by Joy Casey I hope everyone working in another country has co-workers as superb as those NewLife Ethiopia has. Abebe has worked alongside me since I ventured to Ethiopia sixteen years ago. He has been a colleague and mentor patiently broadening my understanding of...
Fayo and Moti are twin boys born in a Mus!im village in Ethiopia. Securing a spot in our 2-year kindergarten program for the brothers was their mother’s strong desire. The boys’ father, Abiti, is a farmer, but the land has been dry and unforgiving. It has not...
by Joy Casey Christ has no body on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s compassion for the world is to look out; yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good; and yours are the hands with...
by Joy Casey on Dec. 8 It is so nice to be able to have face-to-face time with our Ethiopian staff and not rely on phone connections and emails to discuss things. Fessessework and I had a long time with Mikiyas, our Children’s Director, and Abebe, our Country...
Who can forget how exciting it is to reach the end of a school year and feel that sense of accomplishment and/or relief that you have completed a grade? Our Level 2 kindergarten kids were celebrated several weeks ago as they finished their time at our Mana Gammachuu...
You might not know this about Ethiopia… Almost half of the 119,790,000 who live there are under 15 Over 80% live in rural areas w/o modern conveniences like electricity or running water.  AREA COMPARATIVE: WHO CAN READ Adult males: 59% Adult females: ...
