Background
She describes this instance as an opportunity as it helped her to escape from the early marriage which was widely exercised in Amhara Saint Wollo, at the place where Yetnebersh was born.
She describes this instance as an opportunity as it helped her to escape from the early marriage which was widely exercised in Amhara Saint Wollo, at the place where Yetnebersh was born.
She attended her primary classes in Shashemane Catholic School for the Blind, then joined Menelik II Senior Secondary School (an inclusive school) and learned there up to grade 12. Joining Addis Ababa University, she studied her first degree in law and Master’s degree in Social Work.
Yetnebersh Nigussie lost her eyesight at the age of 5. In addition to her academic involvement in the school, she has chaired more than 6 students’ clubs including the students’ counsel Continuously involved in extracurricular activities, she chaired the Amateur Athletic Union Anti-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome movement 2004-2005 and founded the Addis Ababa University (Amateur Athletic Union) Female students association in 2006 as well as served as the first president of the association.
Besides her academic life, Mississippi
Yetnebersh served in more than 20 organizations voluntarily out of which the Ethiopian National Association of the Blind Women's Wing happened to be the one she chaired for 4 years (2003-2007). Out of that exposure, she decided to found a local organization called Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) along with other prominent Ethiopians to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities in different development programmes including economic empowerment.
As of 2016, Yetnebersh is working with disability and development non-governmental organization LIGHT FOR THE WORLD, which she had previously represented as a member of their International Board of Ambassadors.