# WORKNEH DECHASA EDUCATION FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1192747
- **Other names:** WDEF
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 10, 2020
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1192747


## Contact

- **Address:** 35 ST. PETER'S ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N9 8JJ
- **Phone:** +07538788887
- **Email:** secretary@workneh.org.uk
- **Website:** https://workneh.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:(1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN MALKAA DHAGAA-GUDAR (GUDER), OROMIA, ETHIOPIA BY: A) PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE SCHOOL) IN MEMORY OF WORKNEH DECHASA, IN HIS BIRTHPLACE IN GUDER, IN COOPERATION WITH LOCAL NGO’S AND THE EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN OROMIA. B) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENT AT THE SCHOOL

**Activities:** WDEF is an organisation made up of family, friends and colleagues of the late Workneh Dechasa seeking to raise funds to build an elementary school in his memory in his home village Malkaa Dhagaa-Gudar (Guder), Oromia, Ethiopia. WDEF is an association CIO with members in the UK and internationally, and a partner organisation of Workneh's friends and family in Oromia.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Ethiopia
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 1, 2025 | £15136 | £9601 | — | — |
| Jan. 1, 2024 | £18502 | £356 | — | — |
| Jan. 1, 2023 | £5850 | £49 | — | — |
| Jan. 1, 2022 | £0 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Aster Belay** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 19, 2020
- Brian Foster M.Ed — appointed Sept. 19, 2020
- Dr Teferi Degeneh Ph.D — appointed Sept. 19, 2020
- Feyisa Demie — appointed Sept. 19, 2020
- Rosa Midheksa Damassa — appointed June 28, 2025
- Siobhan Crawley MA — appointed Sept. 19, 2020