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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" - 

Nelson Mandela


When spiders unite they can tie up a lion

- Ethiopian proverb


100% of donations benefit Ehtiopian children and their families

Project Ethiopia has 501(c)(3) status

Judy & Dennis pay for all administrative and travel costs.

We buy local & hire local to benefit local economy

 

Recommended basic water requirement for drinking, bathing, sanitation services and food preparation is 12 1/2 gallons per person per day.

Average Ethiopian use: 2 1/2 gallons
Average U.S.A. use: 176 gallons

    "All peoples, whatever their stage of development and their social and economic conditions, have the right to have access to drinking water in quantities and of a quality equal to their basic needs"
                - United Nations Water Conference, 1977

Why Promoting Hygiene Matters:
  • Diarrhea kills 230,000 children under the age of 5 each year in Ethiopia.
  • Diarrhea does more than bring disease and early death, it brings loss of nutrition, malnutrition, and stunting of children's physical and intellectual growth
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Safe Water = significant reduction of waterborne diseases, 6% to 25% of diarrhea
Safe Water = ability to wash face and hands = significant reduction of trachoma


For as little as 7 pennies, you can help!
  • $4.70 for a school uniform
  • $1.63 for school supplies for a year
  • $0.07 for a bar of soap
  • $1 for a reading book
  • $35 for a triple desk
  • $10 for a bench
  • $2,300 for school well
  • $365 for piped water for a school well
  • $0.40 for drinking bottle
  • $12,000 for school latrine
  • $15 for soccer ball
  • $1 for jump rope
  • $17.50 for a white cane
  • $4.50 for a ream of Braille paper
  • $35 for a beehive
  • $2 for a sickle for the women or child to weed and harvest
  • $78 for a family latrine
  • $400 for a concrete floor
  • $2,100 for a village well

Safe Water

 
Village woman at a well
School well with multi-fauceted storage tank
Piped-water system

Wells and Piped-Water Systems


Only 31% of rural Ethiopia has safe water*


Thanks to Your Generous Support:

 6 Schools have safe water:
Wells
  • Walaji Elementary School (1,500 students)
  • Bacha Elementary School (1,233 students)
  • West Berayta Elementary School (452 students)
Piped Water
  • Dangla 03 Riverside Elementary School (1,963 students)
  • Abiot Godana Elementary School (1,485 students)
  • Mengeshu Jemberee 9th and 10th grade (6,000 students)
4 Villages have safe water (wells):
  • East Berayta
  • West Dubta (x2)
  • East Dubta

Before the wells were dug, children got their water from these streams.
 
 
Waterborne diseases cause 80% of illnesses and death in the developing world**


In Ethiopia 230,000 children under 5 die every year from diarrhea


To see what Project Ethiopia has accomplished so far with the school and village wells - click here

 

*WHO. Report of the Joint Government of Ethiopia
**Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council website






What We've Accomplished in Safe Water:
3       $2,300 - school well for 1,200 students with faucets
             (less than $2/student for a well with clean water)5       $2,100 - village well
2          $365 - piped-water system for 2 schools with 7,963 students
2,000   $0.50 - high quality drinking bottle
 
 
Project Ethiopia  c/o Interfaith Community Church 1763 NW 62nd Street, Seattle, WA 98107
Project Ethiopia has 501(c)(3) status so US donations are tax deductible