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Championed by Dwight Sullivan (Yergalem, Dodola, 1970-72) and Janet Lee (Emdeber 1974-76)Supporting the development of a children’s library in Axum.
Since 2004, the Ethiopian registered charity Mega Vision Developmental Association (MVDA) has provided support for students from the Borana region in far southern Ethiopia.
The turmoil in Ethiopia no longer makes the headlines, but the humanitarian crisis continues. Ethnic conflicts, internal and external refugee displacements, drought, famine, and Covid-19 plague the country. So it is clear that we need to renew and expand our fund drive to help the people of Ethiopia.We have been in touch with our three NGO partners. They are still active in various parts of the country.Save the Children told us that it was “among the first respondents to the conflict in Tigray, while also continuing our humanitarian assistance to the prolonged crises in other regions. Our work in Tigray includes distribution of food, providing displaced children and families with healthcare, and supporting the nutritional needs of pregnant and nursing women.”Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders has teams in various parts of the country providing medical care. According to an MSF representative, “our activities in Afar, Gambella, and Somali regions are filling health care gaps and responding to emergency needs. MSF also has activities assisting Ethiopian refugees in Sudan.” You can view a sample of their work in this video: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/video-more-aid-urgently-needed-those-displaced-ethiopias-afar-regionThe International Rescue Committee put Ethiopia on its 2022 emergency watch list. It ranks Ethiopia as the country, after Afghanistan, most at risk of a worsening humanitarian crisis. A recent IRC report stated, “Conflict in northern Ethiopia has led over 2 million people to be displaced and left millions in need of humanitarian assistance. Coupled with weather shocks, Covid-19, no end to the conflict, and insufficient humanitarian access, millions of people will fall into further need if the crisis continues unabated.”We started this humanitarian fund-raising campaign in 2021. Your response back then was tremendous. Unfortunately, the suffering continues, so we ask you again to help us help our NGO partners do their remarkable work in Ethiopia.
Help EERPCVs with our operating costs!
E&ERPCVs partners with the respected Hesperian Health Guides, publisher of illustrated health guides (including the well-known manual Where There Is No Doctor), for use by health care workers in remote communities around the world.
Championed by Patti Garamendi (Mettu 66–68) and Faith GaramendiJoining in the efforts of the Ethiopia-approved NGO Alumni Association of St. Gabriel School in Mettu, Ethiopia, along with parents and community members to bring computer literacy and enhanced learning to the students of this primary-middle school through a project entitled “Enhancing the Quality of Education Through ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Labs at St. Gabriel Primary School.”
In late 2023, we received a special request from Save the Children for help in funding the reconstruction of nine damaged schools, two health facilities in Tigray. It is an ambitious project, funded in large part by the estate of Mimi O’Hagan, a philanthropist who spent many years in the province.
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