"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" -
Nelson Mandela
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
How Project Ethiopia Works:
- Our greatest resource is community support
- We give money to NO ONE - we buy all materials & implement projects
- We buy local, and hire local to support local economy
- We are all volunteers! Judy & Dennis in North America, Awoke & Workineh in Ethiopia
- We hire at Ethiopian wages or villagers volunteer their labor so they all benefit
What does it take to improve the life of a child?
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
Other School News:
- Microscope supplies for the high school
- Telephone connection for one school
- School library books
- 25 white canes were given to blind children
When spiders unite they can tie up a lion
- Ethiopian proverb
2006 Newsletter:
Ethiopian successes continue. The highlight of our February 20 – March 10 visit to Ethiopia was the growth of a network of local people who are happy to be helping. Each community’s skilled workers caught the vision as Awoke Genetu, our Ethiopian partner and friend, negotiated with them and explained our projects to them and these workers reduced their prices below what Awoke offered in some cases. One said he would have profit taken in satisfaction, not money. - more
2007 Newsletter:
Ethiopian
children received uniforms thanks to Sammamish/Fall City, WA swim
school children. The school children each donated $6 for a uniform and
school supplies for a year. - more
2008 September Newsletter:
A
new building for grades 1 - 4 has been built with all labor from
parents and Project Ethiopia helping with materials: some corrugated
roof sections, nails, and concrete floor. test- more
