This month we present AWiB’s ardent supporters:
From left to right, Nadia Waber, , Fistum Kidanemariam, Nahu .S Girma, Sindu Arya Selassie, Tsige Haile, Roman Kifle, Aster Solomon, Eyerusalem Gedlu, Roman Tafessework, Nebat Abbas, Ambanesh Kebede, Asefach Hailesellassie, Helina Alemareye , Yetenayt Abebe, Frehiwot Asefaw
AWiB expresses its appreciation to those dedicated members who have made it to 5 years mark. These individuals have seen AWiB through thick and thin and we express our appreciation for their support and trust in AWiB as an institution throughout the years.
From left to right, Nadia Waber, , Fistum Kidanemariam, Nahu .S Girma, Sindu Arya Selassie, Tsige Haile, Roman Kifle, Aster Solomon, Eyerusalem Gedlu, Roman Tafessework, Nebat Abbas, Ambanesh Kebede, Asefach Hailesellassie, Helina Alemareye , Yetenayt Abebe, Frehiwot Asefaw
In its modest beginnings AWiB offered women from diverse backgrounds and with diverse dreams, to come together and explore each other’s paths – the challenges, the triumphs, the perseverance, the learning and ultimately the growth each one experiences in the multitude of encounters that surround one’s personal and professional lives.
This opportunity to ignite the AWiB fire began in early 2010 when thirty professional women gathered to support an international NGO working on confidence building among female youth, by launching a mentorship arrangement. While the mentorship arrangement did not catch wild fire, the prospect of the thirty professional women gathering transforming into something much larger and ambitious, sparked uncontrollable flame of interest amongst the women present.
AWiB, stands for Association of Women in Business. The word business, when we started was “to mean my life is my business and my business is my life.” You know, a woman’s fault is in compartmentalizing her life, right? Somewhere along the line, our concept of “Business” in AWiB’s case somehow got lost in translation and our vision got blurred in the mix.
As we grew and expanded, we quickly encountered some major roadblocks both from the government and the women we serviced. The business women we supported expected much more than we anticipated to offer and the other “non-business” women stayed away. We had to justify our existence and were forced to do something about it when the licensing agency for charities, associations and nonprofit organizations we are registered under would not renew our license. They stated that we, as a business needed to go and trade somewhere else and get our license from the Ministry of Trade. In response, we changed our name to “Association of Women in Boldness.” But the real reason for this change in meaning was to keep our logo, as we gaining popularity and were identified by our company logo for the previous three years. As they say, the rest is HERSTORY.
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