2.    Yilak Tegaye 

I go to school to knowledge, change my life and in the future to get job as well as help those who are in need of my help as much as I can.

3.    Mohammed Kidir.

to get knowledge, I have a dream that one day I will be come a doctor and help patients with cancer problem.

4.    Mekonnen Temesgen

I have a big dream In the future to achieve these  I must go to school and get education. Education is the base for development and one way to get good job, I would like all that to happen and help my self and the people in need.

5.    Tigist Amsayw 

I  go to school to get good education and get good job, and by the job I required for long time I would like to help my self and family.

6.     Meseret Alamerow

Want to be good student with good result and become a teacher, go back to the country side and teach the community  what education can do to them.

 

The older students are in a new house.  Zinabu, a man who works for the Ethiopian government, teaches at the university and helps with UN missions, is acting as mentor and friend to the kids.  He checks on them regularly making sure that the details regarding school and home are taken care of.  He also acts as mentor, being an adult voice when needed.

 

 

   The House!

 

 

 

August 2009

 

cccethio@gmail.com
2192 Greencliff Drive
Atlanta, GA 30345
404.358.7960

 

            If I had three wishes I would wish for a house and an education for Teshale and then three more wishes.  I would then wish for a house and an education for Yilak and then three more wishes…The fact is there are not enough wishes in the world to meet all of the needs of those without, but we have identified a group of young people who, with your help, can have their three wishes.  The goal of this adventure is to grant three hopes - a home, an education, and needed medical care - to a select group of hard working students.

Rick Hodes, an American physician who has lived and worked in Ethiopia for most of his adult life, has taken in many children over the years.  He currently houses his five adopted sons and ten other young people in his personal home.  He also houses ten others in a separate home.  He has treated them all as family and writes: “I have been supporting around 20 non-adopted kids in various ways, paying school fees, giving stipends for food, and paying housing for them. Often all this is out-of-pocket. As my own adopted Ethiopian kids grow, I can no longer continue to (give) money to these people. Without extra help to pay school fees and housing, their futures will be greatly diminished.” We, with your help, would like to keep their dreams alive.





 

The children above are those that we would like to help.  Many have had extensive surgery to correct medical problems:  Mohammed, 17, lost one leg from osteosarcoma.  Dr. Hodes moved him into his home several years ago. He received 6 cycles of chemotherapy with cisplatin + doxorubicin. Mohammed is now cured and wants to be a doctor.  Some came from small villages: Yilak, 20, is the son of a priest/farmer from rural Lalibella. He came to Addis to shine shoes to pay for his school fees. A client told him “you have a really bad back; go to Mother Teresa’s Mission and ask to see Dr. Rick.” Now he has had surgery and is studying accounting. Others were street children: Tihunie, 16, was an orphan with terrible scoliosis. She had surgery in Ghana, now is going to school.

 Our goals include:  providing a house for eight of the teens that will otherwise soon be without a house; providing funds for education at the schools in which they are currently enrolled; providing food, clothing and other necessities; providing adult counsel as needed; and providing medical care.  For those still living in Dr. Hodes’ home, we plan to provide funds for continued education through high school.

Please consider generously helping these young people by giving a one time or ongoing tax deductible donation to:  The Children’s Cross Connection Ethiopia.  You can donate through https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7433272 or send your check to the above address.

 Thank you,

Shelly Dollar
Project Manager