Ethiopian born International deisgner Gelila Assefa, wife to the Superfamous chef Wolfgang Puck, is at it again supporting even more charities than she already does. Assefa-Puck announced, yesterday, her partnership with
Orphaned Starfish Foundation to fund a new computer lab for a school run by the Ethiopian Children’s Fund in (ECF) in rural Aleltu, Ethiopia.
The grant will support the Gelila Assefa Puck Skill Training Center, the newest addition to ECF. ECF, through the grant, will be able to afford hardware, software, materials and trainers for its first computer skills training lab, among many things,
Assefa-Puck sits on the ECF board and has been active in the organization helping it grow and serve 400 orphaned and disadvantaged children in Ethiopia. Visit ECF here.
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its pretty rediculous that a skill training center would be named after her since she has no education… paying to have something named after you so you feel important isn't the same as devoting your time and energies to the cause.