How Can You Help Break the Cycle?
When families are forced apart, hearts break – too many to count. This is the reality around the globe. Children are orphaned, vulnerable and at risk, separated from the family that loved them from the start – unless – we step up to break the cycle.
Our Mission:
To enhance the lives of children and families in areas of need through sustainable living, financial and health education to ultimately ensure they are prepared for their lives ahead.
Why Ethiopia?
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4.5 Million Children Orphaned (5% of the Population)
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People Living without access to Electricity
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Child Mortality Rate
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People Living on Less than $1 a Day
*International Energy Agency, UNICEF, World Health Statistics
Doing Little, Well
So the title of this blog is clearly underwhelming … hence why I have a difficult time following through with the above phrase. Why “do little, well” if you can “do a lot, pretty well”? Shouldn’t we do as much as we possibly can to fit everything in? Thanksgiving is...
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Why Ethiopia?
I’ve been asked often and even criticized on occasion for creating a foundation in memory of Charlie that supports families primarily in Ethiopia. Why wouldn’t we focus on families in our own community? What is the connection to Ethiopia? I guess it makes sense to...
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The Epidural
My husband, Michael, often said that if the human race depended on men to give birth, we would have been extinct by now. I have to agree with him on that point. Pregnancy and Birth are the most beautiful experiences (at least that is what everyone says on Facebook)....
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