I am the daughter of Mr Alehegn Asrese and Mrs Birhan Sewenet was born on September 12, 1988 (Ethiopia Calendar) in the city of Mota, kebele 01.
Death robbed me of both my parents when I was one year old. I started living with my grandmother.
Then when I turned 6, I started going to school. I was an average student from grade 1-6. My grandmother was to selling Tella (local drink) to support us. As she got older and did not have anybody else in the house, I started helping more with the house work. I started losing interest in school when I got to 7th grade because I use to get so tired from all the work I was doing during the day and in the evening I would just fall asleep instead of going to school. My grades were slipping but I somehow made it to 8th grade.
In eighth grade, I registered for a chance to go to an orphanage. At the end of the school year I was told that I was going to go to Debre Markos, to join Help a Life Foundation. On September 29, I arrived at the foundation. There I made a lot of friends and I was very happy. In the future, I plan to go to university. Now I have worry free and happy life.
Thank you very much, Help a Life!