The EWF was given custodianship over an area of land in Ethiopia named Shashemane for the fearless efforts of African Americans that rendered support to Emperor Haile Selassie I during the Italian invasion by Mussolini.

In the early 1950s, the local branches became insubordinate to the parent organization, increasingly losing focus of its constitutional duties and eventually redacted by The State Attorney's office in 2008.

The EWF built on the efforts of African Americans who, in 1936, sent a delegation consisting of three prominent Harlem figures, all leaders of The Black owned Organization known as United Aid for Ethiopia.

Reverend William Lloyd Imes, Pastor of the prestigious St. James Presbyterian Church, Philip M. Savory of the Victory Insurance Company and co-owner of the New York Amsterdam News, and Cyril M. Philp, secretary of United Aid, sailed to England in the summer of 1936 to speak with Emperor Haile Selassie concerning financial matters.

The EWF was given a private Constitution and ByLaws in which, when followed precisely, carefully commits, engages and naturally enhances the biological relationship with The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

This treaty came with a permanent secretariat, with a global membership—that does not pay taxes so long as High contracting parties such as the EWF continue to provide and fulfill all constitutional advancements, updates, responsibilities, transparency, refugee support etc.

The isolationist policy of the United States prevented the participation of Americans getting involved in what they perceived as being a European affair and didn't want to be sucked into a second world war.

Following the disappearance of Emperor Haile Selassie I and the events leading up to the Ethiopian Red Terror (Amharic: ቀይ ሽብር ḳäy shəbbər), also known as the Qey Shibir, the Soviet backed communist regime known as Derg appropriated much of the land in 1975, though people still remain to today.

[11] On September 7, 1951 Emperor Haile Selassie I ratified the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations between Ethiopia and the United States of America.