Hope for Children volunteers just “wrapped up” a very successful fundraiser at Barnes & Noble in Bethesda, MD, where we wrapped purchases for 12 hours a day, December 9 -13. We collected more than $1350, which… Read More…
News and Events
Youth Center Kids Score Big!
Congratulations to the thirteen 10th graders and four 12th grade Youth Center students who all passed their very difficult national exams last spring! This past spring, 13 Youth Center students, 8 of whom were girls, took… Read More…
Second Annual Youth Center Art Exhibit
In August 2011, art students from the Youth Center held their Second Annual Art Exhibit at the National Theater in Addis Ababa. Students were filmed for Ethiopian television explaining the symbolism and stories behind their artwork…. Read More…
Soccer Shoes from MSI
Kids in Ethiopia are crazy about football (soccer to us), but most have no equipment – not even shoes. Now, thanks to donations of used equipment from many youth and families who participate in Montgomery Soccer,… Read More…





In September, HFC-US opened its first group home in Addis Ababa providing much needed shelter for four young children who had just lost their parents to AIDS and a young woman (Elsa) who, thanks to HFC-Ethiopia’s House of Hope, had recently regained her health and reunited with her own three children.