Millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity, lacking access to or funding for healthy food. As a result, destitute families cannot afford to provide regular meals for their children, and nursing mothers are sometimes so malnourished that they cannot breastfeed their babies. This lack of nutrition creates a generational cycle of poor […]
Fourteen-year-old Genet would love to become a doctor when she grows up. Her favorite activities are crafts and playing on the swing set, and her favorite class so far has been environmental science. Genet lives with her parents and her three siblings. Both parents have been day laborers, but when her mother became bed-ridden due […]
As Ethiopia follows a different calendar from most western countries, Hanna Orphan’s Home celebrated Christmas in January. The children enjoyed cakes, soft drinks, candy, and other treats as part of their celebrations. In collaboration with Young Life Ethiopia, HOH presented a program to the children with music, speeches, poems, and a presentation of what Christmas […]
There are an estimated 280,000 AIDS orphans in Ethiopia, and, combined with an 88% child poverty rate and 49% literacy rate, these children are extremely vulnerable. Hanna Orphan’s Home cares for both AIDS orphans and vulnerable children in their community, providing Christian homes for the orphans and support services for over 200 children. They […]