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?
%
4.5 Million Children Orphaned (5% of the Population)
%
People Living without access to Electricity
%
Child Mortality Rate
%
People Living on Less than $1 a Day
*International Energy Agency, UNICEF, World Health Statistics
To Charlie, on your Birthday…
My wonderful, sweet boy, Happy Birthday in Heaven. We wish we could hold you, snuggle you close and watch you eat birthday cake. We wish you could hold your baby sister Causby, let Ellie help you blow out your candles, and see you run and play with your friends...
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Charlie’s Watering Hole
We have been back only a week and it still seems like a dream to have seen the fruits of “our” labor… I say “our” because each of you who believe in us, in Charlie, and the work his Foundation does, made this dream come true. Last year, we hoped we would be able to...
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Paralyzing Fear
Michael and I just returned home from our latest venture to Ethiopia. We spent twelve days, including travel, visiting rural and urban areas of the country where Charlie’s Heart Foundation works. It was an amazing, difficult, and eye opening experience, as it always...
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