After their parents died, Abel Kefele and his sister survived by begging food from neighbors. They tried to go to school, but had trouble learning because they were so often hungry. In 2005, when Abel was… Read More…
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Recent Children’s Stories:
Hiyaw Yonas
Little Hiyaw, who was just sponsored through HFC-US, is a sweet 1-1/2-year-old who we met last summer. His family story is a common one now that anti-retroviral drugs (ART) have become available in Addis Ababa. Hiyaw’s… Read More…
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In late January, one of our sponsored children, Haile Giorgis, after years of trying, was granted a visa to come to the US to pursue his dream of becoming a world-class runner. Haile, who is now 23, lost both of his parents to AIDS when he was just a young boy. Thanks to the generous support of students and families at Georgetown Day School and the Maret School in Washington, DC, as well as many other supporters of HFC-US, Haile is now in the Washington area training with a coach. We are all excited; this is pretty heady stuff for a poor AIDS orphan from Ethiopia and for us!
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