Saba Alemayoh is a determined and energetic lady. She describes her strongest attribute by saying, I’m a yes person – when it comes to a new task, my attitude is, I don’t know how but I know I can. And she means it. Saba is a young Australian businesswoman with proud Ethiopian heritage. She has recently launched her...
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“Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.” Beyond the Orphanage (BTO) has some wonderful ‘book news’ to report. Through the generosity of an American organisation, Books for Africa, 10,000 books have been donated to our partner in Ethiopia! The books are all in english and they...
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Jane McMahon is a volunteer and child sponsor with Beyond the Orphanage (BTO). Together with her family, husband Terry and two kids, they sponsor a young girl in Ethiopia through the child sponsorship program. Jane answered a couple of questions about how she found BTO and why she chose to get involved: I wanted to do some volunteer...
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An interview with Program Manager, Keven Tate. Keven, tell us about BTO’s new project in Nepal? The children in the Nepal charity program range in age and gender, but are all considered ‘double orphans’. By this we mean they have lost both parents. Care for orphaned children in Nepal is often in institutionalised settings (i.e orphanages). While they have their place,...
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Beyond the Orphanage (BTO) was born in response to need and it continues to grow according to the need of young orphans with difficult options and little support. Recently, BTO with the help of our service delivery partner, has taken 17 teenage girls into the program after their orphanage closed down. The girls were at risk of...
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Lorraine, why did you choose to sponsor a child with BTO? I chose to sponsor a child through BTO as the charity not only assists some of the most at-risk children in the world, but it also has a very unique approach to helping them. It provides the children with a family environment in which they...
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Like many other cities in the developing world, Addis Ababa suffers from poor sanitary infrastructure. This means that many of the children in our program are forced into unacceptable toileting situations. Recognising the urgent need for change, our in-country partner Brave Hearts devised PROJECT FLASH TOILET (the ‘flash’ denoting the quick construction of quality toilets in high risk areas). With the...
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How did you get involved with BTO? I first contacted Geoff Hucker [Founder, BTO] after reading about Beyond The Orphanage in The Age. I was impressed with the aims and strategies of the organisation, and particularly with Geoff’s passion and integrity. I immediately volunteered to assist in any way I could, and was asked to develop and...
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The six children I travelled to Nepal to photograph are all very special. They are a small group – selected from a larger group of children – that for different reasons, and with every effort made, have not been able to be placed back with their families. The Sano Paila/ BTO partnership is providing a safe...
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