The Story….

My journey in Ethiopia begun in October of 2017 when I begun student teaching in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at the International Community School of Addis Ababa. This was my first time visiting Africa and I nervous, but super excited. This where the real journey begun. I taught at ICS for five years in a variety of teaching positions from preschool to grade three to special needs. After five years, I decided that I wanted to leave ICS and start an organization that focused primarily on special needs.

The first year was hard. My husband and I had recently married and welcomed our first child. I was trying to work out of a local preschool and my husband was doing private work. Then, the second year, we opened Allstar Psychological Services. This organization has grown quickly. We started with six staff and six students and we know have 45 staff and service over a 150 students. During this time, we have come to realize the need for special needs services in Ethiopia. At this time, we begun to realize that many were unable to access our services due to financial limitations. Thus is why, we have created the ALLSTAR Foundation. This organization is a certified 501(c)(3). We are currently in the start-up fundraising stage so that we can launch our nonprofit services. Please consider donating today and spreading the word so that we can start providing high quality services to those in need.