Lifesong-Ethiopia

There are so many orphans and homeless kids in Ziway. It is impossible not to be touched by their dire living conditions, often on the street begging and hoping to find a few discarded morsels of food.

A friend of ours took one homeless boy to school, paid his school fees, and gave him a shower and new clothes. Expecting to find him in school the next day, he discovered the boy had disappeared. A few days later he surfaced again wearing his old clothes. We suspect he went somewhere to sell his new clothes and lived for a few days off that money and then returned to his begging. He has not continued in school.

In order to help out orphans and children in similar circumstances, Misgana Ministries wants to build a home for twelve orphan kids. The cost to do this is quite high, so we are praying for supporters who would like to help with this project.

A blueprint for the proposed home is shown below:

An Ethiopian Christian couple will care for 12 double orphans (both parents are dead). Children in these homes receive three healthy meals a day, appropriate and comfortable beds and living conditions. Temesgin & his family (would be first set of Houseparents after Group Home is built)

About Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Location
Eastern Africa, west of Somalia

Capital City
Addis Ababa

Area
1,104,300 sq km (slightly less than twice the size of Texas)

Population
85,237,338

Languages
Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census)

Religion
Christian 60.8% (Orthodox 50.6%, Protestant 10.2%), Muslim 32.8%, traditional 4.6%, other 1.8% (1994 census)

**data from www.cia.gov