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Hope for Ethiopia’s Vulnerable Women and Children

Visit with CFTC partner ISAPSO, which works extensively with women-headed families in the poor communities of Sululta and Chancho outside of Addis, reveals the tremendous impact of child sponsorship on women's and children's lives. Continue reading →

Experiencing The Great Rift Valley

Debra rises with the dawn and captures a 360-degree view of The Great Rift Valley of Africa - the cradle of life on our planet - viewed from Ankara, Ethiopia. Continue reading →

Quality of Water = Quality of Life

Debra Kerby's trip to Ethiopia continues with a trip to the Gelan Gura Water Initiative, just outside of Addis, with CFTC Partner EDA. Continue reading →

Hot Beans and Cool Ideas

Debra Kerby's third day in Addis is bookended by Ethiopian coffee ceremonies. In between, she visits an award-winning early childhood care centre run by CFTC partner, MCDP, plus much more. Continue reading →

It takes guts to build trust

It takes guts to build trust, as Debra Kerby learns over dinner following day one of CFTC's Ethiopian Partners Forum in Addis Ababa. Continue reading →

Ethiopia Today

Debra Kerby has arrived safely in Addis Ababa to visit CFTC's Ethiopian projects and partners. Here's her view on Ethiopia today-a country that has made tremendous strides to alleviate poverty, although is still ranked among the poorest in the world. Continue reading →

Heading off to the Horn of Africa
Debra Kerby blogs before she hits the road again, this time to Ethiopia where she'll be visiting projects including the Gelan Gura Water Initiative. This well construction project is underway with involvement of 850 families in this impoverished rural community outside of Addis. Continue reading →

Signing off (for now) from Sucre, Bolivia
Genevieve Drouin's last day in Sucre was rainy, but she was able to explore the World Heritage Site and once the fog cleared, hopped a plane to La Paz for an important meeting with CIDA to cap off her trip. Continue reading →

Spending time with Bolivia’s kids and parents
Day four from Bolivia, and CFTC Program Manager Genevieve Drouin has had many inspiring conversations with parents in Bolivia's most remote and impoverished communities. They want what all parents want: health and education - and a better life - for their children. And they are working hard to achieve it. Continue reading →

Returning to Bolivia
Blogging from the high Andes in Bolivia! Guest blogger and CFTC Program Manager, Genevieve Drouin, shares her insights into our work on children's health in Sucre through partner, IPTK. Continue reading →