Education is Crucial

Education is Crucial

Our October team had a great time seeing Tesfa School open!   Cheryll, one of our trip participants, shares her thoughts:   As an educator for thirty years, it was a thrill to see and be part of the Hawassa Hope Tesfa School initiative.   The school is literally a...
Growing up

Growing up

  Suzanne (a sponsor and trip participant) shares her thoughts:   Over the course of the past nine years, I’ve had the opportunity to travel to Ethiopia and see Hawassa Hope in action with my own eyes. I have sponsored five different children, three of whom I still...
Hope Brings Change

Hope Brings Change

When you experience the beauty, kindness and generosity of a people, it changes you on the inside! Stepping into mama Yenu’s home, I quickly realized my definitions of poverty, struggle and hardship needed a complete overhaul!  Although we have real first  world...
Tesfa Community School

Tesfa Community School

Education is a fundamental right of every child, and it plays a crucial role in shaping their future. Unfortunately, in Ethiopia, a significant number of children are deprived of this basic right due to poverty, limited resources, and other socio-economic challenges....
Building Hope for Mebratu

Building Hope for Mebratu

Meet Mebratu and his family. Mebratu is in 5th grade and lives with his mother and 2 siblings. Their father passed away from a car accident. When our board president, Greg, visited Mebratu and his family that were very hospitable and it was evident how much they loved...