ETHIOPIA
THE NEED
THE IMPACT
EDIFY TEAM IN ETHIOPIA

Yonatan Tekie,
Ethiopia Country Director
Yonatan has a Diploma from Bahir Dar Teachers College and a BA in Literature and History from Addis Ababa University. He is also an ordained youth pastor
In 2005, Yonatan and his wife started a school called Destiny Academy. Before joining Edify, Yonatan served as the General Manager of Destiny Academy.
Between 2005 and 2007, Yonatan served as a Country Representative for an organization called Inter-faith

Zekarias Nigatu,
Christian Transformation and Training Officer
Zekarias joined the Edify Ethiopia Team in January 2020 as a Christian Transformation Training Officer. He monitors and coordinates Christian transformation activities in Edify partner schools across Ethiopia.
He has 10+ years of experience in the development sector. Prior to joining Edify, Zekarias worked in several other organizations as an officer, monitoring and evaluation coordinator, and project coordinator.
Zekarias holds a BA in Economics and an MA in Development Economics.

Mihiret Tefera,
Christian Transformation and Training Officer
Mihiret joined Edify in October 2018. She coordinates Christian transformation activities with Edify partner schools in Ethiopia.
While at University, she was a facilitator of the evangelism team, mobilizing her peers to share the Gospel with their friends. She also led the University campus fellowship for three years. Mihiret finished several
Mihiret earned a BSc in civil engineering from Ethiopia Bahir Dar University in 2018. She graduated from the leadership certificate program from Compassion by completing the second level award in holistic development.