Tadias Magazine
By Tadias Staff

Thursday, June 18, 2009

New York (Tadias) – Here is another CNN hero to cheer for. Alfa Demmellash, a graduate of Harvard, is a New Jersey based social entrepreneur whose organization, Rising Tide Capital, serves aspiring business owners living in distressed urban communities in her state.

Video: Alfa’s interview with TsehaiNY Related:
CNN Hero: Ethiopian Woman builds school after hyena kills girl
When Washington manicurist Lidia Schaefer returned to her native
village in Ethiopia, she was troubled by what she saw: children
walking three hours each way to attend classes held not in a
school, but under a tree.
CNN.com/Heroes

Related Video: Ethiopian CNN Hero Meets Supporters in NYC
Yohannes Gebregeorgis, one of the Top Ten CNN Heroes of 2008,
at Cafe Addis in Harlem, NYC. The event took place on Saturday,
December 13, 2008.