In 2015, Hangatu and Sean made the selfless decision to substitute material gifts at their wedding for the gift of child sponsorship at Beyond The Orphanage. Through generous donations from their guests, they were able to sponsor not one, but two Ethiopian children. Hangatu shares, in her own words, what compelled her to donate her wedding to...
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BTO Program Manager (Nepal) shares the progress Abhas has made over the past ten months. I have to study hard to make my future bright, and I will - Abhas Like many of the children we work with in Nepal, Abhas has suffered at the hands of child traffickers. Between the ages of four and eight, he...
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Mariamawit was supported by the Beyond the Orphanage program in Ethiopia for 7 years. She has now 'graduated' from our program. This is Mariamawit's story. "My name is Mariamawit and I am 22 years old. I was with the Beyond the Orphanage program for seven years. Before this, I had a very hard life. I was miserable where I was living and it was...
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Greg Donoghue, Beyond The Orphanage (BTO) Board Member, shares his recent experiences of our new edible garden in Ethiopia. The first thing you notice about the children in the BTO program in Ethiopia is their thirst for knowledge - it’s unlike anything I’ve seen anywhere. They take every opportunity they get to read and speak English, to learn...
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On her most recent trip to Ethiopia to visit Beyond the Orphanage, photographer Kerry Pryor shares some of her photographs with us. She says there's nothing better than Ethiopian hospitality and we'd have to agree. When was the last time you dropped in for a cuppa? One of my favourite things when I visit the children and...
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By Jo Smith “These kids have opened my heart. They have given me back more than I could ever give.” Beyond the Orphanage began and grew because of the hearts, minds and skills of brilliant people like Dr Donna Helm-Yost. The Arizona based educational psychologist has over twenty years experience working with children from kindergarten to young adults,...
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By James Jeffrey The Beyond The Orphanage drop-in-centre in Addis Ababa provides children with a range of activities and services—and a second home. The group of eight children arrived at the Beyond The Orphanage Organisation (BTOO) drop-in-centre on Friday afternoon amid a flurry of enthusiastic chatter, greetings and kisses on cheeks. They had come to the centre after...
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By Jo Smith Social workers at Beyond the Orphanage are available 24/7 for children on our program. They are present for the crises and for the long term development of each child. Our social worker shares this story about the role of the drop-in centre in the lives of the children on the Beyond the Orphanage program. “One...
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Lemma is a very special young man and a very special child of Beyond the Orphanage. He’s no different to any other boy his age in that he is causing havoc at home by staying up late to watch the World Cup, but he wants to watch to the end of every game… even on...
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Habiba reads in Amharic and in English Habiba reads two or three books along with her studies and during the summer she has been known to get through five weekly! Many of the children prefer to read in Amharic in their spare time but Habiba reads in English. Her language skills are very impressive due to her...
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