by Suzanne Ward | Oct 5, 2020 | News
This is Aisha, one of the mothers in our Family Empowerment Program! Her only child, Dagim, is now four years-old and attended kindergarten last year. This year, he is waiting to start school when the Ethiopian government decides it is safe to reopen schools, which...
by Suzanne Ward | Sep 29, 2020 | News
🎉 Good news, AJ Family…we expect the schools that our AJ Girls and FEP children attend in Ethiopia will start back in the next few weeks after a long closing, due to Covid-19. 🎉 This news comes just in time as our AJ Girls have wrapped up their...
by Suzanne Ward | Sep 28, 2020 | News
Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is a very large city made up of 10 sub-cities. In one of the sub-cities, Akaki-kality, Addis Jemari currently serves 50 families through our Family Empowerment Program (FEP). Belaynesh, a mother of four, is one of our 50 families...
by Suzanne Ward | Sep 24, 2020 | News
Our Community Outreach and Retail Coordinator Ashley Henderson took family photos of our Family Empowerment Program (FEP) family this past January. She noticed the mothers’ excitement upon seeing their family’s pictures through the screen on the back of her...
by Suzanne Ward | Sep 11, 2020 | News
To assist our Family Empowerment Program (FEP) families with the extra costs associated with celebrating the New Year, we gave each of our 50 FEP families one chicken, 10 eggs and three kilos of onions to make doro wat stew for the holiday. Our FEP families have...