Greetings to you all,
My name is Samson Tadese. I am the founder and the director of The Fanos Light. I was born and grew up in a small town Robbe located in South Eastern part of Ethiopia and moved to another nearby town called Sedika. That is where my own academic journey started, it was started from Sedika elementary school. I earned a B.A in Language and Literature from Addis Ababa University, and began my carrier as a teacher In Ethiopia. I moved to Canada in 2010 leaving everything behind. After I moved to Canada , i decided to pursue a profession in Teaching because of my short , but meaningful teaching experience in Ethiopia.
During my study I have learned so much because of my courses and also because of student teaching experience. I have learned about so many theories and princes of teaching , and learning which later became an inspiration for me to began this Journey. I had a chance to learn from so many educators , and be able to work with and learn from so many educators. I particularly remember one of the Couse that compelled me to think , reflect and ask some question , which led me to design a project. Then how working on that particular project led me to establish this organization , The Fanos Light Education and Virtues Inc. The whole experiences during that course allowed me to look back , to reflect , to analyze some of my own and other children’s academic journey using the knowledge I have acquired thorough my studies. The most eye opining points were understanding the importance of having access to resource, educational aid materials, tools, learning opportunities, and understanding the importance of having access to proper support system in place to support children and youth academic life journey. Its not only the understanding of the importance of having access to resource and the support system compelled me to do something, its the understanding of the amount of lack of access to these things, the lack of access to resources, educational aid materials, tools, the learning opportunity, and lack of access to proper support system compelled me to establish this organization.
This understanding compelled me to design and launched the fist project in 2015 to support Sedika Elementary school , which is a school located in Sedika , Ethiopia. The project was specifically designed to solve the lack of access to school supplies and other educational aid materials and to establish a support system to support students coming Sedika Elementary school. Working on this project was a bit tough , but taught me so many things , and helped me acquire valuable knowledge and experience , which eventually became a source of inspiration to establish The Fanos Light Education and Virtues Inc. The Fanos Light Education and Virtues Inc. is a charitable organization established with the purpose of supporting children and youth education here in Canada, Ethiopia and beyond. We believe this can be done by mobilizing our knowledge, experience and the resource we must provide these children and youth to have access to resources, educational aid materials, tools, a learning opportunity that facilitate learning, creativity, growth and development, and the proper support system that would meaningfully support their growth , and development in their learning adventure. Through the years we have accomplished so much which I am grateful about and I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported our work, and the cause we stood for. However, I believe there is more to do because the need is so great, especially when we think of children and youth in rural towns in Ethiopia and beyond.
I believe in the talents/ potential of every child. I believe all children have the potential and capacity to learn, grow, and become successful in their academic and life pursuit if they are given the resource, the educational aid materials, the tools, the learning opportunity, a conducive environment that facilitate learning, the care, the support they need.
“I believe together we would bring a difference in children and youth education if we work together understanding the need , and also the potential of these children and youth. I believe together with a little bit of belief, compassion, sacrifice, dedication and responsibilities.”
I am inviting you all who are interested and passionate about children and youth education. My message to you is come, let’s work together to build the future of children, youth education, and build communities together because together we can do more.