Ethiopian Odyssey Ding! Ding! Dong! Oh no! 4.30am alarm. We quickly arose, donned our clothes and gulped down our breakfast to be on the road by 5.30am. Off to Tsayte village to see the capped spring. We loaded ourselves into…
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Final Report from Mela Gagula, Ethiopia joint project with HOPE Ethiopia, UK, Canada and HOPENZ. Written by Julie Cole, HOPE UK Each of the 2,400 inhabitants of Mela Gagula is celebrating because clean water has now arrived in their village!…
Pein village has a population of 390 families. Its location is remote within a new development area. The surrounding area is leased for 99 years by the Cambodian government to Chinese main land private company to grow Cassava. About 80%…
Mele Gagula, Ethiopia The people of Mele Gagula suffer greatly due to a lack of clean water, which presently only 18% of the community have access to. Most people must travel 3-4 hours to fetch potentially contaminated water from ponds, rivers and…
Leng Inn and her husband Chuan Vande have 6 children (3 girls and 3 boys) and live in Oromcheik village, Pursat Province, Cambodia. Before they participated in HOPENZ’s L.I.F.E. Cambodia project growing Dry Season Rice, the family’s life was cripplingly…
Over the past six months, HOPENZ has been working in Stoeung Kombot and Oromcheik Village with the LIFE Cambodia project. In six months, we’ve seen progress and increase in these farming communities, which is startling in the way it highlights…
After two years, the Water and Sustainable Agriculture project in the Philippines has been completed. Targets have been met, families have been equipped, communities have been changed. Today we’re looking at what your donations and the work of countless volunteers…
S21, or Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, chronicles the “sad days” of Cambodia. Stepping through the gates of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a harsh reminder of man’s inhumanity to man. It’s just one of the 167 Khmer Rouge prisons that…
Like many women in the Philippines, Carmilina Dalid thinks big and works hard. “I have dreams, so I have to work hard,” she said. “I want to carry on dreaming for my grandchildren to finish schooling.” HOPENZ has been honoured…
There is a distance in her eyes. She sees us Barang, or white people, standing on her land and acknowledges us in the traditional, respectful way. Her hands clasped together as if in prayer and a slight bow of her…
