Ethiopian abebech gobena biography in amharic

Ethiopian humanitarian (1935–2021)

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Abebech, and not as Gobena.

Abebech Gobena (Amharic: አበበች ጎበና; Afan Oromo: Abbabachi Goobanaa; 20 October 1935^[2] – 4 July 2021) was an Ethiopian humanitarian, and the founder and manager of AGOHELMA, one of the oldest orphanages in Ethiopia.

Ethiopian abebech gobena biography in amharic

She was often called the "Mother Teresa of Africa".^[3]

Life and career

Abebech was born on 20 October 1935,^[2] in a small rural village in Oromia Region, North shoa, called Shebel.^[4] Her father was killed during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, so she was raised by her grandparents until the age of nine.

At the age of 10, she was married without her consent, but she ran away to the capital, Addis Ababa. There, she managed to get basic education and later worked as a quality controller at a coffee and grain company.^[