Share Members of Faith Chapel’s Billings and Beyond outreach program have been to Ethiopia — nine times — but the most recent 9,000-mile trip, which wrapped up in late October, was a little different. The first eight times, teams focused on building projects for the New Hope Center for Children and Handicapped, which...
ShareAlthough he’s based in Brooklyn, filmmaker Peter Buntaine’s mind is far away these days. He is preparing to film a feature length documentary in Ethiopia titled “Church Forest.” The film is about the last pieces of Northern Ethiopia’s once contiguous forest, the inhabitants living within the forest and the danger of deforestation facing these...
Share The Forbes’ Magazine has named Liya Kebede among the 40 Most Powerful Celebrities In Africa, here is an excerpt from the article:- These days, Africa’s favorite idols harness the “currency of celebrity” to impact social change on many levels. Take Liya Kebede, for instance: The Ethiopian-born supermodel has leveraged on her celebrity status...
ShareActor became inspired to launch new business after pledging to help an Ethiopian coffee farmer and his community. Hugh Jackman is no stranger to the charity scene, but his latest effort to help make a difference is a few steps beyond your average PSA or short-lived campaign. The 43-year-old star of both film and...
ShareMoved and humbled by the fact that blinding diseases can be prevented for as little as 25p, founder of Jemma Kidd Make Up, Jemma Kidd, speaks out on the shocking reality that 10 million people in Ethiopia suffer from disease causing blindness and 100% needlessly so. During a recent trip to Ethiopia with sight-saving...
ShareExpansion of two primary schools in Ethiopia completed this week by the financial support of 207,558 US dollars obtained from Japanese government. The inauguration of the expansion of Roman Dega Kedida Primary School in Kambata Tambaro Zone and Zebo Primary School in Wolaitta Zone, took place over the weekend, according to the press statement...
ShareSara Kebede, 16, can tell you that Ethiopia is home to the world’s premier long-distance runners. She also can tell you that in a poverty-stricken country like Ethiopia, good running shoes are like gold to aspiring athletes. Kebede runs track and cross country at San Clemente High School. She also has family roots in...
ShareBy Jeff Mosier While in Ethiopia this summer, Nevada State College senior Anam Qadir was approached by a young girl one sunny morning. The girl said “I love you” over and over again. It was the only English she knew, and it made for Qadir’s favorite memory of her trip. Qadir and seven other...
ShareLong Island-based charity brings orphan to the states for eye procedure By Elana Glowatz Operation Hearts and Home brought Seifu to the U.S. to receive medical care for his eye. Photos from Diane Curley After visiting a Long Island ophthalmologist, Seifu Ababiya Agabide can still only see through one eye, but he’s a little...
ShareBy Barbara Grady In the lush farming village of Billo, Ethiopia, 297 children cram into a three-room dirt-floor school, eager to learn. Until this year, they sat on rocks. Now, thanks to Birtukan Beyenssa, an Ethiopian-American from Albany, they sit at smooth, newly purchased wooden desks. By September, they’ll have another classroom and, by...
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