Pictured above: Caregivers from Mulu Wongel Child Development Center learn about ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Caring for the Most Vulnerable Ethiopia is facing a humanitarian crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ethnic violence, severe flooding and a locust outbreak. Some regions in Ethiopia are reporting a nearly 50% increase in malnutrition hospitalizations. Many families rely on agriculture for their income, which makes the destruction of crops and economic slowdown adversely ... Read More
Hope is Flourishing for Mothers and Babies in Ethiopia
Church at Brook Hills, we are pleased to bring you this update from Holeta Mulu Wongel Child Development Center and Enchini Mulu Wongel Student Center, which are both located in Ethiopia. These churches are collectively providing holistic care to 27 moms and babies. Mothers in the program receive spiritual care, gain microenterprise skills and learn about early childhood development. One caregiver in the Survival program at Holeta Mulu Wongel Child Development Center expressed that, "I was ... Read More
Families Thriving in Ethiopia
Thank you, The Church at Brook Hills, for your love and compassion shown to women, babies, and their families in Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, and Tanzania. In this report, we focus specifically on the women and children in Survival Programs at the Enchini Mulu Wongel and Holeta Mulu Wongel Student Centers. Your faithful gifts allow families to learn more about good nutrition to ensure proper nourishment for their children, dive into their handicraft skills to help support their family, build ... Read More
Meet The Staff Members
Below are the staff members at each of the Sponsorship Launches you support. Each staff member plays an integral part in the growth and development of the children in their community. Children at each center receive support from the project director, tutors, treasurer and pastor. These adults that choose to pour into the lives of the children in their community will not only influence the children that are in the program now, but hundreds more in the years to come. ... Read More
Partnership Facilitator Letters
The following are letters of gratitude from the Partnership Facilitators of your Sponsorship Launches in Ethiopia. Dear Donors, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ! My name is Temesegn Tagesse, Partnership Facilitator at Butajira Hiwot Berhan Church Child Development Center (ET0727). Our center currently serves 219 children and is located in Butajira, Ethiopia. Ours is a struggling community where few families are able to provide enough food, education and healthcare for their children. ... Read More
Caregiver Letter ETC24
The following is a translated letter from a mother that benefits from this Child Survival Program. My dear sponsors, How are you? May the Lord’s grace and peace be with you abundantly. My family is doing very well thanks to God. Thank you very much for being willing to support my family. My name is Firehiwot Challa and I am 29 years old. I live with my husband and my five children. We all live in a one-room rented house. My husband works as a guard and I work selling tea and biscuits in the ... Read More
Pastor Letter from ETC34
The following is a translated letter from the pastor of the Mehal Dire Dawa Meserete Kirstoc Child Survival Program in Ethiopia. To our friends at The Church at Brook Hills, May God’s peace be with your spirit. Since the establishment of the Child Survival Program under the Mehal Meserete Kristos Church by God’s good will, I rejoice that God has given us these 46 little children and their mothers who are complete blessings to the church. Though the children do not tell us ... Read More