Hello to all Hopethiopia partners and encouragers, I thought that I would send all of you the latest update from what is going on. I spent the last week with Glenda in Rwanda and we had a wonderful time connecting with our local team, friends, and the sponsored families that are being taken care of [...]

Update 2 from Ethiopia Dear Hopethiopia partners and encouragers, Thank you so much for the prayers and encouragements. It has been a very short but very mission trip. Today is the last day and we will be spending the day back onsite in Harbu Chulule. This last weekend we travelled to Prayer Mountain in Southern [...]

Hi to all Hopethiopia partners and encouragers, I have now been back for a few days in Ethiopia. Hot and dry and not a snowflake in sight.  The turn around on this trip has been very quick with a wonderful opportunity for our Ethiopian team to be here for the Prayer Mountain gathering in Ambaricho [...]

Ralph returned to Ethiopia for the first mission trip of  2013. Things are moving along quickly and there is lots of excitement in the community. Here are a few details of what has been going on. Volunteer home construction has started.  The plan will be for the Hopethiopia teams to live onsite and thus we [...]

Tadalu: Part One Under conditions that would make any North American surgeon cringe, our dear friend and partner in medical missions, Dr. Asrat performed cataract surgeries on 40 residents of the Harbu Chulule region. Only days earlier these patients came for screening led by their relatives; today they have sight! The most astounding story of [...]

Our local Hopethiopia team spent the day working in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. First we had a meeting with President Girma, which is always a very special occasion. He lives and works out of the palace that is in the heart of the city. He had just received an honorary doctorate and [...]

Update 1 from Ethiopia I am now back in Ethiopia and we are into full summer mode – hot and super dry with not a cloud in the sky. I arrived early Sunday morning and had an excellent day with our national Hopethiopia team. Went to church in the morning and then visited a few [...]

We are just about to release the 2013 Fundraiser calendar. This calendar will feature the artwork of renowned Canadian artist Paul Van Ginkel as he transforms portraits of local Ethiopian people from the project area in Harbu Chulule, Ethiopia into beautiful watercolour paintings. An article in the Calgary Herald newspaper outlines some details about this incredible artwork. [...]

Finally a great day arrives at the Hopethiopia project site as power arrives with the transformer being hooked up to the new grid

Ralph had the great pleasure of connecting with a sponsored family in Harbu Chulule. They were very grateful to receive the gifts sent by their sponsor.

Once again excitement builds as we are getting closer to the 2012 Run of Hope. This will be the second year for this international run to help raise funds for some of our many projects in Ethiopia and Rwanda. For pledge forms please download from this link Run Of Hope 2012 Pledge form

So, I’m off to Rwanda again for the purpose of further relationship building, follow-up of sponsored beneficiaries, and taking care of year-end administrative issues. The journey was tedious, as the airport in London was very busy with its post-Olympic frenzy. A quiet spot was nowhere to be found during my 9 hour layover in Heathrow. [...]