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A New Life for Boge
Economic Development | Sponsorship
A New Life for Boge
November 22, 2021December 3, 2021

Boge remembers well her days as a beggar, spending long days on the streets of Addis Ababa but often bringing home less than the equivalent of an American penny. Continue reading A New Life for Boge →

Sponsored boy with his mother
Sponsorship
Perseverance After COVID
March 29, 2021May 5, 2021

Eleven years ago, Befikadu Ayanew was sponsored through Hope In View. Things improved, but then COVID flattened his mom’s business and they lost their house. Continue reading Perseverance After COVID →

Handwashing station
General
Crisis Upon Crisis
November 30, 2020November 30, 2021

Heavy rains this summer caused flooding, the worst ever in the region, which has displaced some 300,000 people in Ethiopia. Continue reading Crisis Upon Crisis →

Another Chance to Double Your Impact
General
Another Chance to Double Your Impact
November 30, 2020November 30, 2021

“We had decided to separate, so they could eat, even though that would shame me in their eyes. Just as we ate the last food in the house…” Continue reading Another Chance to Double Your Impact →

Woman receiving food
General
Reporting Back on Our Response to COVID-19 in Ethiopia
September 24, 2020November 30, 2021

In all, 1,655 families consisting of at least 8,081 individuals received life-saving oil, grain, and in many cases masks and soap. These were leaders, members, or needy neighbors of 241 churches. Here are some of their stories. Continue reading Reporting Back on Our Response to COVID-19 in Ethiopia →

Food distribution
General
Giving Without Creating Dependency
July 24, 2020November 30, 2021

To everyone’s amazement, Ethiopians in these three areas raised a total of $12,408 to add to our grants. For all three organizations, this was unprecedented. Continue reading Giving Without Creating Dependency →

Ethiopia flag
General
Ramping Up Preparations for Covid-19
April 10, 2020November 12, 2021

On April 8, Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers declared a 5-month State of Emergency for fighting the coronavirus. Read about the work our Ethiopian friends are doing to help protect and help during COVID. Continue reading Ramping Up Preparations for Covid-19 →

Beautiful view Gedo
General
Covid-19 Begins In Ethiopia
March 30, 2020November 12, 2021

In March, Hope In View’s board asked Ron and Carolyn Klaus to focus on preparing our Ethiopian leaders for this approaching crisis. Read about the beginning of the crisis and our response. Continue reading Covid-19 Begins In Ethiopia →

Baptism 2019
Church Development
Dunk, Disciple, Document
April 15, 2019May 3, 2021

Twelve powerful witch doctors used to control the entire area. Christians who visited could not sleep and felt physical pain that would not go away until they were on their way home. So they just prayed—and kept coming back. Little by little, all twelve witch doctors died, moved away, or lost their power. Continue reading Dunk, Disciple, Document →

Self helps savings group mentors
Economic Development
Expanded Self Help Group Launches
February 3, 2018November 12, 2021

Can social programs truly become self-sustaining? We are going to find out. In January, we launched a project to help 20 struggling self-help groups in western Ethiopia learn to multiply themselves with their own funding. Continue reading Expanded Self Help Group Launches →

Economic Development
Can Social Enterprises Be Self-Sustaining?
February 2, 2018May 3, 2021

“Wholly sustainable social enterprises are a myth”, declared Alastair Wilson in 2017. When you work with people with less education in less desirable environments and pay higher costs than your competitors, it is harder to turn a profit. Continue reading Can Social Enterprises Be Self-Sustaining? →

Business selling coffee
Sponsorship
From Beggar to Business Owner
July 14, 2017May 3, 2021

Wosene’s husband left her when she was 6-months pregnant with their son. He sold their property and took all the money, leaving her and their 4-year-old daughter to live on the street and earn her living by begging. Her son was born on the street. Two years ago, a guard told her to go to our child sponsorship program. Continue reading From Beggar to Business Owner →

Carol White
Church Development
Helping Helpers of Very Young Children
June 16, 2017May 3, 2021

For years Carol White has taught young children using the Montessori educational method. Hearing that few think about educating children until they are 6, she volunteered to teach teachers, sponsorship workers, and moms how to give their younger children a head start. Continue reading Helping Helpers of Very Young Children →

LandSlide Kills At Least 115 In Our Neighborhood
General
LandSlide Kills At Least 115 In Our Neighborhood
March 17, 2017November 12, 2021

Last Saturday night the mountains of rubbish in the dump near our child sponsorship program suddenly gave way in an avalanche that buried 49 homes. Continue reading LandSlide Kills At Least 115 In Our Neighborhood →

Alem picture
Sponsorship
Agent of Transformation
September 27, 2015May 3, 2021

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 →

Pastor addressing group
Economic Development
Sustainability: Western Propaganda or Realistic Hope?
November 28, 2014November 30, 2021

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? →

Paper template for design
Sponsorship
Fashion Design–A Way Out of Poverty?
October 31, 2014May 3, 2021

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? →

Build
Church Development
We Built It Ourselves!
October 6, 2014May 3, 2021

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! →

Sponsored family
Sponsorship
From Begging to Saving
October 6, 2014May 3, 2021

“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 →

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