IMPACT REPORTS ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE SUPPORTED SO FAR….
We are delighted and very grateful to be able to update you all with the fantastic progress that our local partners working in the field have been making with the help of the Teblez Mebrahtu Redeeming Light Foundation and other supporters.
FRIENDS OF ERITREA IN THE UK
A heart felt message from the Chairman of the Friends of Eritrea in the UK (Dr Zerai Woldehiwet) and the Adi Geda Elementary School who will benefit from the computers that have safely arrived in Eritrea:
“I am pleased to let you know that we have used your generous donation to buy the first batch of computers for Adi Geda Elementary School.
The computers were dispatched last month and the headmaster of the school, has just confirmed that the computers and related materials have arrived safely.
He has asked me to forward his message of gratitude and that of the School Rehabilitation Committee to you and everyone else who supported the project. Thank you so much. “
Wonderful news and we are so pleased to have been able to play a part in this! We hope and pray that the new IT equipment will help open the portals of learning and enable these children to explore the world from their corner of it.
HOPE ENTERPRISES
In the last year, the Hope Feeding Centre in Addis Ababa has had some amazing achievements:
• Offered daily nutritional support to 200
school children by providing a breakfast of a
bread roll, a banana, and
a cup of black tea.
• Provided lunch to 500 vulnerable adults
(including those who are elderly, pregnant,
and those living with disabilities), six days a
week.
• In addition to meals, Hope has delivered
holistic support, including counselling,
spiritual guidance, and basic education to all
700 beneficiaries. This approach not only strengthens community bonds but also promotes
personal development and raises awareness around health, hygiene, and sanitation.
•Sanitary materials, soap and sanitiser are being provided for those who need it.
• Hope has been encouraging street children to attend school, and in 2024, 40 children who
were previously out of education were reported to be attending regularly as a result.
SCWOP (SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN, WOMEN AND OLDER PEOPLE)
SCWOP have provided monthly welfare payments to 1071 elders in the last year.
This has enabled them to purchase food, clothes, and essential medication.
Those who are housebound receive payment through social workers who attend their homes.
Extra packages of welfare support have been provided to grandparents caring for their orphaned grandchildren:
– 75 elders benefited from health care services
-87 elders received first stages of eye examinations
-All 1071 elders received psycho-social counselling support.
See our Stories page on this website to read Abebas personal story, a testament of courage and resilience with an uplifiting ending.
APIDO (ACTION ON THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF PODOCONIOSIS)
APIDO have reached 41,000 community members through social mobilisation, providing
key messages about podo prevention and treatment.
• 4,100 patients have been successfully screened, registered, and treated.
• 6,070 patients have been provided with essential treatment kits containing antifungal
creams, Vaseline, and bandages.
• 750 Podo patients have been provided with custom made shoes, and 32 young people have
been provided with shoemaker training to work in one of the 7 shoe workshops APIDO have
opened.
• 240 local health workers have also been trained to manage and prevent podo, with
counselling sessions also provided to emphasise foot hygiene and preventative measures.
Read the Stories page of this website to hear about Abel’s story and his transformed life through the help and support of APIDO.
We are sure that you, our amazing and loyal followers, will agree that all the above achievements reflect amazing progress!
We very much want and need to keep funding these life changing and incredible projects with your help, so please continue to donate directly via our donations page on this website (Stripe card payment option enabled) or very quickly, via the GoFundMe page we have set up (https://gofund.me/80add84a)
A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO YOU ALL!
We can’t do it without your love and support.
Let’s keep up the blessed work that God has started.