January - May 2008

Covenant International received a $ 25,000.00 donation toward its school project; it intends to build in its main project area of Northern Showa Tebase area. This donation is given by the Wild Rose Foundation of Alberta. We appreciate the donors for their support. The building of the school will commence in the near future.

The Covenant International fund raising event was held in Edmonton , Canada . We were raising money for the school that we are planning to build in the project area, by the Ethiopian Evangelical church of Edmonton and Covenant International. The night was a success.Our initial goal was $65,000.00 and we were able to raise close to $27,000.00. Prior to that evening we had also received $4500.00. The total raised so far is $31,500.00. We want to extend our gratitude to all the donors and participant of this event. We are planning to hold similar fundraising event in Calgary Canada in the near future.

The Mayor of Alberta’s Capital City Edmonton, Canada wrote appreciation letter on the work of Covenant International in Ethiopia on the recent

fundraising occasion to build the school we are planning in our project area. We thank the Mayor for his encouragement and appreciation of our work.

Recently a New Grocery store

(shown in the right) opened with the

help of Covenant Micro Loan program

in our project area. Women of the

area now can bring their goods to

sell in this grocery store.

A new office of Covenant International has been built and furnished in our project area. The project coordinator, Mr.Befkadu told us, the office will greatly enhance the effectiveness of their work to the community. The office also has a storage area for goods that is distributed to the children and their families. This office is built on the property of The Full Gospel church of Deberbrhan , Ethiopia . This shows the benefit of partnering with local community in cost effectiveness and cooperation.

The recent children's festival was a rare occasion for our sponsored children in many ways. They have come with their families to eat, drink their favorite soft drink, play different games, be entertained and enjoy their peers. (This should be a normal childhood event). Many still remember the occasion with fond memories.

Sponsor’s visiting their children in Ethiopia , from

Canada

has become a common occurrence in recent months. These phenomenons have helped to bond the children and their sponsors and it is giving hope to the sponsored children. Some sponsors even expressed their interest to adopt their sponsored children. More than this it has also increased the commitment level of our sponsor’s to the work of CIM. Recently one single mother of two has sponsored an additional seven children by herself after visiting her sponsored child and the work that Covenant is doing in Ethiopia.

Covenant International Child sponsorship and Community development program recently lunched a new program, in the Eastern region of Ethiopia , called Drea Dawa.

This is one of the major cities of Ethiopia and it has great need for this kind of program. So far Covenant was working in the Northern Part of the country mainly Northern Sowa Tebase Town. Covenant has plans in the future to expand its work to other parts of the country with its holistic approach to community transformation.

Three Pentium four Computer was donated to our head office and Regional office by another non profit organization in Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

.This will greatly enhance our efectiveness in our head office and regional office.

Special Treatment has been given to one of the lady in our project area, by the name Firehywot, who has uncontrollable seizer in her left part of her body twenty four hour seven days a week since her child hood in the Korean hospital in Addis Ababa Ethiopia .

Her medical bill is payed by one of Covenant partner in Canada who heard about this lady from our workers. The Korean Christian Hospital has also given us a discount in her treatment bill. Because of this treatment the life of Firehywot will greatly improve. Thanks to God and our partner.

New kindergarten for pre school children opened recently in Tebase , Ethiopia which is our main project area. In this facility the children will be given formal education that will help them prepare when they become school age children. They are also getting a complimentary meal during their stay in the compound.