You may have heard some alarming statistics:

• Childbirth is a top cause of death in girls aged 15 to 18 in developing countries.

• Cycles of poverty, violence and ignorance continue when girls are not educated.

• 80% of human trafficking victims are girls.

But, we also know that educated girls marry later, have children later and have fewer, healthier children. The benefits of education include improved health and enhanced status in the community. Economies grow as more girls are educated. We know that educating girls and empowering women is one of the best investments we can make in developing countries like Ethiopia.

The WRAPS program that we support gives young women the chance to stay in school when they get their periods. It also provides employment for women, many of whom have experienced tragedy and trauma in their lives. 

The Girls Gotta Run program invests not only in the athletic scholars at the heart of the program, but also provides support to a girl's entire family, through financial literacy training and a savings group for mothers.

We see an incredible amount of potential in the children of Ethiopia - boys and girls alike. That's why we also support projects like the Tesfa’s Shelter and Busajo. We want to educate and provide for the youth of Ethiopia to encourage future leaders.

With projects like Prolapsed Uterus Surgeries, we're helping to restore health and dignity to women's lives.

You're invited to get to know these projects . . .we think you're going to be touched by this work and the difference that it makes for women and children in Ethiopia!

 We'd like to introduce you to some of the women who have received these surgeries.
Read their stories on our Facebook page!

Read about the latest surgical candidate on our blog:

Thanks to your dollars, we have provided reproductive education and WRAPs kits
– which include pads, a wet bag and underwear –
to thousands of young women.

So many girls have to miss school when they are on their periods because disposable feminine hygiene products are either not available or not affordable. The WRAPs project (washable, reusable, affordable pads) gives girls the freedom to continue with their daily activities.

This project is a win-win because it also employs Ethiopian women to make the WRAPs! We're thankful to be partnered with Allison Karnes for this project.

WRAPs is so simple and so profound. For $15 per kit we can empower girls and promote education.

Read our latest blog post about WRAPs:

We have sponsored twenty-six girls for one-year scholarships and nineteen girls in the Alumni Program to help make it possible for them to go on to college or university. Thank you for investing with us in this amazing program!

Your donations have allowed us to send nearly $50,000 to Busajo, including $30,000 in 2017 that was earmarked for a new facility for girls!

In Amharic, Busajo means "the one who sees ahead."

In Soddo alone, there are 2000 children living on the streets. That's 10% of the population in that city. Children leave home for different reasons - inadequate or abusive living conditions are the most common. They sometimes walk for days in search of luck, attracted by the city lights and hoping for a better future. The reality is that many of them end up being used by drug traffickers or become thieves for exploiters. Many of the girls end up in prostitution to survive.

Busajo is a program that serves children living on the streets of Soddo. One of the two directors meets with children on the streets to get to know them, tell them about the program and to assess the child's seriousness to be educated and to have a different life. After three months of getting to know the children on the street, if they are seriously interested, they are invited to start to attend classes every day. If after two months they have come regularly and have demonstrated commitment and a good attitude they are then invited in to the program. The children will go to school, receive clothing, food, school supplies, shelter, love and medical and psychological attention and care. Busajo does their very best to reunify the children with their families and they are successful about 85% of the time. Sometimes the family only needs financial assistance to repair a damaged home or to provide a cow in order to take their child back. The children that cannot be reunified with their families remain in the program and receive education and skills training.

We invite you to learn more on Busajo's website and Facebook page -
and help us support this wonderful organization!

In Harar Ethiopia, Tesfa Alebachew cares for 92 children who are orphaned, abandoned or do not have anyone who is able to care for them. Tesfa, as a volunteer, provides food, shelter, care, love, protection, structure, guidance and a family to these vulnerable children. He had developed a local model of support having mobilized volunteers, local businesses and individuals to provide food (from hotels and restaurants), services for free (haircuts), rent for the shelter and clothing however, COVID, war in the country and hardship in the country dismantled that model of support.

At the beginning of COVID, Mothers With a Heart for Ethiopia became the only financial supporter of the shelter.  

Tesfa needs your support now. The children need your support now to protect, feed, shelter and care for them until the economy recovers from the pandemic, war and hardship enough for the local model of support to start again and provide at least some of the support needed.

The cost to provide for one child for one year is $1000.  If you are interested in sponsoring a child through Team Tesfa, please visit this link to learn more or to sign up.  Any donation you are able to make will help ensure that our  organization can meet the financial needs of the 92 children at Tesfa's Shelter.

Please send a message to Tesfa that you value what he is doing and to the children that they are loved.

You can also become a Team Tesfa sponsor and provide a child with shelter, food, clothing, educational supplies, medical care, security and a family. Tesfa's Shelter in Harar, Ethiopia is home to 92 children who were without family or family who could care for them. As a sponsor, you will be changing a life and touching the heart of a child. You will be helping to ensure they have all they need - not only quality of life but also a hope for the future. LEARN MORE…

Read more about Tesfa on our blog: