KEMBATTI MENTTI GEZZIMA -TOPE

(Kembatta Women  Self-help Center –Ethiopia)

Welcome to The KMG -Tope Home Page!!.
 

KGM stands for  "Kembatti Mentti Gezzima ". It is Kembatic for "Kembatta Women Pooling Their Labor Together". Tope is Ethiopia for this language. KMG -Tope is an indigenous Non-Govermental Organization formed by Ethiopians who believe that if the talent and intelligence of women are nurtured, the quality of everyone's life will improve.  The KMG center, in Kembatta District in southern Ethiopia, will help women toward secure livelihood and better health, and assist communities in environmental restoration.  The Kembata Women's self-help Center -- Ethiopia believes and works in the spirit of the following quote:
      " IF YOU THINK A YEAR AHEAD, SOW SEEDS.
        IF YOU THINK TEN YEARS AHEAD, PLANT A TREE.
        IF YOU THINK HUNDRED YEARS AHEAD, EDUCATE PEOPLE."

                                                                                                    -Anonymous


Thus any sustainable development must include education!!  The KMG is a Women focused Integrated Community Development Center which will help women and communities to secure livelihood, better health, and restore the depleted environment through education. You can learn more about KMG -Tope and its activities by clicking on the following items.
 
      The KMG Activities
The Kembatta Region and Its Population
If you would like to support KMG and its activities, please send me email by clicking here or contact Boge Gebre, The founder of KMG-Tope:

Boge Gebre, Executive Secretary
Kembatti Mentti Gezzima- Tope
Post Office Box 13438
Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
TEL : (251-1) 51-17-40
FAX : (251- 1) 51-15-49
Email: kmg_tope@yahoo.com

Contact Person in the US:
Bridget McBride
TEL: (323)651-1336
FAX: (323)651-0921


If you have comments or suggestions, email me at lersado@vt.edu