VIDEO: New Education Project in Ambo, Ethiopia
Posted by Christine Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:50:00 GMT. Posted in Africa Trips, Education
We’re excited to welcome our first project in Ethiopia! Check out this video created by MC Member, Jacob Snodgrass, who was on our Mocha Club Ethiopia trip #4 in August. The video includes MC Director, Barrett Ward…
Ambo, Ethiopia is home to an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 orphans. 265 of those children are being educated and having their basic needs met by the Kale Heywet Church (“KHC”) in Ambo in conjunction with Compassion International. They are either single orphaned, double orphaned, or living with no/low income families that can not provide for their children’s education. With the growing number of children now at the KHC school, current classrooms do not provide enough room. It is not within the strategic plan of Compassion to fund the building of the school. There is also a demand by the government that the KHC provides appropriate educational facilities. Currently, a foundation for the new school building exists which had been built by the KHC, but they do not have enough funds to finish the project. This is where Mocha Club comes in!
>> Check out Jacob’s guest blog for his thoughts on the trip and how his life has been changed.
>> View photos from Ethiopia Trip #4!
