Zenabu was born in a farming family in Tigray. Growing up in the area where war and natural calamities like drought took a heavy toll was too difficult a burden to bear for adults, let alone for a young child like Zenabu. Children were left alone, as parents were either deceased or too weak to care for them. Zenabu was one of the abandoned children gathered by the government and entrusted to HOPE Enterprises. Cognizant of the fact that the best help is enabling people to help themselves, Zenabu was enrolled in HOPE school so that he would be able to help himself someday. As soon as he completed his primary education, Zenabu enrolled in the 8+3 vocational training program to study Electrical Technology. “The training enabled me to gain the skills that have helped me realize my long awaited dream of supporting myself.” After graduation, Zenabu started working as a private contractor. He owes much of his success to HOPE, which he says has protected and raised him like his own family. “HOPE is the closest place I could call home,” Zenabu says. “I don’t know what would have happened to me if I was not brought to HOPE. Thanks to HOPE, my life has now changed and I have nothing to worry about except working even harder for a much better future.”