YAGForLife was established by YAGER LIJOTCH Mahaber – an Ethiopian association based in the metropolitan Washington D.C area. YAGForLife is dedicated to helping Ethiopia combat food shortages, AIDS, poverty, illiteracy and disease by engaging in the following types of activities:

• Planning & holding fundraising events in support of our partner NGO, A Glimmer of Hope
• Raising awareness amongst both Ethiopian and non-Ethiopians alike on particular areas of assistance that YAGForLife is focused on at any given time
• Empowering others to be involved on a personal level, to focus on specific projects or areas and to keep them motivated by providing updates & feedback on the real differences that their philanthropy results in. Where possible, encouraging volunteerism that directly supports ongoing projects or other activities related to them.
• Advocating a model of involvement that is based on long term visions to address the root causes of these problems by supporting development projects that help people help themselves

100% of donated funds go to the people and projects that need them!

YAGForLife is not a registered non-profit organization and does not solicit funds or other material resources for its own use. All funds raised through YAGForLife activities or advocacy are directly submitted to A Glimmer of Hope and are tax deductible as per that organizations 501(c)(3) status. Any and all resources required to finance YAGForLife’s own operations (e.g. cost to organize fundraising events, etc.) are covered solely by funds from YAGER LIJOTCH Mahaber – absolutely no funds raised from donors are diverted to cover such expenses. This means that every penny of your dollars donated through YAGForLife, are put to work on actual projects and not overhead.

While A Glimmer of Hope is currently involved in over 400 projects in Ethiopia, at the present time YAGForLife’s efforts are primarily directed towards water projects.

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Please contact us to ask any questions or provide feedback on YAGForLife.

Please Note: While YAGForLife has chosen to partner itself with A Glimmer of Hope towards the furtherance of mutual objectives and while it may engage in fundraising or other types of support for this organization, it does not represent it in any official capacity. Unless expressly noted, all views expressed on this website or any other printed material originated by YAGForLife are solely applicable to YAGForLife and not to A Glimmer of Hope or any other organization that may be referred to therein.

YAGForLife Pillars

• 100% of your money go to the people and projects that need them
• A sense of ownership in the well being of the communities we help
• A grass roots movement built around a simple concept - one community reaching out to another
• A model of involvement that celebrates our pride in our ETYOPYAWINET - while recognizing our reciprocal responsibility towards it.

YAGForLife Projects

See how we put your money to work making a real difference in the lives or real people. 

YAGForLife Staff

Meet the people who make YAGForLife go at the Volunteer Corner.