Monday, September 20, 2010
Post from Sharon
My friend, Sharon, is the one who told me about this trip. Her and her husband, Brad, adopted a little girl from Ethiopia last February. I will be traveling with Sharon in December. She wrote an interesting post on her blog recently about Ethiopia. Read here.
Ethiopian calendar
Just an FYI. If you are reading through the FOVC blog please note that Ethiopia is on a different calendar system than many parts of the world. I don't quite understand but apparently it is only 2003 in Ethiopia. So please don't let dates confuse you.
What is FOVC-Ethiopia?
Desalegn is a man who grew up in southern Ethiopia. He is the 2nd person from his village to attend college. After getting a degree in Civil Engineering he decided to not pursue a career but instead to return to the village of Shanto and help the orphans, vulnerable children and widows. In 2006 Desalegn started FOVC-Ethiopia which stands for Friend of Orphans and Vulnerable Children. This is taken from his Facebook page:
Friends of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (FOVC) is an indigenous non profit, non-governmental and non-political community based humanitarian organization making a difference in the life of orphans, vulnerable children and widows in one of the densely populated areas in Southern Ethiopia, called Damot Pulasa Woreda/District/. FOVC’s goal is to end the cycle of poverty and hunger through education and income generating activities in Damot Pulasa Woreda.
FOVC was started its humanitarian work in August 2006. The idea of starting this humanitarian work was born after having gone through some good seminars within the community and holding thorough study within the Woreda.
FOVC provides community based foster care, orphanage service and education for orphans who are homeless and extremely impoverished through its Orphans and Vulnerable Children Care and Education Program (OVCCEP). It also rescues widows from the streets and slums of the Woreda through its Widows Hope Program (WHP), trains life changing skills which enable widows to provide for their families. The widows learn skills such as pottering, basket-making, metal work, livestock development skills, crop farming skills, and small-scale business skills.
It is expected that through the providing of community based foster care for homeless, special care/orphanage service/ for extremely impoverished and diseased orphans and training life changing skills for widows that it will be possible to have a direct and possible effect on the life of the poorest people in the area.
The Community is grateful for their relentless support they have offered. We have many generous people who work as volunteers. The group together with the Board of Directors has been lobbying for funds for the projects sustenance to date.
Most of the new children (orphans and vulnerable children) do not have even their school uniforms yet, thus still rely on their old tattered clothes they used to wear on the streets. Most children in the region are beaten or abused by parents, ravaged beyond their years by hard living conditions, and stricken with A.I.D.S. These are common struggles against diseases and poverty. It is in pursuit of human and universal responsibility that our FOVC is established.
FOVC’s focus on orphans, vulnerable children and widows is unique. Most international and national support for impoverished people is focusing in and around the capital city of the country, with little attention paid to many impoverished Woredas like Damot Pulasa.
I will be traveling to Ethiopia with several people who are involved with FOVC-Ethiopia. I look forward to meeting Desalegn and helping with his ministry.
The FOVC-Ethiopia blog is listed to the right. Please check it out!
Friends of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (FOVC) is an indigenous non profit, non-governmental and non-political community based humanitarian organization making a difference in the life of orphans, vulnerable children and widows in one of the densely populated areas in Southern Ethiopia, called Damot Pulasa Woreda/District/. FOVC’s goal is to end the cycle of poverty and hunger through education and income generating activities in Damot Pulasa Woreda.
FOVC was started its humanitarian work in August 2006. The idea of starting this humanitarian work was born after having gone through some good seminars within the community and holding thorough study within the Woreda.
FOVC provides community based foster care, orphanage service and education for orphans who are homeless and extremely impoverished through its Orphans and Vulnerable Children Care and Education Program (OVCCEP). It also rescues widows from the streets and slums of the Woreda through its Widows Hope Program (WHP), trains life changing skills which enable widows to provide for their families. The widows learn skills such as pottering, basket-making, metal work, livestock development skills, crop farming skills, and small-scale business skills.
It is expected that through the providing of community based foster care for homeless, special care/orphanage service/ for extremely impoverished and diseased orphans and training life changing skills for widows that it will be possible to have a direct and possible effect on the life of the poorest people in the area.
The Community is grateful for their relentless support they have offered. We have many generous people who work as volunteers. The group together with the Board of Directors has been lobbying for funds for the projects sustenance to date.
Most of the new children (orphans and vulnerable children) do not have even their school uniforms yet, thus still rely on their old tattered clothes they used to wear on the streets. Most children in the region are beaten or abused by parents, ravaged beyond their years by hard living conditions, and stricken with A.I.D.S. These are common struggles against diseases and poverty. It is in pursuit of human and universal responsibility that our FOVC is established.
FOVC’s focus on orphans, vulnerable children and widows is unique. Most international and national support for impoverished people is focusing in and around the capital city of the country, with little attention paid to many impoverished Woredas like Damot Pulasa.
I will be traveling to Ethiopia with several people who are involved with FOVC-Ethiopia. I look forward to meeting Desalegn and helping with his ministry.
The FOVC-Ethiopia blog is listed to the right. Please check it out!
Going on a trip!
I am going to Ethiopia on December 28-January 9. Please continue to check back for more information.
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