"As someone who has lived 15 minutes away from EHE, and who has seen the work they have done over past years in all the times I've been there, I honestly believe that contributing to them is something that will make a difference. As Ethiopians in Ethiopia and all around the world commemorate Nov. 3, 2020, the day when an incident sparked this situation this week, every single life that was lost needlessly breaks hearts all over the world. Everyone who has had nothing to do with political agendas and schemes, mothers and children who were simply trying to make something of their lives and needlessly got dragged into this.

With a gruesome attack on the military of its own country last year November, the TPLF (Tigray People's Liberation Front) started this war, and as the now democratically elected government fights off the group with its intents to take over, many die and many more are destabilized in the process. In the first attack, men in the military who had fought, trained, eaten and slept together were butchered in the middle of the night by these same men whom they believed were their brothers, because of greed and money. With no clear vision for the nation, the group has pushed further as it tries to simply gain more victories, and in the process the fight has caused horrible consequences, meaning the properties, lives, and hope of human beings who had a normal thriving life months ago were stomped on. War tends to do that, but a war that started in such a meaningless manner is... well you can finish the sentence.

Ethiopians protest, rally, and fight for their nation, with much desperation and love for her, and as such when members of the international community say 'We care' and ask what they can do, it means more than what can be put in words. In a time when nation fights against nation, and even brother rises up against his brother, EHE has shown that someone who lives across the world can show kindness to another whose culture and context are completely different from theirs, but their being human and suffering is all that matters for them to care, and to do something. And that is something that the mothers who have been helped in EHE and the community of Kore appreciate a lot.

Embracing Hope Ethiopia, Inc.
PO Box 433
New Holland, PA 17557
(717)902-9803
http://www.EmbracingHopeEthiopia.com