Helping Hands

by Martha McKenna

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Supporters 1,575
Raised $
Distributed among the recipients below  

Thank you for stepping up! For the cost of a new sweater or new pair of shoes—you can make a tremendous difference in the lives of young African orphans.
I thank you for reaching out your helping hands.


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Orphan Student Education Fund

With over 3 million orphans in Ethiopia, thousands of families take in nieces, nephews, cousins and grandchildren. The financial pressure on these extended families often leads to children going to work instead of going to school.
This project, which is run by Adoption Advocates International, provides orphans with scholarships to keep them in school and with their extended family. The initial project started in the Ethiopian town of Nazret (about two hours south of Addis Ababa) and has recently expanded to also sponsor students in the cities of Mukatore and Sheshamone. Currently, a total of 190 children receive monthly sponsorship support, HIV/AIDS is a very serious problem in this area and over 1000 orphans have been identified who are at risk of dropping out of school without sponsorship assistance.
Contributions to this project pay for school fees, school uniforms as well as basic necessities (food, clothing and shoes).

Raised on this page: 12 650
Raised across Direct Change: 32 1,170

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AHOPE: HIV Orphans’ Care & Support Program

Traditionally in Ethiopian culture, the kinship within extended families was strong and orphans were cared for within the family. However, the increasing number of orphans and the deteriorating living standard of the Ethiopian people have created a condition where extended families are unable to provide even the minimal basic care for orphans.
In addition, there is a great deal of misinformation and superstition surrounding HIV that makes persons who would otherwise accept responsibility for a child to, instead, shun that child if he or she is HIV+.
This program run by AHOPE Ethiopia provides food, housing and education within a child development center.

Raised on this page: 10 925
Raised across Direct Change: 37 2,502

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Total: 00,000