News from Ethiopia

No-shoes November

Ethiopia Thursday, 31 October 2013

Braving the cold and blustery weather that November brings, Sophie de Winter is venturing out onto the streets of Cardiff with bare feet for an ent...

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Run, Run, Run

Ethiopia Friday, 18 October 2013

On 6th October two Stand by Me supporters, Ami and Charlotte, set themselves the challenge of running 26.2 miles in the Bournemouth marathon. It wa...

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Young and courageous

Ethiopia Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Living in a mud hut with her disabled father was proving a tough life for Roman, who was looking weary when we first met her in the remote town of ...

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Birthday celebrations

Ethiopia Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Birthdays are a luxury many Ethiopians cannot afford, living in a country that is ravaged by HIV, poverty and ill health. Thanks to all our support...

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Saving lives through our HIV programme

Ethiopia, Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Our kind and generous supporters have helped us to continue saving lives over the past year through our HIV Food Programme in Ethiopia, keeping 43 ...

Team time in Bekoiji

Ethiopia, Thursday, 04 April 2013

Saturday saw the arrival of a new team of volunteers at our Bethany School and Children’s Village in Ethiopia. The team were swarmed by children as...

Elsa walks tall

Ethiopia, Wednesday, 03 April 2013

‘‘I never dreamed in my life that I would get comfortable shoes for my leg”, said Elsa, aged 12. “But God bless Stand by Me, I got the shoes!’’ The...

Attention Lord Sugar

Ethiopia, Thursday, 07 March 2013

Caitlin, a pupil at Eden Primary School in Carrickfergus, showed great entrepreneurial skills recently when after hearing about the work of Stand b...

Sponsored Silence = Sponsored Child

Ethiopia, Thursday, 21 February 2013

Lucy, a year 5 pupil from Larne, Northern Ireland, felt compelled to take action when she heard in her school assembly that money was running low f...

The best present of all

Ethiopia, Friday, 21 December 2012

Ten years old and severely disabled after being injured by a cluster bomb, Grum could only dream of going to school. That was until Stand by Me hea...

Men on a Mission

Ethiopia, Thursday, 18 October 2012

Pictured on top of Mount Snowdon are 13 “Men on a Mission” who started their Four Peaks challenge on 6 September by climbing Ben Nevis, continued w...

Courage and Determination

Ethiopia, Friday, 07 September 2012

Michael is a brave and courageous 11 year old boy who is so determined to study that he has crafted himself a job as a shoe shiner, in a town of ex...

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