Our Story
From Gemashe to California and Back Again
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Our family began a journey of support. We raised funds and outfitted the entire school with benches, ensuring every child had a place to sit and learn.
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We returned to open a kindergarten classroom — a joyful milestone that welcomed the youngest learners into a nurturing space for the first time.
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My daughter, deeply moved by the conditions she witnessed, chose to donate her Sweet 16 birthday to the school. She asked the community what they needed most. Their answer: a bathroom. With her leadership and generosity from our extended community, $3,700 was raised, and the school’s first bathroom is now complete.
This summer, we are returning to celebrate that success — not just the construction of a bathroom, but the building of trust, partnership, and possibility.
Now, we ask again: What’s next?
That question — asked not on behalf of, but with the Gemashe community — is at the heart of everything we do through The Injera Project and Amare n Tsehay. Together, we are co-creating the future: one project, one classroom, one injera at a time.