Brave Hearts Ethiopia wishes you and your loved ones a joyous Christmas and Happy New Year! As 2021 comes to a close, we reflect on this year and express our heartfelt gratitude for all of your support.
2021 has not been without its challenges. COVID-19 continues to present a global challenge and Ethiopia is still facing the greatest challenge of our time. Yet with resilience and brave hearts, we continue to strive to create a better future by combating poverty.
At Brave Hearts, we continue our work in ensuring vulnerable children and youth succeed and thrive through quality education. This year Tigist graduated from university earning her BA in Construction Management Engineering and Eyerusalem graduated with her Diploma in Accounting.
To our delight, Lemma also graduated from high school with outstanding grades and started his first year at university studying Computer Science. Everyone at Brave Hearts is immensely proud of the dedication and success of these talented young individuals.
I am filled with utmost pride by the academic achievements of the majority of our students. This year has been a record for academic excellence at Brave Hearts, as we awarded 10 children and youth prizes for earning results at the top of their class.
Our BHE family was also delighted to receive visits from Braun Hanson of the Hanson Family Foundation and the Australian Ambassador to Ethiopia, H.E. Julia Niblett and her team. We truly appreciate our continued partnership with the Hanson Family Foundation and the Australian Embassy and their commitment to helping improve the lives of orphaned and vulnerable children.
As the year ends, we fondly remember Wro. Tiruwork, the kind guardian of one of our program graduates, who passed away. We also pay tribute to Ramona Hanson, who has touched all of us at Brave Hearts and left a lasting legacy.
I would like to convey my deepest gratitude to our major partner, Dean Hanson and the Hanson Family Foundation for their dedicated support to empowering vulnerable children and youth through our program at Brave Hearts Ethiopia.
I also extend my warm appreciation to Reg Hankey, Tesednia Mekbib and the Pittards team, David Khandan, the Austability team, Sharon and George Marshall. Thank you for all our supporters, amazing staff, board of directors and volunteers. I am incredibly grateful for your unwavering dedication to the children at Brave Hearts.
With your continued support, we can sustain our growth and continue to positively impact our community in Ethiopia.
I wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a wonderful year ahead from our BHE family, children and team!
Warmest greetings,
Koni