In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia alone 60,000 children sleep on the streets each night.
On April 9th youth from the Mesa, Arizona region will gather together to learn about and respond to the high prevalence of children forced to call the Ethiopian streets their home.
“Breaking the Cycle” will be held at St. Timothy’s Catholic Community Church from 7pm on April 9th until 7am on April 10th..
During “Breaking the Cycle” students will hear from LIA director Justin Narducci, watch “This Is My Home” a Life in Abundance film, listen to a live performance by Ike Ndolo Band and sleep on the ’streets’, in solidarity for the children of Ethiopia.
If you are local to the Mesa area, you certainly do not want to miss this informational and perspective shifting evening.
Cost to attend is $30
Tickets will include:
- Admittance to event
- Dinner
- LIA T-Shirt
- Documentary screening of ‘This is My Home’
- Live Performance from Ike Ndolo Band
- And much, much more!
Join our promotion events through the Breaking the Cycle Facebook Event Page!
For further information or would like to help promote this event please email jessica@liaint.org
We hope to see you there!
Photo By: Allyson Cheney // www.blinkphotoblog.com
ADDIS ABABA (ETHIOPIA) - Life in Abundance (LIA) believes that every child should have an opportunity to rise to their God given potential in life. Unfortunately, many of the 60,000 to 100,000 children living on the streets of Addis Ababa miss that chance.
This is precisely why LIA launched the Merkato Integrated Street Children Prevention and Rehabilitation Project in 2007. The three-year program, recently completed, serving 150 at-risk children ages three to seven and thirty-seven former street children ages fourteen to eighteen in the Merkato District of Addis Ababa.
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It is with great excitement we share with you an update from our water and sanitation initiatives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia!
Come October, we will have completed the first of the three years projected for this initiative. Working with People for People and USAID, the key objective of the project is to reduce communicable diseases caused by the lack of clean water and sanitation practices. The goal is to reduce these diseases by 80% and improve the quality of life for 3,200 households in the community.
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FACT: Ethiopia has the largest population of orphans in the world: 13% of children throughout the country are missing one or both parents. This represents an estimated 4.6 million children (UNICEF)
It was as if he appeared out of nowhere.
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August 7th marked the 10th year anniversary of LIA-Ethiopia!
It is with great joy that we are able to announce this milestone regarding the work in Ethiopia. We are especially grateful for Dr. Yared Mekonnen, LIA-Ethiopia Country Director, and the entire Ethiopia team as they have faithfully served and sacrificed to ensure the success of the ministry in this country. They have remained steadfast in the direction of the Lord and have allowed God to work through the ministry, impacting the “least of these” in the communities throughout Ethiopia over the years.
We ask that you would join us in a prayer of thanksgiving for the growth of LIA-Ethiopia over these last 10 years.
For we have seen economic empowerment in low to no income families.
We have seen street children rise up against the odds creating a sustainable life for themselves off of the streets.
We have seen water and sanitation initiatives improve the quality of life for many households.
We have seen the orphans and widows within the community cared for and loved.
We have seen the church rise up and refuse to stand for the injustices of poverty that plague Ethiopia.
Through God’s mighty direction, we are praying for continued growth and development in the churches and communities we serve in Ethiopia. We ask that you would join us as we continue to pray for the LIA staff, church partners, volunteers, and the people in the communities in Jimma, Addis Ababa, Merkato, Nazaret, and Debre Birhan Ethiopia.
God is moving in Ethiopia and we are so grateful to share just a glimpse of His work with you!
