Ethio Edir

Ethiopians in the Greater Seattle area have felt the need for a self-help association to comfort those who have lost a loved one and provide financial assistance to help cover funeral and other related expenses. Along with the financial assistance, the association also provides personal assistance during mourning process in accordance with the Ethiopian culture. This traditional organization is called Ethio Edir.

Ethio Edir was established in January 2008 by Ethiopian volunteers residing in the State of Washington. The founding members established the By-law and elected 15 members as a Governing Board.

The Board has nine (9) Executive Committee Members who serve the association in various tasks assigned according to the By-law. The association currently has over six hundred (600) members.

The Board members encourage anyone who lives in the Washington State to join Ethio Edir. Let us keep the age-old self-help culture of Ethiopia alive. The Motto of the Edir is;

“WISH FOR THE BEST

PREPARE FOR THE WORST”

የእድራችን አባል ይሁኑ / Become a Member

ኢትዮ እድርን በአባልነት መቀላቀል ከፈለጉ ከታች ያለውን ቁልፍ በመጫን ወደ መመዝገቢያው ገጽ ይለፉ። To become a member, click the button and access the membership registration page.

የእድራችን ዋነኛ ዓላማዎች

የእድር አባል ወይም የአባል ቤተሰብ በሞት ሲለይ ለቀብር ስነ - ስርዓት ማስፈጸሚያ ወይም ለአስከሬን መላኪያ የሚሆን የገንዘብ እርዳታ ለማድረግ፣
አባል ወይም የአባል ቤተሰብ ሲሞት የእድሩ አባላት ለቅሶ እንዲደርሱና እንዲያስተዛዝኑ፣ ኢንፎርሜሽን ማዳረስና ማስተባበር፣
የለቅሶ ሥራን ማከፋፈል፣
አባላት የሟችን ቤተሰብ እንዲይጽናኑና በሚይስፈልገው ነገር ሁሉ እዲተባበሩ መንገር፣
ለቀብር አፈጻጸም ወይም ለአስከሬን ማጓጓዝ የሚያስፈልጉ መረጃዎችን ለሟች ቤተሰብ መስጠት፣
ለወደፊት ለአባላት ጥቅም ያስገኛል ብሎ የሚያምንበትን ማንኛውንም ዓላማ እንዳስፈላጊነቱ መጨመር።

Our Objectives

To provide financial assistance for funeral services and transporting the body of a member of the Edir to a final resting place.
To disseminate information to the members of the Edir about a member's death.
To coordinate and assign the tasks associated with the death of a member.
To encourage members to be present in the mourning process and console the deceased's surviving family members.
To provide the necessary information about funeral services or for transporting the body of a deceased member to the family members.
To add any other objective that is believed to be necessary for the usefulness of the members.

Ethio Edir is a 501(c)(12) non-profit organization.

P.O. Box 22752 | Seattle, WA 98122; Email: contact@ethioedir.org | Tel. (206) 395 -8014