Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
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An Ethiopian woman heads toward her house made of twigs and mud. The people in villages like Megaladi and Garmaam subsist on approximately $1 a day. Global Hope Network International is working with the people on achieving safe water supplies, better education and self-sustaining income opportunities.

Related online story:
Heather McClellan came face to face with poverty during a recent trip to Ethiopia.
And yet she found the people - young and old - to be happy and affectionate. They sleep in spartan huts built of sticks and survive on just one meal per day, but the hope for a better tomorrow keeps them going. [More]
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