Yonas was born in 1991 in a small village called Womberko which is approximately 20km north of Lalibela. His parents are farmers and he is the second youngest of 6 children.
There was no school in Womberko so the children had a 2 hour walk to a neighbouring village, Sarzena, in order to access education. All 5 of Yonas’s siblings are now married with children and all live in Womberko.
Yonas completed grade 4 in Sarzena and was interested in furthering his education. In 2001 he moved to stay with relatives in Lalibela. In Lalibela he studied from grade 5 to grade 12.
In 2009, Yonas made successful application to join the scholarship fund. He was accepted to study medicine at University of Gondar. He graduated in 2015.
- 2016 In Gondar, General Practitioner and Lecturer. Researcher with Belgian team from the Institute of Tropical Medicine.
- 2017-2019 Internal medicine specialisation at Gondar
- 2020 In Lalibela, Internist + COVID coordinator+ Medical director
- 2021 In Gondar, Internist + Academic coordinator for medical students.
- 2022-2023 St. Paul’s hospital, Addis Ababa. Fellowships in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- 2024 Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist in Addis Ababa
August 2023
Attended Endoscopy
service in Turkey
August 2023
Attended international
conference in
Ghana
April 2024
Completed first international
training on digestive
endoscopy in China
July 2024
Presented an e- poster abstract on benign
esophageal stricture at an international
conference in South Korea
August. 2024
Attended International conference in
Kenya
Yonas’s graduation ceremony as a Gastroenterologist and Hepatalogist will take place in October 2024.
Yonas has asked me to pass on his grateful thanks to everyone who has
supported him, especially the members of the Bude Methodist Church. It would have been impossible for him to continue his education without the financial help we were able to give him.