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Wayne and the Education team have just arrived in Ethiopioa and will spend the first day acclimatizing to the high altitude of 8000′ as well as get used to the new sites and get over the jetlag. To check out a good overview of the team check out this attached link. http://www.pallisersd.ab.ca/News.php?news_id=3107

Melaku at Hut

Melaku has arrived in Ethiopia and will begin a set of extensive meetings and interactions with local people involved in the Hopethiopia, as well as with government officials and businesses.

In November 2011 a large Health Care team will travel to Ethiopia and Rwanda to provide services to people in remote area’s. For more information check out the Hopethiopia Website or Facebook page Hopethiopia Iwawa

Extreme Team Rwanda and Ethiopia

Team members were made up of people from 3 countries Left to right: Kathy, Gelebo, Brian, Glenda, Bobby, Andrea, Kelly, Derartu, Olivier Missing – Vince (In Ghana), Mersea and Shife, Ralph (taking picture)

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Teams from Ethiopia and Rwanda visited the south site nursery to see the progress

High school

In July and August 2011, Wayne King,one of the Hopethiopia co-founders will lead an Education team to Ethiopia. They will be involved in a variety of Education teaching and outreach events as well as orphan care and community building projects.

Hot spring in Volcanic crater

Hopethiopia will soon be sending the Extreme team to the project site in Ethiopia. The team will continue the efforts of Hopethiopia to build relationships with the local community as well as to do a number of “firsts” with youth. They will hike into a Volcanic Crater at 10,500 feet and camp overnight at the [...]

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A Rwanda mission team is about to leave Canada to continue the current project work in Rwanda. Glenda and Ralph, two of the co-founders of Hopethiopia will be joined by a Canadian mission team to work with street youth and adults, assist the “Home of Hope”, and to continue with the completion of the international [...]

Hopethiopia has started incorporating solar energy in the reforestation and village building projectsHopethiopia goes Solar

New construction at North Site Project