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Our ministry is called Love Is Ethiopia. The vision for the ministry is to create a daycare center for children of single mothers in the slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at no cost to them.
Our ministry is called Love Is Ethiopia. The vision for the ministry is to create a daycare center for children of single mothers in the slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at no cost to them.
The daycare will focus on vulnerable children, age
0-4 years. It will be created to care holistically by physically,
spiritually, emotionally, and developmentally caring for these children
in the name of and through the example set by Jesus. While their mothers
are able to seek out work and find jobs, children will be provided
nutritious meals and clothed. The wonderful thing is that these children
will be back in their mother's arms at the end of the day. We feel that
this will be a way to keep families together and keep children from
becoming orphans. Mom is able to have work and move toward
self-sustainability, while the children have a safe place to learn and
grow.
The dignity of these mothers is currently being
diminished as they beg on the streets with their young children in tow
or take them to jobs where it is unsafe for a child to be. As a result
of this opportunity, we believe the mother's dignity will be restored
and her malnourished and withdrawn children will come to life.
To care for the mothers, our ministry will
provide spiritually, physical, and emotional support to her as well. We
will help seek out jobs, offer job/skill training, provide micro loans
or micro grants to kickstart small business to provide for their family.
