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Ethiopia Field Trip 2009 Print E-mail
Written by Sylvia Gardiner   
Wednesday, 11 February 2009 13:16

An Ethiopian Kindergarten supported by LUCIA
Steve Burton and I (Sylvia Gardiner) plan a visit to Ethiopia in April this year at our own personal expense. We will be visiting the LUCIA projects and you can read more details about the trip below. But first, we'd like to ask you for your help. We'd like to take some supplies to the projects. If you can offer any of the following, please contact us.

  • Pens and pencils
  • Children's books (light weight)
  • Nice clean children's and women's clothing
  • Two working laptop computers
We will be visiting women's ‘Self Help' groups, a kindergarten, and the man-made dam in Sebeta which supports the villagers in the area with water. Our second planned field trip will be to visit Wolliso where the SWDA have started a new project which is supported by the Finnish Embassy. The project ‘Livelihood improvement through urban agriculture for destitute mothers' supports 86 women in income generating activities such as beekeeping, vegetable production and sheep/goat rearing . Included in the project are 50 orphaned children and 20 women infected with HIV/AIDS who get economic support.
Last Updated on Sunday, 17 May 2009 18:22
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Ethiopia Field Trip 2007 Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Burton   
Monday, 30 April 2007 00:00

In early April, members and friends of LUCIA visited Ethiopia at their own personal expense, to audit our supported projects and to find potential suitable new ones.

The opportunity was also used to transport donated items, such as educational materials to schools. The visit also enabled LUCIA to build new links with other organisations working in Africa.

Here are a few photos from our visit...
Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 September 2009 23:04
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