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Your monthly gift keeps kids in school and helps moms grow businesses.
- Dependable — it shows up every month
- Simple — you've made a plan
- Personal — you’ll be part of something big
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Your monthly gift is the most powerful way to support Roots Ethiopia. It provides reliable support for schooling, skills, and stability. Explore other giving options in the dropdown above. Or, start here with a monthly gift that families can count on.
Your monthly gift is the most powerful way to support work you care about.
Unshakeable in our vision of a poverty-free world
Imagine not sending your child to school because you can’t afford a uniform, pen, or notebook. Or spending your day doing manual labor and earning less than fifty cents. That’s the reality for many families in rural Ethiopia.
Monthly donors are the heart of our mission. Your reliable support means we can respond at the right time with the right resources. When schools need supplies, when moms need job training, and when families face hunger, we show up because you are walking beside us, month after month.
When you join The Roots as a monthly donor, you help kids stay in school, help moms grow strong businesses, and help families move forward with determination and confidence.
This is the power of your monthly gift.
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How Your Monthly Gift Powers Real Change in Ethiopia
Over 2.6 million children are out of school in Ethiopia. Most families rely on unpredictable rain-fed farming, and 90% of children face multiple and measurable deprivations.
But your monthly gift changes that. It helps children go to school, supports mothers to build businesses, and strengthens schools in the poorest communities.
How You Make a Difference
School Improvements: You help schools add labs, libraries, and trained teachers.
Student Sponsorships: You help students stay in school instead of working.
Women’s Self-Help Groups: You help moms build businesses to support their families.
What Monthly Giving Means to Students
“If the support of Roots Ethiopia was not there, I would have quit school and migrated in search of work. This support is the backbone and source of security for my education. My whole family is highly benefitting from the support, especially the food support that is enough for all of us.”
— Zemanesh, age 16
Why Monthly Donors Give
“The life I want for my grandchildren is the life I want for children and mothers in Ethiopia. Monthly giving makes that possible.”
~ Margaret W.
