How does EWF support the public

EWF provides or facilitates assistance to vulnerable populations, including:

• Support for displaced persons, refugees, and immigrants navigating resettlement and basic services.
• Community-based aid initiatives addressing food insecurity, housing instability, and emergency relief.
• Assistance programs focused on women, children, elders, and at-risk families in the United States and abroad.

     EWF acts as an advocate for populations that are historically underserved or underrepresented by:

• Engaging governmental and intergovernmental bodies on issues of human rights, humanitarian protection, and international justice.
• Supporting policy positions related to immigration relief, humanitarian visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and conflict-affected communities.
• Serving as a voice for African and African-descended peoples in international and diplomatic contexts.

EWF supports the public by preserving and advancing cultural and historical knowledge:

• Promoting education about Ethiopian and African history, sovereignty, and international law.
• Supporting cultural programming, publications, and public education initiatives that strengthen identity, civic awareness, and intergenerational continuity.
• Providing platforms for scholarship, dialogue, and cultural diplomacy.

EWF functions as a bridge between local communities and global institutions:

• Facilitating cooperation among diaspora communities, civil society organizations, and international partners.
• Participating in international forums and maintaining engagement with multilateral institutions where public-interest issues are addressed.
• Supporting humanitarian and development initiatives in Africa, the Caribbean, and other regions of need.

While EWF has a defined membership structure, its work produces public benefits by:

• Training and organizing members to serve as community advocates, administrators, and humanitarian actors.
• Leveraging member expertise to deliver services, public education, and international representation that extend beyond the organization itself.
• Maintaining institutional continuity so that public-facing programs are stable, accountable, and mission-driven.

EWF positions itself as a values-based institution:

• Emphasizing peace-building, diplomacy, rule of law, and ethical governance.
• Drawing on its historical legacy to promote nonviolent conflict resolution and international cooperation.
• Providing an alternative civic framework rooted in dignity, self-determination, and collective responsibility.

Benefits: All financial members of the Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated, in The United States of America shall be entitled to our In-house notary for $25. All International Notaries for members are $25usd and all Non-Member Notaries are $25usd per Document.

Benefits: All financial members of the Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated, shall be entitled to the benefits hereafter mentioned: 

Food, Housing Assistance, Membership Card, Goods, Transit, Health, Money, Care, Education, Work, Legal Assistance.

Death: The Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated, shall establish a burial fund; each member of the Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated, in order to obtain the benefits of this burial fund shall have subscribed to the fund for at least one (3) years and shall be in good financial standing in the organization. The subscription to the burial fund shall be $24.76 per month. Upon conclusive proof of death, the Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated, shall subscribe from this fund the sum of One Thousand  ($1,904.93) Nine Hundred Dollars and ninety-three cents towards the funeral expense of the deceased. Any member who fails to subscribe to the burial fund for three months shall be unfinancial in this fund and shall not be entitled to the benefits of this fund Any member who is unfinancial in the Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated, shall be classified as unfinancial in the burial fund. The Financial Secretary of the local shall collect from each member monthly the subscription to the burial fund.