by Hawassa Hope | Dec 5, 2023 | Children's Home, Sponsorship
Suzanne (a sponsor and trip participant) shares her thoughts: Over the course of the past nine years, I’ve had the opportunity to travel to Ethiopia and see Hawassa Hope in action with my own eyes. I have sponsored five different children, three of whom I still...
by Hawassa Hope | Sep 21, 2023 | Hawassa Ethiopia, Sponsorship
When you experience the beauty, kindness and generosity of a people, it changes you on the inside! Stepping into mama Yenu’s home, I quickly realized my definitions of poverty, struggle and hardship needed a complete overhaul! Although we have real first world...
by Hawassa Hope | Mar 21, 2022 | Building Hope, Sponsorship
Meet Mebratu and his family. Mebratu is in 5th grade and lives with his mother and 2 siblings. Their father passed away from a car accident. When our board president, Greg, visited Mebratu and his family that were very hospitable and it was evident how much they loved...
by Hawassa Hope | Mar 12, 2022 | Sponsorship
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...
by Hawassa Hope | May 11, 2020 | Hawassa Ethiopia, Short Term Missions, Sponsorship
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...
by Hawassa Hope | Feb 20, 2020 | Sponsorship
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. You can...