Center for Learning Differences & Speech-Language Therapy

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In a world that is capable of doing a lot of great things, learning and communication difficulties should not hold children back from achieving their potentials.

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FANA Professional Development Programme is a course designed to provide a working understanding of major learning disabilities or difficulties and communication disorders.

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Help children use their potential to the full and hence achieve a better quality of life. Support and train professionals to be able to manage children with the difficulties in question, and a lot more...

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Support Children with Learning and Communication Difficulties

Help them use their potential to the full, achieve a better quality of life and escape the spiral of poverty. Donate Us Today

Our Causes

Provide advice and support to children with learning and communication difficulties in Ethiopia

We are dedicated on working to improve the lives of this group of children, by providing the support they need and creating and increasing awareness about such difficulties.

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Our Services

Help children use their potential to the full and hence achieve a better quality of life.

Support and train professionals to be able to manage children with the difficulties in question, and a lot more

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Professional Development Program

Get a working understanding of major learning disabilities and communication disorders

Our programme is purposefully created for parents, teachers, educational professionals, individuals working with children with disabilities as well as anyone interested in the topic.

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Online Podcasts

Join our weekly podcast from Facebook and YouTube

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All over Ethiopia

Improve your awareness on learning and communication difficulties.

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For a Child's Dream

The pain of a child who struggles to express himself due to a speech difficulty or the anxiety and self-hatred that a child with a learning disability experiences when he’s told to leave school because he is too stupid to learn can, and must, be overcome.

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What does FANA mean?

FANA, in Amharic, the federal working language of Ethiopia, means ‘dazzling and guiding lights’. We named the charity Fana with the hope of restoring the dreams and aspirations of the children concerned and guiding them towards a brighter future by helping them to realize their full potential.

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Our Mission

FANA is a professional registered non-profit NGO committed to support and empower individuals with learning and communication difficulties and improve their quality of life and enhance their participation and contribution towards poverty reduction and nation building.

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Who We Are

The charity is founded by a group of Ethiopian academics and practitioners who share the belief that, in a world that is capable of doing a lot of things, learning and communication difficulties should not hold children back from achieving their potentials.

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Our Professional Services

Our objective is to create and improve awareness of learning and communication difficulties and train professionals to be able to provide quality services.

School Training

The trainings are mainly for school teachers and school administrators, parents, and more

Social Outreach

Creating and Provide Awareness of learning and communication difficulties through out Ethiopia

Online Podcasts

Join our weekly online podcast on Facebook and YouTube Chanel about various issues

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Center Based Assessment

Providing direct help and support at our center to those with learning and communication difficulties

Professional Development

Get a working understanding of major learning disabilities and communication disorders

Socio Economic Support

We provide scholastic materials and assistive devices to children with disabilities

Children Supported
Beneficiary Schools
Teachers Educated
Parents Educated

What Do Our Beneficiaries Say?

Meet Our Dedicated Team

We have people on our side – talented and committed partners (here in Ethiopian and abroad), volunteers, supporters and staff who share the same values