Tag: ethiopia

UNICEF has awarded the Abyssinian Fund a $5,000 grant to help expand its training of coffee farmers in the Ethiopian community of Chaffee Jenette.  This marks the first time the one-year-old Abyssinian Fund has received a grant from the global organization mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s […]

Clem Richardson, a columnist for the New York Daily News, featured the Abyssinian Fund in a recent column. Here’s a link to his story: Abyssinian pastor’s new fund helps lift Ethiopian java farmers out of poverty

The Abyssinian Fund will exhibit for sale 18 original pieces of Ethiopian art work during the Harlem Fine Arts Show this week. Visitors to the celebrated art show at The Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive, will be able to view and purchase the art work, produced by emerging Ethiopian artists who rarely get a chance […]

Lecture on ‘Connecting Communities through Development Projects’ Rev. Nicholas Richards, president of the Harlem-based Abyssinian Fund, will lead a Thursday evening discussion on how communities in the U.S. can partner with Ethiopian coffee farmers. The panel, entitled ‘From Harlem to Addis: Connecting Communities through Development Projects’, will take place 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. February […]