Lifesong-Ethiopia

Working closely with Ethiopian leaders and veteran missionary staff Lifesong for Orphans & Gobena Coffee are partnering to serve the Ziway, Ethiopia community through these priority projects:

Implement a Feeding Program
• Provide nutritious breakfast and lunch for each of the 300+ students before and during school
Develop Christian School
• Add two additional classes per year (for next five years)
• After Year 1: 450
• After Year 2: 600
• After Year 3: 750
• After Year 4: 900
• After Year 5: 1,050
• Involves additional building facilities, educational materials, and teaching staff
Complete Church construction
Build & Operate a Group Home
• A Christian home environment for 12 double orphan children with Ethiopian “houseparents.”
Create a sustainable business for vocational/entrepreneurship training
• A block-making business where 50% of profits can help fund the school
• Develop career skills to have sustainable careers and break cycle of extreme poverty

Leadership

Gary & Peggy
Gary & Peggy have been missionaries in Ethiopia for over nine years, most of that time serving as administrators in language translation organizations, hospitals and clinics, most recently Administrator and Dietician of the Myungsung Christian Medical Center (Korean Hospital) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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