Yonatan Aklilu

Yonatan Aklilu (Ge'ez: ዮናታን አክሊሉ, lit. 'Jonathan His-crowns'; born 24 July 1979) is an Ethiopian motivator, teacher, and Gospel preacher. Yonatan is known for his project called Melkam Wetat. On 6 September 2020, the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner Prime minister Abiy Ahmed surprised Yonatan, for his contribution to the youth of Ethiopia by gifting him 25,000 euros that he had been awarded through the Hessian Peace Prize.[2][3][4][5]

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Yonatan, and not as Aklilu.

Servant of God

Yonatan Aklilu
አገልጋይ ዮናታን አክሊሉ
Born (1979-07-24) July 24, 1979
Kebri Mangest, Ethiopia
Nationality Ethiopia
EducationAccounting and Finance (BA)
Alma materArba Minch University
OccupationPastor
Years activesince 2016
OrganizationMelkam Wetat
Known for
  • Melkam Wetat
  • Motivational speech
TelevisionMarcil (Addis kidan kahinat)
Parent(s)
  • Tigist Kassa[1] (mother)

Background

Yonatan was born in Kebri Mangest, Oromia, Ethiopia and raised in Negele Arsi, Oromia, Ethiopia.[4] He completed his primary and secondary school in Negele Arsi. Yonatan received his Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Finance from Arba Minch University. He had served as a teacher at the Adventist College, Kuyera Africa Beza and the Rift Valley University College, for he had a great ambition to become a teacher since his childhood. But Yonatan did not follow this profession, but became a Gospel teacher, and launched a religious TV channel which is called Marcil after founding a church named Addis Kidan Kahinat.[4][6]

In 2017, Yonatan also launched a project called Melkam Wetat (Excellent Youth), which is more focused on the youth of Ethiopia regardless of their religious background, and has a mission to free young people from their difficult behaviors and morally change them to become good citizens.[7] More than 100,000 students gradated from this project. Melkam Wetat's head office is now in Awasa, Ethiopia.[8]

On 21 December 2020, Yonatan donated 10,000,000 Ethiopian birr for a school feeding project that was launched by the Addis Ababa city administrator on behalf of Yonatan's project Melkam Wetat.[9]

References
  1. ዘሪሁን, ሰብለ. "አገልጋይ ዮናታን አክሊሉ የደረሰበት ጥቃት". Abbay Media. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. admin (7 September 2019). "ጠ/ሚ ዐቢይ በ2019 የሔስያን የሰላም ሽልማት ያገኙትን 25 ሺህ ዩሮ ለመልካም ወጣት ማዕከል ግንባታ አበረከቱ -" (in Amharic). Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. "Hessian Peace Prize award of €25k to the Melkam Wetat initiative". Twitter. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. "«ፈረንጆቹ የናቁትና የጣሉትን የብሄርተኝነት ሃሳብ ነው እኛ እንደ ስልጣኔ የምናራግበው» አገልጋይ ዮናታን አክሊሉ". Ethiopian Press Agency. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. "አገልጋይ ዮናታን አክሊሉ የከተማ አስተዳደሩ ለጀመረው የተማሪዎች የምገባ ፕሮግራም የ10 ሚሊየን ብር ድጋፍ አደረጉ". Welcome to Fana Broadcasting Corporate S.C. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  6. ከመልካም ወጣት ፕሮጀክት መሪ ዮናታን አክሊሉ ጋር የተደረገ ቃለ ምልልስ (ክፍል ሁለት) (in Amharic), retrieved 4 December 2020
  7. Says, Alex. "ስለ ‹‹መልካም ወጣት›› ልናውቃቸው የሚገቡ እውነታዎች!". Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  8. ዘሪሁን, ሰብለ. "አገልጋይ ዮናታን አክሊሉ የደረሰበት ጥቃት". Abbay Media. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  9. "አገልጋይ ዮናታን አክሊሉ የከተማ አስተዳደሩ ለጀመረው የተማሪዎች የምገባ ፕሮግራም የ10 ሚሊየን ብር ድጋፍ አደረጉ". Welcome to Fana Broadcasting Corporate S.C. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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