Ask for help

Apply for support

Ask for help, for yourself or for someone you are looking out for. Write in whatever language you are comfortable in.

If you need help, or you are asking on behalf of someone who does, this is the form. It takes about ten minutes and most of it is optional. Tell us what you know and we will ask the rest when we speak.

Asking costs you nothing and is not a commitment. We read every application, and we will tell you either way.

We can work with gaps, so answer what you can. The questions marked * are the few we do need before anyone can look at your application.

Write in whatever language you are comfortable in

Amharic, Afaan Oromo, Tigrinya, Somali, English: whichever you think in. Nobody is assessed on their writing, and we will find someone who reads it. Just tell us below which language you have used.

1. Who 2. About 3. Needs 4. Documents 5. Reaching you 6. Consent

Who is this for?

Your name*

Your phone number

Your email, if you have one

A phone number or an email, one is enough. We need some way to come back to you.

About you

Everything here is optional. Fill in what you know, because an incomplete application is far better than none, and we can ask the rest when we speak.

Date of birth

Or roughly how old?

Gender

Where do you live?

Address, if you can give one

How many people live in the household?

How many of them are children or dependants?

Household income each month (birr)

Where does that income come from?

Is there a disability or long-term illness?

Is anyone in the household working?

Are you getting help from anywhere else at the moment?

What do you need?

Tick anything that applies. If none of it fits, leave them all and just write to us below We read every application either way.

Which programme, if you know?

Not knowing is fine, we work it out from what you tell us.

Health and medical

Medicine or prescriptions

A hospital bill

Surgery or a procedure

Tests or scans

Ongoing treatment for a long-term illness

Equipment: a wheelchair, crutches, glasses

Getting to treatment Transport to a hospital or clinic, including from outside Addis.

Daily living

Food

Rent or somewhere to stay

Water or electricity

Clothes or bedding

Funeral costs

School and learning

School fees

Books, uniform or materials

Exam or registration fees

Tutoring or extra help with study

University or college costs

Mental health and wellbeing

Someone to talk to Counselling or ongoing support. You do not have to explain why here.

Psychiatric care or medication

Support after losing someone

Care for an older person

Someone to visit regularly

Help around the house

Food or essentials for an older person

Tell us what is happening *

In your own words, in your own language. There is no right way to write this.

Which language did you write that in?

We will make sure someone who reads Amharic handles this.

Anything that supports this?

A medical letter, a school report, a prescription, a photograph of a document. Optional, send what you have, and nothing if you have nothing. Up to 6 files, 10 MB each.

How should we reach you?

Best time to call

Someone else we can call

Their number

Please be careful how you contact me. It may not be safe or private to call at any time.

Before you send it

* I agree that the Foundation may keep this application and the details in it in order to assess it. See the privacy policy.

I agree that the Foundation may check what I have said, with a hospital, a school, or by visiting. Optional; it usually makes the assessment faster.

* I confirm that what I have written here is accurate and complete, as far as I know.

* I understand that sending this application does not guarantee help, and does not guarantee it straight away. Applications go onto a waiting list and are assessed at each intake round; we get in touch when there is a programme you match.

If this is an emergency, call +251 91 1 68 57 23 rather than waiting for a reply.