YOU provided medical exams

We love when we can provide you updates on projects YOU made possible!

We had some very generous donors that funded our Children’s Heaven Medical Project. A few months ago 115 girls at Children’s Heaven were able to see a physician to have their medical assessment and referred for future treatment if needed.

These important medical assessments had not been done in a few years as they did not have funding for this project. We reached out to YOU and with the help of many of you this project was completed for the year. 

Thanks again for your generous hearts!

Need a gift idea?

Yes, it’s just October, and I’m already checking things of my holiday gift list. With us leaving for Ethiopia in less then a month, getting home a few days before Thanksgiving and busy holiday season my hope is to get as much gift shopping done before we leave.

For my children’s teachers I always like to give a gift in their honor along with something  I’ve made in the kitchen. For my daughters two teachers I’m gifting them blankets in their honor. These blankets will be provided to girls at Children’s Heaven in Addis Ababa. While there visiting Children’s Heaven we will pass out the blankets and I’ll snap a photo of the girls to put with the teacher gifts.

This year my oldest is graduating from high school. How that is possible, I have no idea, as it just seems like yesterday we received the “call” that our son was born and to jump on the next flight to meet him. I wanted to honor his past favorite teachers with a meaningful gift. I’ve been going through old class party photos and printing them and will write letters to them about the impact they had on his life. Along with this I’m going to share that a gift has been made in their honor providing school books to the girls at Children’s Heaven.

Do you need a gift idea for a teacher, friend, postal carrier, dog groomer? We have some remaining items that we would love to provide to the children at Lola and Children’s Heaven. If you would like to make a gift in someones honor please leave a comment in the note section so we can send you a photo and card when we return to pass along to the recipient.

Some of our needs:

• $35 will provide a mattress to a child at Children’s Heaven or Lola – 5 left
• $21 will provide a blanket for a girl at Children’s Heaven – 19 left
• $16 will provide bed sheets for a girl at Children’s Heaven – 16 left
• $12 will provide a towel for a girl at Children’s Heaven – 25 left
• $50 will provide a scale to weigh the children at Lola – 1 left
• $6.50 will provide a child at Lola with a pillow – 6 left
• $40 will provide a white board for the tutoring rooms at Children’s Heaven – 2 left
• $5 will provide school books for the girls at Children’s Heaven
• $6 will provide a birthday wish for a girl at Children’s Heaven
• $5 will provide shampoo/soap for a girl at Children’s Heaven
• $400 (or any amount) will secure a sewing machine at Lola to teach the girls how to sew
• $360 will provide a lap top computer for Children’s Heaven

To make a gift in someones honor please visit here and also remember to include the name of the recipient so we know where to send the card and photo.

Many thanks for all you do for the children at Lola and Children’s Heaven.

Good Night Sleep

You continue to amaze us every single day. We’ve been sharing with you needs we have for our upcoming November trip to Ethiopia. YOU listened and are helping us with so many things. From the Amazon wish list to mattresses, thank you to each of you who’ve generously helped with this project.

Over the next few weeks we will be highlighting some items on our wish list, why they are needed and information on how you can help.

Here is a little update on our Great Night Sleep project for the girls at Children’s Heaven and kids at Lola Children’s Home. While in Addis Ababa we will be purchasing these items and hand delivering these items. Our goal is to provide 40 mattresses and 30 sets of sheets, blankets and towels.

• Mattress $35 each
• Bed Sheets $16 each
• Blankets $21 each
• Towels $12 each  

On our last trip in 2015 YOU all provided 75 girls with new mattresses. We hand delivered many of these and it was life changing. To see the joy on the families faces receiving these gifts is something that will forever be etched in our hearts.

 

Thank you for all you do for the children in Ethiopia.

To purchase an item for us to hand deliver please visit here.

 

Whining for Wine

This past weekend two of our dear long time donors, James & Annie hosted our first ever “Whining for Wine” event. They gathered their friends together to learn more about Ethiopian Orphan Relief and Lights of Hope Auction.

Guests brought a bottle of wine, or two or three or some four that we will auction off at Lights of Hope’s – Wall of Wine. This wine wall is one of our big hits each year. It’s composed of 80 bottles of red, white and sometimes bubbly greatness. Each bottle is wrapped so you don’t know what your getting until you leave the event. You choose a number of the bottle you want and then wait for the big surprise to see if it’s a $15 bottle or $150 bottle.

Our guests dined on amazing appetizers like Goat Cheese Empanadas, Almond stuffed dates, Queso Fundido and desserts along with a speciality cocktail, beer and wine all while learning about how the bottle of wine they donated is going to directly impact our projects at Children’s Heaven in Addis Ababa.

The guests were amazing and we collected 31 bottles of wine at the party and many who were unable to attend are dropping off wine to EOR’s office this week.

No party  is complete without a little party favor. Guests were given a cookie to nibble on their drive back into town.

The kids even got in the action. William was in charge of having guests record their wine donations and making sure they put their name in for the door prizes.

 

Viola and Anne Rose who were both born in Southern, Ethiopia greeted guests as they arrived and took their coats and purses.

Quinn was the master at clean up. He racked up some service hours for all his hard work.

Thank you James and Annie for opening your beautiful home and hosting “Whining for Wine.”

Would you like to donate a bottle of wine or auction item for Lights of Hope’s ? Visit here. 

Save the date May 13th here in Portland for our 9th annual Lights of Hope Auction. 

Medical Need

We need your help. Children’s Heaven in Addis Ababa is a community based program for at-risk girls age 7-18. Many of these girls have lost one or both parents to HIV. Once a year they undergo medical exams to assess nutrition needs and any medical issues that may arise.

Each medical exam cost $15. Will you help us provide 115 girls with medical care? Maybe start your holiday shopping early and gift a family member or friend, honor a friend on their birthday or give in memory of a loved one.

Thanks for all you do for these inspiring amazing girls.

To make a gift please visit here.

Race with us?

Come Join the EOR team on October 2, 2016 for the 5th annual Cause + Event Foundation race located in Bethany Village, a suburb of Portland Oregon.

EOR will be represented as one of the over 200 worldwide causes and as a race participant YOU will be raising money for EOR.

In the past the Cause + Event group gives back to your selected non profit a portion of your race entrance fee. Last year they gifted half of each entrance fee to the non profit of your choice.

This October we are hoping to have the largest EOR team to date, so grab your friends and family and commit to health, well being, and continued support of EOR.

Races offered will be a 5K walk and 5K and 10K run.  There will be great music, food, and vendors to enjoy after as well. It’s always a fun morning event for our EOR and Lights of Hope family.

This year EOR has decided to grant all proceeds of this race to the Childrens Heaven Feeding Program which provides up to 6 nutritious meals per week to each girl in the program.

Race registration fills up fast and is OPEN as of MARCH 2.  Be sure to find Ethiopian Orphan Relief on the list of non-profits when registering!

See you all on Race day!

A great nights sleep!

You continue to amaze us every single day. We’ve been sharing with you needs we have for our upcoming November trip to Ethiopia. YOU listened and are helping us with so many things. From the Amazon wish list to mattresses, thank you to each of you who’ve generously helped with this project.

Here is a little update on our Great Night Sleep project for the girls at Children’s Heaven. Imagine not having a mattress to sleep on or having a thin sheet as your only comfort when sleeping. Here at EOR were hoping to change that for these wonderful girls. Here is a snapshot at where we are with this project. While in Addis Ababa we will be purchasing these items and hand delivering many of them to the girls.

• Mattress $25 each goal of 72 lacking 16
• Bed Sheets $15 each goal of 72 lacking 32
• Blankets $21 each goal of 72 lacking 55
• Towels $12 each lacking 72

Do you live in the Portland, Oregon area? Do your girls have any very gently used clothing they are wanting to pass along? We would love to bring clothes to the girls at Children’s Heaven. They are age 5-17. Contact us if you would like to arrange a pick up.

Want to get a few things off your holiday shopping list? These would make great teacher gifts, the friend who has everything gift, and many more. When we return the end of November we will send you photos of your purchase that you can pass along to the gift recipient.

To make a gift toward one of our needed projects please visit here.

Thank you for all you do for the children in Ethiopia.

International Day of the Girl

Today is International Day of the Girl. This day was started four years ago by the UN. It’s a day of global efforts to ensure a world free of discrimination for young women and girls.

In EOR programs in Ethiopia we have girls who inspire to be teachers, doctors, astronauts, lawyers, nurses, mothers, pilots and many more. Thank you for supporting their daily needs of medicine, clothing, food, education and so much more.

Would you like to celebrate a special person in your life today? Maybe your daughter, mom, aunt, cousin, child? Consider a donation in their honor to Ethiopian Orphan Relief. Your tax deductible gift will go directly towards our projects in Ethiopia and make the future more bright for these vulnerable children.

Some current projects we have that directly impact girls at Children’s Heaven

• $25 provides a new mattress
• $21 provides a new blanket
• $15 provides a new set of sheets
• $12 provides sheet of towels

Our current projects that directly impact girls at Lola Children’s Home

• $10 provides 22 children at Lola with Plumpy Nut for one day. Plumpy Nut – nutritional supplement for malnutrition
• $10 provides 2 chickens
• $51 provides a week of Plumpy Nut for 22 children
• $204 provies a month of Plumpy Nut for 22 children

To make a donation for one of the above or where the need is greatest please visit here.

Thank you for changing the lives of many girls!

A few of the girls at Lola Children’s Home

Sheets, Blankets, Mattress

Imagine living at an elevation of nearly 8,000 feet, it’s rainy season and the blanket you have is torn and tattered, so thin that you can feel the wind blow through it. A mattress that is thin, many time having no mattress.  Many of the girls at Children’s Heaven in Addis Ababa don’t have to imagine as this is the reality each night.

Here is a typical home in Ethiopia. Many times these homes are shared with other extended family members, along with their goats, chickens or cows.

We have an great need for these girls. To some it may seem simple, to these girls it means a gift of comfort that they greatly need.

Of the 115 girls at Children’s Heaven, currently 72 girls need new sheets, mattresses, blankets, and towels.

During our visit to Children’s Heaven this November we will be purchasing these much needed items. If you would like to help us with this project please visit here.

• $15 provides a set of sheets for one girl
• $21 provides a blanket for one girl
• $25 provides one mattress for a girl
• $12 provides a set of towels for a girl

Our goal is to be able to provide 72 girls with these items. What a great item for a birthday, anniversary, or Holiday gift.

Thank you for your generous hearts.

Scholarship

Adanech was a beautiful young girl who was part of the Children’s Heaven program for five years.

Tragically in October 2013 she was murdered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Her death was devastating to the girls at Children’s Heaven and many of them considered her their sister.

Ethiopian Orphan Relief is committed to honor her memory and today is the opening day for submissions for the “Adanech Gives Hope” Scholarship.

This scholarship will be presented to one girl from Children’s Heaven and will provide one year of private schooling for her. In addition a $1000 scholarship will be presented to a high school senior in Oregon who will be attending an accredited college in the fall of 2015.

The Adanech Gives Hope Scholarship is created to assist a female graduating high school who faced and overcame great adversity in their young lives or their families lives, including victimization. One $1000 scholarship will be awarded. Qualified applicants must be Oregon Residents pursuing a bachelor’s degree at an accredited US University or College, and display integrity and perseverance by overcoming obstacles. A 200-500 word essay and one letter of recommendation from personal or school counselor, or teacher is required.

To learn more information about the Adanech Gives Hope Scholarship requirements including deadline information please visit here. To fill out an application for the scholarship please visit here.