CHOSEN GENERATION
We are a board-led nonprofit organization registered in Ethiopia under the revised Civil Societies Law 1113/2019 with registry number 4908 in hopes of bringing a sustainable change in the lives of vulnerable children and youth in the country.
Chosen Generation is founded by Kaleab Tadesse and Raji Daniel, both experienced individuals in the humanitarian sector and passionate about helping those in need! Their involvement in humanitarian organizations since childhood
has inspired them to establish this organization and fulfill their lifetime dream of supporting children and youth by the assistance of Making the Grade: Hope for African Youth (MTG), a registered 501(c) non-profit organization in The United States of America, and Shelly Dollar.
Having a combined of over ten years’ experience in the area of nonprofits, Kaleab and Raji are now working towards their vision of creating a country where children and youth aren’t a victim of poverty. With the support of Chosen Generation’s Board of Directors, staffs, volunteers and partners they plan on making the organization known for the great impact it’s bringing in the lives of many.
Founders
The Team
Raji Daniel
Aschalew Tesfaye
Ayantu Beshea
Chief Executive Officer
Ayantu Beshea
Aschalew Tesfaye
Ayantu Beshea
Accountant
Aschalew Tesfaye
Aschalew Tesfaye
Aschalew Tesfaye
Project Coordinator
Board of Directors
Tsedale Kinfu
Robel Teferedegn
Robel Teferedegn
Chairperson
Tsedale is a woman with high expectations with the energy and commitment to set and meet challenging goals.
Tsedale is the Founder and General Manager of New Bright Community Development Center. She founded the organization with a vision to see confident, visionary, economically empowered and self-reliant society in Ethiopia. S
Chairperson
Tsedale is a woman with high expectations with the energy and commitment to set and meet challenging goals.
Tsedale is the Founder and General Manager of New Bright Community Development Center. She founded the organization with a vision to see confident, visionary, economically empowered and self-reliant society in Ethiopia. She received her MA from Addis Ababa University.
The organization focuses on transforming the lives of unprivileged children and youth through education and skill enhancement, creating a safe environment and protecting them from unhealthy practices. Her journey working with her local community began 10 years back as a social worker with a strong desire to contribute to poverty reduction.
Robel Teferedegn
Robel Teferedegn
Robel Teferedegn
Vice Chairperson
Robel is a BSc graduate from Addis Ababa University and did his master’s at the University of Liverpool with Business Administration specializing in Marketing.
For the past thirteen years he has been engaged in training, consultancy, teaching, assumed managerial position, found and managed consultancy firm and restaurant. H
Vice Chairperson
Robel is a BSc graduate from Addis Ababa University and did his master’s at the University of Liverpool with Business Administration specializing in Marketing.
For the past thirteen years he has been engaged in training, consultancy, teaching, assumed managerial position, found and managed consultancy firm and restaurant. He is also a reputable trainer at Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and other organizations.
He is currently the Managing Partner and General Manager of Greater Business Consultancy Plc. and Managing Partner of Robel and Tadious Whole Sale and Retail Company. He has worked at Unity University and assumed managerial position as dean and department head.
Hanna Mamo
Robel Teferedegn
Hanna Mamo
Secretary
Hanna is an ambitious and driven professional with a passion for empowering youth in Africa and a comprehensive knowledge of data collection, Economic and political analysis, risk assessment and market analysis. She received her bachelors of Science in Economics from Addis Ababa University, School of Commerce and her Master’s deg
Secretary
Hanna is an ambitious and driven professional with a passion for empowering youth in Africa and a comprehensive knowledge of data collection, Economic and political analysis, risk assessment and market analysis. She received her bachelors of Science in Economics from Addis Ababa University, School of Commerce and her Master’s degree from Lincoln University in Masters of Business Administration.
Hanna works as a Junior Consultant to the African Union Commission (AUC) to support and enhance the Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division’s (CPEWD) collaboration with CSOs and establishment of a network of Youth Organizations on Peace and Security with the Youth 4 Peace Program. She has taken part in assisting in the development of a continental framework on Youth, Peace and Security ad developing communication strategies for different companies and many more.
Berite Gudeta
Berite Gudeta
Berite Gudeta
Board Member
Berite is a passionate woman who aspires to change the society and create awareness on different topics especially on human rights. Berite is a law school graduate from Addis Ababa University and has won a scholarship to study her LLM at Addis Ababa University from a highly reputable international law firm called DLA Piper due
Board Member
Berite is a passionate woman who aspires to change the society and create awareness on different topics especially on human rights. Berite is a law school graduate from Addis Ababa University and has won a scholarship to study her LLM at Addis Ababa University from a highly reputable international law firm called DLA Piper due to her work as a human rights defender and activist.
She has always been passionate about defending people from gross human rights violations that she started volunteering in different offices in Ethiopia like EWLA (Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association) as a legal aid provider. In addition to her work with EWLA she also started volunteering at the Addis Ababa University-run Human Rights Center where she worked as a legal aid provider for victims of human rights violations; women, children and refugees made up a large part of the clients she dealt with.
Yonas Wondimu
Berite Gudeta
Berite Gudeta
Board Member
Yonas holds Master's degree in Marketing from Addis Ababa University and has a long standing experience of working at local and international NGO’s at the administrative and finance areas. He is currently the awards manager for US portfolio awards at Save the Children International (SCI). As an awards manager for US Portfolio
Board Member
Yonas holds Master's degree in Marketing from Addis Ababa University and has a long standing experience of working at local and international NGO’s at the administrative and finance areas. He is currently the awards manager for US portfolio awards at Save the Children International (SCI). As an awards manager for US Portfolio Awards Yonas is responsible for overseeing of all US Portfolio Awards are compliant to SCI and donor requirement, manage staffs, budget management, donor communications, program staff and partner capacity buildings, follow up on award review action points, coordinate and facilitate award audits, review trends and identify gaps and work on system that can help organization systematize donor & SCI compliance requirements
Through the portfolio he supervises big USAID, UNHCR, BPRM, Gates Foundation and other individual donor grants which hold 60% of the overall organization budget at SCI Ethiopia country office and 19 sub partner organizations.