"I chose architecture because I feel that it is the only profession in which art can really influence and change a person’s physical world. I am now in my last year of college and with the help of the Jewish
Agency’s scholarship I will soon be a professional architect."

Twenty-six years ago Hadas Trongo Yossef's family was living in the mountainous Gondar region in Ethiopia. Today, with the support of a Jewish Agency scholarship, Hadas is studying to be an architect, and dreams of creating sustainable designs that are both modern and complement the natural surroundings people live in. More