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Biography
Solomon Getachew Yigzaw was born in Ethiopia. In His childhood time when he was ten, He suffered from malaria. After some time it took away His hearing, so He joined the world of the silent. He faced many discrimination in Ethiopia on his early childhood because of deafness.

When he was in primary school, he had to attend classes in which the only hearing-impaired person without any accesses and interpreter. But, he worked hard and it paid off when he sat for the Ethiopian Certificate of Primary Education. Then, He passed his primary education with very good result and could attend high school and preparatory for four years. After He graduated from high school in 2010, He was assigned to Jimma University in the engineering field but because of his deafness he was forced to attend sign language field in Addis Ababa University, which he never ever thought of and out of his willingness. But he didn’t give up looking forward of his chances.

in 2013 Solomon graduated from Addis Ababa University with a bachelor of arts in Ethiopian sign language and deaf culture. At Addis Ababa University, he was a disability students club president and member of Ethiopian national and nationality club.

In 2014 he received the outstanding disability students Fellowship to study his master in Addis Ababa university. This paid for him to work at the National Association of the Deaf and Advocacy Center. This allowed him to provide, "Direct representation and advocacy for poor deaf persons with a particular emphasis on outreach to those who are members of minority groups." Next, he became a sign language trainer at Addis Ababa university and alpha special school for the deaf. At alpha special school his the senior school advisor.

Solomon Getachew live in Ethiopia.