News from Ethiopia - Stand By Me

Stand by Me students on Ethiopian TV

Ethiopia Thursday, 29 January 2015

Scientists in the making, Joseph and Belete are two students at our Bethany School in Bekoji, Ethiopia. They had a little taste of being TV stars w...

Bringing hygiene to Bethany School

Ethiopia Wednesday, 14 January 2015

For a number of months we have been building a toilet and shower block at the Bethany School in Bekoji, Ethiopia to improve the hygiene of our stud...

"I feel rich"

Ethiopia Wednesday, 10 December 2014

On average, a woman in the UK owns 20 pairs of shoes! Chaltu is now a young woman in our Bekoji Children’s Village in Ethiopia, before coming to St...

The gift of a real home

Ethiopia Wednesday, 29 October 2014

Meti and her mother were abandoned by her father when Meti was only a little baby. Meti and her mother would wander the streets begging for money a...

Twas the summer of looms…

Ethiopia, Wednesday, 24 September 2014

The kids in Dembi Dollo, Ethiopia just loved their loom bracelets, the craze has definitely struck.Children (and their parents!) in Northern Irelan...

Ready for take off

Ethiopia, Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Fedasa’s family lived on less than one pound a day, desperately poor, he was without the chance to ever attend school. Now at the Stand by Me Abdi ...

A mother and daughter live here with HIV

Ethiopia, Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Alli works in the Stand by Me Northern Ireland office, she was part of a recent team trip to Dembi Dollo, below she gives an account of a particula...

Sisters' story of hope

Ethiopia, Friday, 08 August 2014

Fighting dogs for food in the streets, orphaned and trying to survive; Misire, Bogalech and Meaza are three sisters who had nobody but themselves t...

Saving Samuel

Ethiopia, Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Life gave Samuel a very poor start. Orphaned and destitute, Samuel wandered the streets of Dembi Dollo, Ethiopia, in search of someone that might c...

Michael’s new home

Ethiopia, Friday, 11 April 2014

A much needed boys’ home was opened in our Bekoji Children’s Village. The three boys there have now been joined by Michael (second left). After los...

All I want for Christmas is...

Ethiopia, Friday, 20 December 2013

This year 13 year old Rachel, from County Antrim, in Northern Ireland, stunned her parents by asking for a very special Christmas present – to spon...

New school opens in Dembi Dollo

Ethiopia, Tuesday, 17 December 2013

We are excited to share that Stand by Me has opened a brand new school in Dembi Dollo, in Ethiopia, and on 15th November 2013, 240 eager children a...

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