News from Ethiopia

Natinael, age 11, lives in Dembi Dollo in Ethiopia, his story breaks our hearts but thankfully ends in hope. Natinael’s mother was HIV positive and when he was just a young baby, she sadly passed away due to complications from AIDS.

Last year our grade 8 students took their regional exams. It is always a proud moment when we see children who we have given a helping hand, rise out of terrible circumstances and reach a significant point in their education.

The HIV Food Programme is a unique plan for children and their family members living with HIV. Sena’s mother Kumashi tells us how the support of the HIV Food Programme has improved her family’s health and given them hope.

Milkiyas is reaching his potential at our Abdi Academy in Dembi Dollo. Since we met him, walking barefoot and wearing ripped clothes, he’s come so far.

University in Ethiopia is free if children are successful at High School. Our challenge is to help as many children as possible complete a High School education after they have finished at our Bethany School. 

Meet Abdi, he's five years old and lives with his parents in Dembi Dollo. Both him and his mother are living with HIV and take medicine to control the virus. Abdi’s father’s job as a shoe shiner pays so little that they can’t afford adequate food or to pay the rent for their small mud house.

Strathearn Girls School each year requests a car load of Jerry cans. Because of those Jerry cans, the enthusiastic pupils and devoted staff have raised £6000 over 3 years, transforming the health of our kids who were without clean water.

Don’t they look smart! Uniforms don’t last long in Ethiopia and become damaged through being worn every day. A group of six motivated runners completed a Tonne Run (1000 miles) in 2015 to buy every child at the Abdi Academy a new school uniform.