Call to Action - Be Engaged!
Join our biggest, most heartfelt campaign yet:
Be Engaged! This campaign will help us meet the challenges of Ethiopia’s rural villages and their people.
The campaign has 2 goals.
1. Equip 24 rural health centers that will serve 600,000 people;
2. Complete the Yemegnushal Community Center construction and development to reverse the cycle
of poverty.
At a cost of $600,000, accomplishing these goals is no small task. We call on all of you today to
Be Engaged! by donating, volunteering, and spreading the word about this campaign
- email your friends and family, blog about us.
Be part of our collective efforts.
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If you had six children, a dying husband, no education and no source of income, what would you do? This is Siti. She has an answer for you.
Siti and her family live in Gara Dima, a rural village in Ethiopia. When her husband contracted tuberculosis, she bought medicine for him by selling their herd of goats, the family’s source of milk and income. When the money from the goats ran out, so did the medicine, and Siti’s husband died.
Siti and all six of her children tested positive for tuberculosis. She faced a tremendous, knee-buckling challenge. Yet without money, she couldn’t care for her children. Women in Ethiopia traditionally care for children and take care of livestock. Even the most basic livelihoods are the domain of men. Fueled by a fierce courage and purpose, Siti faced her challenge.
She received a micro loan of 500 Birr equivalent to 50 U.S. dollars from The World Family. With that money, she buried her husband, treated herself and her children for tuberculosis and purchased two milk goats. She used the remainder of the money to travel to a farm three hours from her village to buy tomatoes. Then Siti resold the produce at the market town closest to Gara Dima - a two-hour journey by donkey cart in the darkness of the early morning. There was enough money to buy a few days of food and more tomatoes for the following market day.
Now, Siti makes three long journeys each week to buy and sell tomatoes. Inspired by her example, a collective of other widows from her village do the same. Siti’s children are healthy and there is enough money for food, school and medical care. With determination, courage and a $50 loan, Siti found a way to pull her family back from catastrophe.
This is the kind of human dignity that we work to support. This is how your donation to The World Family changes lives.
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