The Getachew Bolodia Foundation
The Getachew Bolodia Foundation (GBF) is a non-political and non profit making charity
organization established in November 1994
in memory of Dr Getachew Bolodia, who was Associate Professor of Biochemistry in the
Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University (AAU).
Objective and Mission
GBF is particularly devoted to the promotion of higher education and research in Ethiopia. It supports gifted and needy university students through offering fellowships in the fields of medicine, pharmacy and science. It also engages itself in disseminating scientific information by organising seminars, workshops and public lectures. The Getachew Bolodia foundation works with a number of partners which are currently supporting exactly the same or relatively the same cause.
The operations of GBF are guided by a constitution approved by the members. The main organ of the GBF is the General Assembly, comprising members from different walks of life. The GBF Board, comprises 7 members and is elected for a four/year term by the General Assembly. Its main duty is to oversee the activities of the Foundation. The day-to-day operations are handled by the Secretariat that includes the Board’s Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, an auditor and an assistant, all of whom render their services on voluntary basis. The current members, elected on February 2004 by the Annual General Assembly Meeting on March 6, 2004, are :
- Prof.Ermias Dagne,Chairman
- Dr.Yesehak Worku,Chairman,
- Dr.Lissane Seifu,Vice Chairman,
- Prof.Shibru Tedla,Member,
- Prof.Theodros Solomon,Member,
- Dr.Mogga Frissa,Member and
- Dr.Yalemtsehay Mekonnen ,Member.
The GBF has 7 corporate and over 40 full and life members.See Full Members Listing .See Five of the fellowship programms are managed by the GBF. Some of the members of the fellowship are listed below.Under each fellowship each fellow selected receives Birr 30/month. This has been raised to 50 Birr per month since September 2006. A summary of the distribution of fellowships in the different categories is shown in the Table bellow.
Summary of fellowship
| Fellowship Categories | Academic Years | |||||||||||
| 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| GBF(AAU,Medicine) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 12 | ||||
| GBF(AAU,Science) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fasil Hailu (AAU,Pharm) | 6 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 6 | |||||
| AHEAD(medicine AAU,Jimma,Gondar University) | - | - | - | - | 6 | 18 | 36 | 40 | 48 | 54 | 36 | |
| Fana (AAU, science)* | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 14 | ||
| Fanaye (AAU, Science) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70 | 50 | 50 |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 96 | 60 | 65 | 160 | 92 | 104 |
Patrons of GBF
W/r Tiruwork Haile,
Wife of the Late Dr.Getachew Bolodia
Daniel Getachew,
Son of the Late Dr.Getachew Bolodia
Yemisirach Getachew,
Daughter of the Late Dr.Getachew Bolodia
Contact:
Yemi Getachew, Esq.
Law Office of Yemi Getachew
255 N. Market Street, Suite 170
San Jose, California 95110
(408) 292 7995 (408) 292 5799 fax
Yemilaw@pacbell.net
Family pictures of GBF patrons.
From Left to right: Yemi Getachew, her daughter Adey,
W/O Tiruwork Haile, Betty (Daniel's wife), their son and Daniel
Last Updated on August 20, 2007