Bring clean water to an Ethiopian village of 1729

Cooler and wetter weather has hit Kalebo Laka in recent weeks.  Whilst there are tragic reports of famine and drought from the north of Ethiopia, the village leaders in Kalebo Laka are dealing with opposite weather conditions.  This is consuming much energy and is raising fears that food supplies will be washed away.  Of course, rain can be captured for drinking and cooking purposes but few families have enough necessary large, open-topped buckets for collecting the rain that is presently dominating their lives.  These unexpected weather conditions have only increased the need for access to safe water in Kalebo Laka.

HOPE Ethiopia has a field staff team that has the capacity to deliver an increased number of water projects.  The director has restructured the staff to maximise the delivery of water projects and the related education programmes to the villages that invite HOPE to work with them to build the infrastructure to access clean water in southwest Ethiopia.  The staff is presently completing a project in Dorze Bele (see previous project on Global Giving) and will soon be ready to start work in another village.  Funding is the only hindrance to more water projects being delivered in 2016.

Kalebo Laka has a population of 1729 and longs to be the next village where HOPE's work begins.  The community longs to reduce the diseases contracted by drinking contaminated water as well as the walking distance and time spent fetching water, particularly for women and children.  They are desperately thirsty for improved health and opportunities for education and income generating activities that will have a lasting effect on their community and will help them to make the needed steps out of poverty.

In addition to your kind donations, we are also applying for additional funding from UK-based foundations to assist with the needed funding to start this programme in Kalebo Laka at the earliest possible time.  Events and other fundraisers are also being planned.  Thank you for your assistance to move us closer to this goal.  Like Dorze Bele, we long to see another community fully benefit from access to clean water and help themselves out of poverty.

Thank you again for your assistance in playing your part.