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Changing Lives
On my recent trip to Hawassa, Ethiopia I was blessed to experience the work of Hawassa Hope. As we visited Ajuuja, the children’s home, various community gatherings and a clean water project in another community, we were faced each day with the stark reality of...
What’s it like to visit your sponsored child?
At Hawassa Hope we love to have sponsors visit and meet their sponsored children. It's a surreal moment when you meet the child and/or family that you have written to, prayed for and supported from across a vast ocean. This past July trip we had several visits happen!...
Homes Desperately Needed
Degu and her mother Kalalitu and her sister Tirfe are in desperate need of a home. Greg and Greg were able to visit them on the most recent trip and found them homeless and living in one of the market stalls which they have to vacate during market times....
Sidama New Year!
Fichee-ChambalaallaFichee-Chambalalla is the Sidama New Year celebration. According to UNESCO’S site Fichee-Chambalaalla is a New Year festival celebrated among the Sidama people. According to the oral tradition, Fichee commemorates a Sidama woman who...