Do It for the Orphans: School Supplies

Monday, October 1, 2012

School Supplies

This month the children received school supplies- pens, pencils and

exercise books (notebooks)!

The money that is sent to Children's Hope Chest

for sponsorship is what it used to buy these supplies.

Fikre delivered there items...he rode 8 hours from Addis to Kombolcha.

Fikre works for Children's Hope Chest and visits all the care points in Ethiopia. He was our leader and go to guy when we were in Ethiopia in April. We love him!!

1 comment:

Dennis MeyerMay 16, 2013 at 8:20 PM
Keep it up! Parents were surely happy to see their children to have these pens, exercise books and other school supplies. They'll be excited to go to school.
ReplyDelete
Replies

Add comment

Facts about Ethiopia

Total population: 77 million

The average income in Ethiopia is US$100 a year. Almost 82% of the population lives on less than $1 a day.

Malnutrition levels are among the highest in the world.

The average life expectancy is 43 years.Ethiopia is home to 4 million orphans, or 12% of all children.

More than half a million of these were orphaned as a result of AIDS.

Literacy rate: 42.7% age 15 and over can read and write.

Only 18 percent of children reach grade five.

Ethiopia's neonatal mortality rate is one of the highest in the world - 49/1000 births with tetanus infection being the second major cause of infant/neonatal death.

Statistics are from the CIA, Save the children, WHO and UNICEF websites.

Do It for the Orphans

Daisypath Vacation tickers

Monday, October 1, 2012

School Supplies

1 comment:

Addis Ababa

Feedjit

Total Pageviews