About Us

Our Story
Mathiwos, the third and youngest son of his parents, Mr. Wondu Bekele and Mrs. Amsale Beyene, was born on June 17, 1999, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He was diagnosed with ALL-type Leukemia after he turned two and was under intensive care at Black Lion Hospital,
Although
The Mathiwos Wondu-YeEthiopia Cancer Society (MWECS) was established at the first General Assembly meeting of the founding members held on April 17, 2004. Our Society secured its legal personality through a certificate of registration bearing the number 1382.
Our Society began its quest by focusing its initial efforts on pediatric cancer. Our organization was established by the parents of Mathiwos and 13 other founding members. It was established to celebrate the heroic struggles that Mathiwos had made against cancer and to extend helping hands for cancer patients. Initially, Our Society focused on pediatric cancer patients. We are now widening our attention and working on women cancer including cervical and breast cancer. We are also working on major cancer risk factors such as Tobacco. Our society is also one of
Our Society became legally registered as an Ethiopian Resident Charity/ Society under the CSP/2009 proclamation. Our organization has a General Assembly and a Board of Directors, which consists of 845 and 7 members respectively. The General Assembly is the highest decision-making organ within our organizational set–up, whilst the Board of Directors give strategic leadership on strategic issues. Some of the board members are public figures in the country because of their immense contributions in the social and economic sphere. Eleven individuals are currently working on a full-time basis and 8 with a part-timer assisting in technical aspects related to project/ program development. Our Society has several operational and system manuals to guide its activities.

Our Team

Wondu Bekele
Executive Director

Michael Abiyu
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Kidist Taye
Focal Nurse

Asrat
Driver

Lemma Ayele
Admin. & Finance Manager

Tizita Wondwossen
Project Officer

Abeba Abebe
Psycho-Social Support Center Nurse

Zelalem Mengistu
Program Manager

Temesgen Sileshi
Project Officer

Alex Youseph
General Service Head

Woineshet Haile
Secretary

Mahilet Wondifraw
Accountant

Melaku Hailu
Volunteers Coordinator
