons in Amharic (the official language of Ethiopia) to children, adoptive parents and business people and travelers. We also educate students who speak and/or understand Amharic at home and want to learn to read and write in Amharic or to develop their speaking and literacy skills.

Literacy: Adbar promotes womens literacy as a tool for personal growth and social change. We encourage networking, education, action, and resource development. As a grassroots organization we have seen firsthand the ways the literacy education opens a world of opportunity for women and girls.

Womens traditional monthly forum: We offer free traditional support and counseling services for our many women and families facing various issues and concerns. In a non-judgmental and caring environment and a comfortable setting, we help women to collaborate with other women. Our monthly forums are also designed to assist and to help improve womens self-confidence and to resolve issues and concerns through traditional peer counseling.

Orientation and acculturation sessions: We focus on serving refugee/immigrants and marginalized women and families. We also seek to break down the barriers of understanding that prevent women from achieving social adjustment and employment. Our goal is to help immigrant and other low- income women to become employable and socially integrated.

Mela: We publish, Mela , which is the publication is the first and the only Ethiopian womens quarterly magazine in Massachusetts since 2000. The magazine serves as avenue for expression and advocacy tool for immigrant, and other marginalized women and girls, writers, and poets, to showcase their skills.

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Partners

PARTNERS

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We can offer many references, upon request.

Additional Links

The Cambridge Women's Center
The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless
The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition(MIRA)

Adbar Ethiopian Women's Alliance

Visit:

Mon-Fri: 9am – 5pm

Sat, Sun: By Appointment

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 382302

Cambridge, MA 02138

Phone: 617.234.8981

Fax: 617.864.9378

adbar_ethiopianwomen.org

EASY ACCESS

Adbar is accessable by public transportation-bus and Metro. We are three blocks away from the Harvard T station and right next to the Inn at Harvard.

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We are looking for volunteers in the following areas:

FUNDRAISING

EVENT PLANNING

COMPUTER CENTER: (TEACHING COMPUTER SKILLS MAINTENANCE & SUPERVISION)

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOTAPING

WEBSITE MAINTENANCE & TECH ASSISTANCE

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-Boston University

Rahel Ayalew

-Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

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- Bowdoin College

Katie Fuller (right)

- Colby College

Helen Fassil

-Tufts University

Hana Chicovsky

-Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School

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ABOUT US

Please send donation checks to us at : Adbar Ethiopian Women's Alliance P.O. Box 382302Cambridge, MA 02138Donations can be made in one gift or through pledges, paid monthly, quarterly, or annually by check.
Adbar Women's Alliance is a non-profit organization with Section 501(c) (3) status. Whatever you can give will make a difference for women and their families. Your donation will help to keep this valuable mission alive and help us help others to help themselves. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Help women help themselves, victims of domestic violence families struggling with mental illness, or any number of issues that cause people to feel helpless, hopeless and despair. Please join us.

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Support our Projects

Support Our Projects
Sheba Cleaning Service: Our cleaning service is designed to foster economic empowerment thereby reducing or eliminating social conditions that perpetuate poverty. Why do we do this? Because creating jobs and helping people help themselves one person at a time is the most effective way to get people gets out of poverty. We believe that instilling the value of work also helps to break the cycle of poverty. That is why we need you to support our social center as we partner with individuals and families. We aim to provide all with opportunities that strengthen their self-confidence, professional skills, and financial stability.Mesob Ethiopian Food Catering Service and authentic cooking lessons: This project fosters womens economic autonomy as well as to addressing the economic inequity that perpetuates silence and disenfranchisement. It is also helps to bring communities together by increasing our understanding each others culture.Ethiopian Dance Lessons: These classes are also designed to bring communities together when we try to engage with other communities other than our own. They also help women achieve a sense of accomplishment and economic empowerment.

Donate your Old Car

Donate Your Old Car
Donate your unwanted car to an IRS tax deduction Your car donation will be used for our cleaning and catering service. As we aim to provide all with job opportunities that strengthen their self-confidence and financial stability.

Alternative Giving

Alternative Giving!
Donate in honor your friend, colleague, or loved one. This way you are helping Adbar make a difference in the lives of families and individuals experiencing domestic violence and homelessness while they are trying to rebuild their lives again!

Become a Member Today

Become a Member Today!

Your $25 tax-deductible contribution provides you with:

*A subscription to Mela.

*Free advertising in Mela for one year.

Please take a moment to fill out the form. Simply click on the button above, flll out the form and send it in with a tax-deductible contribution of $25 to the address below

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Buy Our Handmade Jewelry
Inspired by tribal elements, these beautiful collections combine the touch of handmade jewelry with the brilliance of natural stones and intricately designed beads. The natural elements include: brown amber, blue stone, colorful glass beads. Sipping to save lives and shop til we stop Cancer campaigns and events planned around the USA and in Ethiopia.

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When you buy our hand-made designed by talented artists as well as recycling materials from Adbar you are not only helping us help low- income women girls help themselves the and live as members of stable the community, but you are also helping the environment. Click to see the cards.

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