Meet Alem Gebregzi. She volunteers in our child sponsorship program. By day Alem sweeps streets with a broom and picks up garbage. By night she mentors a group of 21 people, all living with HIV, whose children are in our child sponsorship program. Continue reading Agent of Transformation
Sustainability: Western Propaganda or Realistic Hope?
Welayita certainly doesn’t lack natural beauty. And yet the people remain desperately poor, many convinced that they cannot rise out of poverty without outside help. Pastor Getachew is on a mission to change that. Continue reading Sustainability: Western Propaganda or Realistic Hope?
Fashion Design–A Way Out of Poverty?
Recently six of our child sponsorship program moms began classes on how to design new clothing. They are learning how to create new patterns and flesh them out into stylish and saleable goods. Continue reading Fashion Design–A Way Out of Poverty?
We Built It Ourselves!
8 year ago, villagers of Rafiso Alenga met Jesus. As the village changed and the church grew, they needed a bigger building. But they were poor farmers, way too poor to build a church building themselves. Or were they? Continue reading We Built It Ourselves!
From Begging to Saving
“My name is Desta* and I am 7 years old. My mother’s source of income is begging, and I begged with her for a long time. But when I joined Hope In View’s sponsorship program, I stopped begging and began school. Continue reading From Begging to Saving