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Aisha Foundation is a non- governmental non-political Ethiopian resident charitable organization striving to help the needy blind and visually impaired girls and women. The foundation is established in 2011 and legally registered by Charities and Societies Agency and re registered according to the new proclamation No. 1113/2018 in July 2018 Aisha Foundation was established by one compassionate woman called Ferida Abdullahi. The foundation is led by majority women; 100% of the board members and 80% of the staffs are women.
The foundation initially began its operation by helping two visually impaired girls to have their own well-mannered place to live, and providing them with school fees and financial assistance whenever possible. In subsequent years, the group size increased, which required us to place them into one small rented house. But after 8 years we were forced to disperse them, because of the high cost of house rent. Since then we give them monthly allowances that covers their living cost.
Aisha Foundation for the visually impaired is a non-governmental, non political and non-profit organization registered by the FDRE charities and societies agency. The association was registered on February 2011, in accordance with the charities and societies proclamation no.621/2009. Our NGO also gives importance to health part and provides medical help to the blind girls. We are supported by a team of doctors, trainers, and other volunteers, who help us in providing the facilities to our beneficiaries.
Aisha Foundation offers accommodation, school fees, food, clothing, educational materials, health care, and life skill training for visually impaired female students. The association is operating the ongoing activities in Addis Ababa Arada and Yeka Sub Cities in Woreda 07 and Woreda 03. Aisha Foundation have played a significant role in educational development of our beneficiaries. The principles of Aisha Charity Organization were and still would be: full and effective participations and integration of visually challenged women in society.
Aisha Foundation offers accommodation, school fees, food, clothing, educational materials, health care, and life skill training for visually impaired female students. The association is operating the ongoing activities in Addis Ababa Arada and Yeka Sub Cities in Woreda 07 and Woreda 03. Aisha Foundation have played a significant role in educational development of our beneficiaries. The principles of Aisha Foundation were and still would be: full and effective participations and integration of visually challenged women in society.
To assist these individuals in the development of personal independence and reintegration in to family and community.
To develop and maintain efficient and dynamic lines of communication among the various NGO’s to support our rehabilitation programs.
To increase the awareness of the society on the negative factors leading to loss of physical sight and early intervention to reduce the limit and impact of such factors.
Cooperation with government, national and international organizations to improve the visually impaired women situations.
Scientists in London have achieved a significant breakthrough on the road to curing blindness . Certain kinds of blindness are caused when photo-receptors – the cells in the retina that react with light and send an electrical signal to the brain die off. Researchers at moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London have, for the first time, created a technique to transform stem cells into photo-receptors and inject them into the eyes of mice. The BBC reports that studies of this technique in humans are not terribly far off, Says lead researcher Robin Ali, “Five years is a now a realistic aim for starting a clinical trial.”
To restore vision, safely and effectively, is an enormous challenge,” Says Susan Solomon, the founder of the New York Stern Cell Foundation (NYSCF), she tells the TED Blog. “We are incredibly excited by the British group’s advance in creating working photo-receptors from stern cells. However, many eye diseases do not discriminate between cell types, resulting in tissue-wide damage. At NYSCF, we enable work that complements the British group’s advance. Our collaborators have been applying similar techniques to create the eye cells supportive of photo-receptors.”
Aisha Foundation’s envisions a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes and where visually impaired people participate equally in their society
To empower blind and visually impaired women and girls in Ethiopia by creating equitable environments in economic opportunities, education and health facilities.
