Covenant International appointed Pastor Richard Kope as a new bored member in our recent annual bored meeting. Pastor Richared Kope is a senior pastor of Chinook Winds Christian Center at Didsbury Alberta Canada. He has extensive experience in mission work and development in Africa, Europe, South and North America. He has also numerous business experiences both as owner and operator including managerial skill in construction field.He will be replacing Phill Marchall, who was our public relation director.

In our income generating project this year, a total of fifty nine persons enrolled. Out of this fifty nine people twenty two started selling bread and “injera”, two opened small shop, thirty of them are rearing animal fattening four of them are selling toasted pea and one of them started shoemaker. Before they go in to the business the participants always received training. The trainings are in relation to the types of work that the candidates involved. More than this how to save money and managing their accounts are part of the training. 

Recently, our partner organization Vision for Ethiopia received twenty wheel chairs from a local NGO and distributed it to disabled persons in Deredawa Ethiopia. Government officials and the media were present, when the wheel chairs given . Before they got the wheel chair all of the recepiants were crawling on the ground to move from place to place. We thank the NGO for the donation and our stuff for making this happen. This will have a life changing impact on their life. 

CIM acquired a land from the district government of Debrbrhan Ethiopia, to build the planned school for our sponsored children and other impoverished kids in the area. We are in the final stages of writing the proposal for CIDA for financing of this project and as well as the Deredaw school. We have already acquired one third of the fund which is fifty thousand dollar Canadian through various fundraising and donation.