HOPEthiopia
19 Elbow River Point T3Z 2V1 Calgary, AB, Canada

Abdi "Hope" Women's business cooperative makes some great progress. The graduates from the Hopethiopia Trades Training program have made some wonderful progress in establishing and setting up their own business cooperative. They have landed some nice contracts and are now making fashion outfits, leather goods, school uniforms, and PPE masks.... They are showing what is possible with great education and getting a good opportunity in life. The future is looking very bright for this exceptional group of women. See more

Women's IGA program success at Hopethiopia One of the groups that we have focused on for the last 2 years at Hopethiopia is the IGA (Income generating Activity) group. These 14 women come from very poor rural situations and have very little access to opportunity. However, we have been able to sponsor and encourage them to set up small business's. Not only have they been able to establish some very successful business's such as chicken and small animal husbandry, vegetable f...arming etc. but they have also saved funds to use cooperatively and have formed close friendships. They have built a level of trust and have developed a "sisterhood" that is very encouraging and life giving to the group. Our Branch office director, Megersa, has shown great leadership in teaching and encouraging the group and we look forward to more success stories like this in the future. See more

Great progress at Hope Women's Business Cooperative. The graduates from the last Hopethiopia Trades Training program have now set up their own business cooperative. Their name is the Abdi which means Hope. They now have some contracts to produce masks, back packs, and uniforms and are well on the way to achieving success. It is amazing to see the transformation that has occurred in their lives and they are very grateful to all that have made this possible. Most of them had very little to no previous education with very little possibility of attaining success in the future. Now they have a trade, a business opportunity, and great potential for the future.

A big thanks to the Zonal Supervisory team. Once in a while, government teams come out to our project sites to check on the activities and to monitor the progress. Yesterday the supervisory team was onsite in Harbu Chulule, Ethiopia and they had a great time visiting the Children's Village, the new sanitation complex, and event the new Women's "Hope Business cooperative" that has been set up by the graduates of our last trades training program. They had some excellent feedback and were able to see all the progress even in the midst of the very challenging Covid-19 pandemic. We are very grateful for their encouragement and presence and looking forward to great things in the coming years.

In just 2 short months our partnership with DonorSee has helped fund 16 of our projects! Their kind donors have allowed Hopethiopia to provide: 12 business start-up kits for the skilled graduates of our tailoring schools, including a sewing machine and necessary notions School supplies for the 32 amazing children living in our Children’s Village ... Clothing for the 9, previously-homeless, residents of Iwacu HOPE Home A brick latrine and washroom for a community that never had a place to clean or relieve themselves Emergency/interim support of 4 abandoned children, while their Mom is in prison Thank you DonorSee and all your donors, for helping us empower HOPE family members to be all they can be! If you want to see more of what we’re doing through DonorSee, please visit: https://donorsee.com/hopethiopia

Continued updates for the Virtual Run We continue to receive some more activity Km and donation totals so we will have a few more updates until we are completed. Thanks to all our participants for their enthusiasm and contributions.

Congratulations... We made it!! After one month of activities, Hopethiopia was able to circle the globe with Hope. With all of our combined daily activities ranging from; running, soccer, hiking, skiing, tobogganing, shovelling snow etc. we added up the km and at our latitude we actually circled the whole globe. Also we had a goal to raise around $42,000.00 for the Virtual Run and we exceeded this total. So a great many thanks to all of you that contributed by donating to the... Run. This is very much appreciated and will greatly help during these challenging times. Some more funds are anticipated to come in over the next week or so. We will also be awarding some prizes to those of you that were winners in the various categories that we had set out. We wish all of you a wonderful and very happy New Year. See more

Happy New Year 2021 A greeting from the kids at the Hopethiopia Children's Village All of us at Hopethiopia would like to send our best wishes to all of our encouragers and supporters around the world. Many thanks and have a great New Year

The Garage Gang once again has a spectacular time representing in the Virtual Run of Hope.

The virtual Run is again crossing Oceans Today is the last day to get your totals in for the worldwide event. Everyone has been doing an excellent job so keep up the great work right down to the last minute.

Run progress from Dec 28 and 29 We are getting so close and everyone is doing a great job. Just a bit further to go. For all of those of you that have been holding back make sure to send in your December totals of activity to our km tracker contact at [email protected]

STILL TIME TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN 2020 and get a tax receipt ... even for our American friends! Just a reminder to our American friends and family, who would like to help out our people and receive a 2020 tax receipt: Hopethiopia has several projects posted on the DonorSee platform that may be of interest to you. In the short 2 months we’ve been working with DonorSee, we have been truly blessed. Funding has been provided for a community latrine and washroom, sewing machines... for 8 graduates from our Rwanda and Ethiopia tailoring schools, school supplies for all kids in the Children’s Village, and clothing for the 9 men living in Iwacu HOPE Home. If you’re looking for a tangible way to love on someone in need, please consider one of our projects posted here: https://donorsee.com/hopethiopia Thanks for all your love and support! HAPPY NEW YEAR! May 2021 be blessed with health, peace, joy, grace and an abundance of love!

INSPIRED ALBERTANS: Hopethiopia’s Co-Founders Last evening Ralph and Glenda Dubienski were featured in CTV’s Inspired Albertans segment because of the work they are doing to further our cause in Ethiopia and Rwanda. What an honour to have them featured at the end of this rather unforgettable year! https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/video... In the telling of their story, the renowned broadcaster Darrel Janz shared of the impact made through the partnership of Pat and Michelle Ward, and Paul and Kristin Van Ginkel. By creating the Hopethiopia Charity Calendar every year for the past 10 years, their efforts have raised over $1,000,000 for our charity! The partnership with these lavishly supportive friends causes us to humbly (and tearfully) pause and reflect upon the enormous blessings that continue to flow through all our sponsors, volunteers, mentors, advisors, friends and family. The support of Pat and Michelle, Paul and Kristin, is representative of the giving of the many faithful sponsors of HOPE’s projects and people. Yes, it is representative of your support. This has been a most trying year, but you have remained with us. We could not possibly express the fullness of our gratitude. Just be assured: you have done great things to transform the lives of hundreds of the world’s most marginalized. Thank you for your continual, thoughtful and loving support. We remain forever grateful. If you would like to make a donation and receive one (or more) of these stunning calendars, please go to Paul Van Ginkel’s website link: https://paulvanginkel.com/news.aspx. Or, you can select the 2021 Charity Calendar Fund on Hopethiopia’s CanadaHelps page at: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/hopethiopia/ Thank you again!

Running across the USA We are now visiting some locations along the way where some of our sponsoring organizations are located. We are able to spread some Christmas cheer and bring some Hope along the way.

The kids send their christmas wish

After taking a short break we are once again on the move. Now Hopethiopia is trekking across the USA. Thanks to all of you for sending in your activity totals. We are making great progress and keep up the good work.

Christmas Goodies The kids at the Hopethiopia Children's Village have been blessed this Christmas with some wonderful gifts. Amy, form Canada, dropped by in Ethiopia and left some nice treats for all the kids. Ladda and her church in the USA were very generous and donated funds to buy all the kids, house Moms and some of the beneficiaries some much needed shoes and clothes. A huge thank you goes out to all of you from the kids for your kindness. https://youtu.be/OtzodosDTqE

The kids at the Hopethiopia Children's Village receive some treats donated by Amy from Canada.

Merry Christmas to all !! We are now starting our trek across the USA and hope to visit our friends along the way. Make sure to send in all your activities and keep trim and fit through the holidays.

Merry Christmas To all our friends of Hopethiopia around the world we would like to wish each of you and very wonderful Christmas season, filled with much love, peace, and joy. May you have health and safety as we come into the New Year. The kids and Moms at the Children's village send their love and the many beneficiaries in both Ethiopia and Rwanda send their love.

Wow... we have made it to North America. After starting off 23 days ago in Kigali, Rwanda, we have travelled through Africa, Europe, Asia, crossed the Pacific ocean and now we are in Oregon, USA (Home of Dr. Arynne, our Hopethiopia passionate veterinarian). Everyone is doing a great job at participating and we need more Km from everyone to help us circle the globe with Hope. With the Christmas holidays upon us this should give everyone a bit of time to get outdoors and have fun.

Lots more progress as we make it across the Pacific Ocean.

Our good friends at Aggudo coffee in Calgary are carrying the Hopethiopia 2021 Charity calendar. Beautiful calendars are available by making a donation to Hopethiopia. Aggudo is also carrying some of the beautiful prints of "Wild and Wonderful", a spectacular painting that was painted by well known Canadian and Calgarian artist Paul Van Ginkel. Check out the wonderful selection and stop by Aggudo for a fantastic cup of Ethiopian coffee. 338 10th St NW Calgary https://www.aggudocoffee.com/

As you can imagine.... this far in the ocean there is no land in sight in any direction. Keep up the good work and make sure to send all your activities in so that they can be recorded.

Now heading out into open ocean to cross continents. Make sure to send in all your Km of activity so that we can get back on dry land.

Zerihun A Champion of Hope The Ethiopian national director for Hopethiopia is Zerihun. He has now been the country director since 2012 and he has a real passion for our beneficiaries as well as the environment. He really cares for the Kids and Mom's at the Children's Village and has had a great impact in leading them as they have grown up over the last few years. He also has a wealth of knowledge in the area of reforestation and has brought much of his previous experience to make a massive impact on the local environment. Great restoration can be seen at the Hopethiopia projects as the trees are all growing and much biodiversity is returning. A great many thanks go out to this true Champion of Hope.

The Virtual Run is making great "Strides" with everyone participating so well. We are now about to jump continents again. Keep up the wonderful work.

Our Run has now taken us to japan where we caught a ride with a trawler ship to take us to Tokyo. Keep up the great work everyone.

Great progress with the Run as we made it to the Great Wall of China and now we are moving on. The time zones are flying by as we continue to move east.

Tremendous progress as we have now made it into China. Soon we hope to make it to the Great Wall. Keep up the great work and encourage your friends and family to join us with their activities.

Yesterdays progress was great. We are moving on towards China.

Continued Run progress as we make it to Tehran.

After passing through western Europe we have now made it to Turkey.... nice participation from everyone !!

Lots of progress with the Run of Hope.

Great progress through Europe. Thanks to all the participants in the Virtual Run, we are making it through Europe in record time. Keep the km coming!!

Virtual Run of Hope participation Its free to join in on the action. Dear Run participants, and those of you that are still to take part. We are making great progress but we still need your help. So far we have made it to Europe but we still have a long way to go. Please send in your daily activity to our team at [email protected] We will add it to the "Tracker" as we circle the globe with Hope.

Art in support of Hopethiopia In an effort to support vulnerable people during these difficult times, all of the artwork below is being sold to raise money for Hopethiopia. 100% of the sale of this artwork will be donated to this organization. Please share with any interested family and friends. If you wish to purchase any of the artwork, please email [email protected] A time will be arranged for you to pick up your pieces from Hopethiopia. This will be ...a great opportunity to get some Christmas and seasonal gifts. Thank you for your support.

Lots of progress on the run as we pass through some European countries. We had a chance to wave to Pablo and Marta in Spain, past volunteer mission team members, that joined us in Ethiopia at the Hopethiopia project site. We will take a break in London and then continue on our trek.

More activities for the Run of Hope Here are a few more of our participants in the Virtual Run of Hope, hiking, dancing, skiing, snowshoeing, snowboarding, and and dog walking

One of the most dedicated and greatest Champions of Hope is Dr. Asrat Dr. Asrat has been connected with Hopethiopia since the very early days and even participated in our very first health care mission in 2011. Dr. Asrat is an Ethiopia cataract surgeon who is very gifted in his skills and is passionate about life and anything to do with eyes. Even before it was common to volunteer in Ethiopia, he paved the way and gave huge amounts of time and resources to be able to help th...ose that are in great need. Ethiopia is one of the countries that has a very high level of blindness due to cataracts and Trachoma infection. However, in our relatively remote Hopethiopia project area we have been able to set up an eye surgery and treatment centre where thousands of patients have received the precious gift of site. He truly is one of our champions of hope and we are very grateful to have been able to work together over the last 9 years. See more

Big jump in progress!! Well done to all our participants in the Virtual Run of Hope. We just made it to Monaco. Thanks so much to all of you for sending it your km and activities to [email protected] Please continue to do this and our team will record the daily progress.

CHAMPIONS OF HOPE: Bea and Ralph Coombs As we reflect upon the first 10 years of Hopethiopia’s history, we realize HOPE would not be where it is today without the Champions of Hope. While our dear friend President Girma was so very instrumental to our establishment in Ethiopia, it was Glenda Dubienski’s parents, Bea and Ralph Coombs, who championed the cause in Rwanda. From the first time their daughter shared her dream, vision and passion for Hopethiopia’s expansion into ...Rwanda, Bea and Ralph prayerfully and holistically provided support. The plight of marginalized Rwandans had quickly become near and dear to their hearts. Their first gift of sewing machines grew into a tailoring school, and blossomed into freedom and empowerment of more than 120 disenfranchised women. And then, investing in these women’s children by providing school fees, meant the blessing would be generational. When HOPE Home was opened, Bea and Ralph helped feed, clothe and ensure proper health care for our newly rehabilitated men. Though Bea has passed away and is now in the presence of her Saviour, Ralph continues to pour into the mission. Whether he is visiting our beneficiaries in Rwanda, sharing wisdom and encouragement with HOPE’s Dream Team, promoting the cause, funding projects, or just putting the final details on the masks our ladies made for the Paul Hardy Mask Project (https://paulhardydesign.com), his input is vital. The contributions made by this exceptionally loving couple are immeasurable. Hopethiopia would not be where it is today without them. We certainly cannot thank Bea and Ralph Coombs enough. They truly are Champions of Hope.

Yesterdays progress from the Run of Hope. Soon to cross over into Europe.

The most recent update for the Virtual Run of Hope. Nice activity postings by everyone!!

World Soil Day Dec 5 2020 Today we celebrate the importance of one of our precious resources... good soil. At the Hopethiopia projects in Ethiopia and Rwanda we are working very hard to make our soils and land healthier and more productive. After lands that have been heavily overgrazed and depleted in resources, we now see health coming back to the land. ... The planting of thousands of Acacia tress are fixing Nitrogen reenergizing the soils. Using water conservation techniques, permaculture, composting, mulching, and many other concepts we have seen a remarkable turnaround in the soil health and education of our beneficiaries and local farmers is making a big difference. Lets all work together to restore health and make a greener world. See more

Tremendous progress as we move from one country to another. Leaving Egypt and heading east.

Champions of Hope Over the past 10 years that Hopethiopia has been bringing hope to Ethiopia and Rwanda there have been certain individuals and organizations that have come alongside to provide encouragement and support without which it would have been impossible to accomplish all that we have been able to do. One of these true champions was the late President Girma Woldegiorgis of Ethiopia. From the very first meeting that the co-founders had in 2008, he wholeheartedly suppo...rted our efforts and encouraged us in whatever way he could. He truly was a champion of the environment, strongly advocating for much needed reforestation efforts which have seen a dramatic turnaround in the health of the biodiversity and environment. He cared very much for his people and loved to entertain our beneficiaries, the children from the Children’s Village, the Hopethiopia scouts, and the many volunteer mission teams that joined us from around the world. His doors were always open. He even visited our project site many years ago and planted the very first tree on our project site that came from the Palace nursery in Addis Ababa. We truly are very thankful for the support of the late President Girma and called him a close friend and a true Champion of Hope. See more

Ice Skating for the Run of Hope Dr. Colin and Patty Wiebe of Calgary Canada, go skating at the Olympic Plaza in Calgary with their Life group. What a great and unique way of supporting the virtual run as we circle the globe with Hope. A huge thank you to Dan and Bernice for the wonderful flags and the Hope banner!! Please send us your pictures so that we can also post some unique ways to participate with your activities.

Almost leaving the continent of Africa. The participation levels have become so high in the virtual Run of Hope that we as a group have now arrived in Egypt and will soon depart the continent. Keep up the amazing effort as we bring hope to different parts of the globe.... We will now start to share some wonderful stories of encouragement and hope as we bring you some of the "Champions of Hope", starting tomorrow with a President who really cared.

Nice Running Hopethiopia supporters. Together we have now passed through Ethiopia, Eritrea, and have made it to Sudan. When we add all of our daily activities together, its amazing what we can accomplish.

Great progress with the Virtual Run of Hope.... We have made it to Ethiopia. Keep sending us your activity totals so we can move to a new country.

We are now partnering with DonorSee! Such an amazing blessing!

Dec 1 2020 Virtual Run of Hope Progress Check out our activity tracker as we circle the globe with HOPE We have made our way out of Rwanda and into Uganda... on our way to Ethiopia.

The Hopethiopia VIRTUAL RUN OF HOPE is off and running. Great news as we start the run today and make progress in our quest to collectively "Run" around the whole world and spread Hope and encouragement. Join us with your daily activities and pass them along to our liaison team and they will track our progress going from country to country across the globe. Each day we will bring you a message of encouragement about someone that has made a huge impact on Hopethiopia and allowed us to do what we do best, to bring hope and love to the most marginalized in East Africa. Without them it would be impossible to accomplish what has happened over the last 10 years.

GREAT NEWS FOR OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS! Hopethiopia has recently partnered with DonorSee (see link below this post). So now, Americans making donations to our projects on their site will be issued a donation receipt! That’s right! Tax benefits are coming your way, which will no doubt increase your ability to support other projects that are near and dear to your hearts! Hopethiopia will be posting amazing opportunities for you to support critical and even urgent needs of those in... Ethiopia and Rwanda. You may want to sponsor home water treatment kits, or purchase food hampers, or sponsor a feeding program for malnourished kids, or support young single mother start a new business, or build a latrine build for those who have never had a toilet, or invest in a bicycle for a recovered addict, or provide vaccines for dogs and cats, or even help clothe the men in our rehab-reintegration program. We will regularly post lots of opportunities like these for you to participate in. And DonorSee is so easy to use, whether you follow the links on their website or use their app! You can view videos of our beneficiaries, make a donation, and track the progress of these amazingly resilient people through follow-up video and photo posts. Thanks, from all of us at Hopethiopia! We really cannot thank you enough for your support! Please note: This platform is not limited to Americans; anyone can use it!

Hopethiopia's favourite Social worker gets married. A huge congratulations goes out to Mengistu and Almaz as they were recently married. Mengistu has been our Social Worker for a few years and is very much loved by the kids and Mom's at the Children's Village, and by our staff and mission teams. Many they be blessed with much love and a very happy life together.

Another great surprise !! Congratulations on your new home Kyle and Des! By choosing to work with Purpose Realty, they were able to raise over $2000 for our many Hopethiopia projects in Ethiopia and Rwanda ! Considering buying or selling a home in the coming years? Make a huge impact simply by choosing to have Purpose Realty serve you! You will find a wonderful home and the charity of your choice will receive a huge benefit.... More info can be found here: https://www.purposerealty.ca/hopethiopia

Happy Thanksgiving Wishing all of our friends and encouragers in the USA a very special and wonderful Thanksgiving. We are very grateful for your partnership and all the very hard work that you do with Hopethiopia. Many of our volunteer mission teams come from the USA and without you it would be very had to do what we do. Also the kids and Moms at our Children's Village and the trainees and graduates from our programs in both Ethiopia and Rwanda send their love. They miss you all very much and they send their thanks to you.

DARREL’S THE MAN Legendary journalist Darrel Janz, now in his 80s, for the past 10 years has been creating a weekly segment called Inspiring Albertans. He ju...st completed a segment on my 3rd nominee, co-founders of www.hopethiopia.com, Ralph & Glenda Dubienski. The segment will air at 5:54 pm on Tuesday December 29th. Please consider sharing this post.

A huge day tomorrow as our favourite Hopethiopia Social Worker Mengistu "Mango" gets married tomorrow. Lets hear a huge shout out from the world to send congratulations to Mengistu and Almaz. In the pictures we have Mango with the kids, as well as the kids working with the Mom's to prepare the food for the wedding.

The 2021 Hopethiopia Charity Calendar is now available

Snow shoe Virtual Run of Hope 2 weeks to go... so how will you participate?

Hopethiopia Inspires

Just over 2 weeks until the Hopethiopia 2020 VIRTUAL RUN OF HOPE This event will be the Whole Month of December Get ready to wake up, shake up, run up, move up, and groove up. The world will be taking part in encircling the globe with Hope. So come up with some unique activities and participate with the global community. Some nice prizes will go out to winners of different categories.... Some new ideas snow shoe, tobogganing, chopping wood in the colder climbs Dancing, ultra-running, Hula hooping in the warmer climbs So many more. Post your participation ideas on Hopethiopia social media and bring some great awareness.

Today is Remembrance Day Hopethiopia remembers those that have given so much for our freedom, peace, and unity. We lived in a blessed land and are very grateful to those that sacrificed and given so much.

Covid-19 Response Africa Hopethiopia and our beneficiary communities in Ethiopia and Rwanda really need your help. During this time of great uncertainty, there are so many marginalized individuals that are at great risk. Please consider contributing to the Hopethiopia Covid-19 Response Africa fund. It will make a massive impact as we continue to provide hope and love to places where it is needed the most. To help out contribute to the Hopethiopia Covid-19 Response Fund at Canadahelps.org

A huge thank you from Ethiopian leaders. Hopethiopia is very grateful to receive all of these certificates of appreciation and recognition from different government offices from the local to the regional levels. We have been very actively engaged during the Covid-19 pandemic to provide assistance the the communities and our beneficiaries in both Ethiopia and Rwanda. Many creative and very practical ideas have come up both from our Canadian leaders as well as our on the ground... Ethiopian and Rwandan teams. Ideas such as; mask production, distribution of free water, sanitizer and PPE provision, feeding programs and many other ideas have all come up. Megersa, the Hopethiopia Children's Village director, accepted these certificates on behalf of Hopethiopia. We would also like to acknowledge our many funding partners that have provided the much needed funds to allow us to provide such excellent services and resources. To the many people that have sacrificed so many of their personal resources, in the midst of their own hardship during Covid, we send our sincere appreciation and thanks for your great generosity. There is so much more need as we move into our second wave in Ethiopia and Rwanda. The need like here in North America will be greater the next time around. So please consider supporting our efforts by contributing to the Covid-19 Response Africa fund. Your support will make a great difference in allowing us to help out in the best way possible. Together we will survive and thrive.

Join in on the Global Virtual Hopethiopia Run of Hope. Participate with us for the month of December as we cover the globe with Hope.

Wonderful video of the Ethiopia projects Once in a while we get to see what our teams are posting about Hopethiopia. It is such a massive blessing to have so many teams come out and work at our projects in both Ethiopia and Rwanda. The attached video just shows what one recent team experienced and we were truly blessed by their presence and great generosity of time, love, and fun. Typically we have between 35 to 50 teams a year with over 1,000 people volunteering and donating... tens of thousands of person hours of work, love, and effort in any given year. Most teams are international and some are local Ethiopian and Rwandan. To all of you a great many thanks, we could not do what we do without you. Of course during Covid-19 it has been tough around the world. Most international teams have drastically decreased in number. However, many, many teams are in the wings just waiting to be mobilized. So be patient and get ready. As the pandemic settles down we will be reactivate the massive outpouring of love and help that is so greatly needed to bring Hope to so many. So from the kids and House Mom's at the Children's Village, our onsite staff, and all the workers in Ethiopia and Rwanda a HUGE thank you. They miss you so much a cannot wait to see the teams return. See more

MEET ONE OF OUR HEROES This is Kanani. Kanani’s name means: to synchronize/to give up individual leanings in order to unite more effectively. For too long circumstances did not allow Kanani to live up to his name. The challenges that came with being an uneducated, homeless, orphaned, addict seemed entirely insurmountable. About 5 years ago, after graduating from the government run Iwawa Rehabilitation Centre, Kanani came to live at HOPE’s residence for orphaned and homeles...s grads. He arrived determined to take advantage of all HOPE had to offer to ensure he made lasting and positive changes in his life. After working so hard to overcome his addictions he wouldn’t let anything keep him down, not even chronic illness. Kanani was the first of his cohort to find a job, save enough money to rent a house and move out on his own. Today, Kanani is the House Brother at HOPE’s men’s residence, which means he manages the home and helps the residents heal from their many hurts and losses. Kanani is at the heart of the home, as he cultivates and nurtures a brotherhood. Kanani is helping our young men to reject the debilitating lies addiction declares: you are alone, you are unworthy, you are unlovable. Kanani’s words and actions counter those deceptions by reinforcing the truth: you belong, you are unconditionally loved. Kanani has sacrificed a lot to ensure these young men find family. His powerful name now seems quite prophetic! And as he has served his brothers so well, his reputation has grown. The community sees him as a man of integrity and a strong role model. He is an overcomer; Kanani is a hero! : Glenda Dubienski #hopethiopiarwanda #hero #hope #rwanda #kigali #hopehome #sacrifice #brotherhood #unconditionallove #miracles #integrity #transformation #rolemodel #overcomer #glorytogod

Productive Children's Village gardens One of the goals at Hopethiopia is to help each home in the Children's Village to have productive and very healthy gardens. All the children learn how to work alongside their house moms and the mission teams to create very healthy organic vegetable and fruit gardens.

Melkam Addis Amet To our dear Hopethiopia family and friends around the world we wish each of you a very Happy New year!\ September 11th is New Years day and it will be 2013.... Even with the current challenges that the world is facing we wish you all the very best and that you may find many great opportunities and hope in this coming year. We thank each of you for participating in so many excellent ways during the past year and we look forward to you continued support and encouragement .

Hopethiopia has been involved for many years in the restoration of the environment through our reforestation and environmental conservation efforts. Great progress is being made. When there is great vision, one can see where one is going. When a whole country has great vision and unity then great change can happen on a massive scale. Together we are all able to make a difference and all generations are coming together to make the future bright and filled with Hope

Hopethiopia Face mask distribution in Ethiopia. Hopethiopia is very excited to provide thousands of Face masks to the local communities in Ethiopia and Rwanda. Graduates from the Hopethiopia Trades training programs and been very busy in Ethiopia and Rwanda creating a variety of very attractive and practical PPE masks to help the communities deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. Hopethiopia is sponsoring the graduates to help them set up their own business cooperatives to become successful and independently successful entrepreneurs. Together we will all succeed and lead to a bright future full of hope and opportunity.