Again this year, our family will be attending the 4th Ethiopian Kids Community Summer Event in Minnesota. What is a Mehaber? Mehaber is the Amharic word for an occasional gathering of friends and family. Each year this event has grown – last year there were 700 people from 17 states and 3 countries. The Ethiopian Kids Community is a group of adoptive parents who know how important it is to stay connected for our kids.
Last year, A and G (along with the other children) raised money for Ethiopia Reads, a literacy program in Ethiopia. Enough was raised to open a new library! G and A raised $500! This year, we join the other families to walk to raise funds and awareness of the need for clean water in Ethiopia.
Project: "Water is a very vital natural resource for the development of human beings. Currently, about half of the total population of the country (Ethiopia) does not have clean water access" (Asfaw Dingamo, Minister of Minstry of Water Resources).
Children's Home Society & Family Services (our adoption agency we used for bringing A home) is in the process of building a school in Hossana. The goal is to provide an educational facility (grades 1 – 8) for up to 400 needy children in Hossana Town. The project will include classrooms, library, kitchen and lunch program, bathrooms and a water system. A clean water system at the school is essential to the success of the children.
Founded in 1889, Children’s Home Society & Family Services is a non-sectarian 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that meets the needs of children, individuals and families in our community and around the world through vital programs and services. Each year they touch the lives of nearly 35,000 children and families through it’s programs and services.
Through international adoptions, we are reminded daily of the need to support vulnerable children throughout the world. There are tremendous needs to assist with medical equipment, food, school supplies and donations for facilities where children live. Through many hands and hearts we can care for the future sons and daughters of our families and for the children left behind.
You can help children too.
Walk sponsors needed: Please help support our efforts to build a clean water system at the new school in Hossana Town. A, G, older daughter M, Wood and I will be walking on Saturday, June 28, in honor of those who struggle to find clean water every day. Please keep Ethiopia's most vulnerable children in your prayers, and let us know if you would like to sponsor G and A on the walk on June 28th.
The girls have raised over $250 so far for this project.
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