Social assistance
Addis Ababa (Kore) | Ethiopia

Food Distribution

Food Distribution - Addis Ababa - Ethiopia
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For many residents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, life has become harder. Conflict in northern Ethiopia has caused numerous people to be displaced, and the number of homeless people is growing. They are impoverished, homeless or experiencing financial hardship, mainly because food prices have increased by three or four times. Even though it is difficult every day for the homeless and children living on the streets to survive, holidays are the hardest. It is the holidays when they experience the deepest feelings of loneliness, abandonment, and lack of love because it feels like no one remembers the poor and instead gathers at their own houses to enjoy what they have with their friends and relatives.

Every year during Ethiopian holidays, Simple Acts of Kindness provides a delicious lunch for over 1,000 people and have fun by doing some games and activities with the street children. Just as with all their programs, SAK's network  of Ethiopian volunteers provide most of the support for the holiday lunches. Hungry For Life comes alongside by providing for any shortages.

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Serving as Jesus Served

During the Ethiopian Easter weekend (April 14 to April 16), Simple Acts of Kindness organized a Holiday Feeding event for over 700 homeless street children and single mothers. For people alone in poverty, holidays are hard; it is when they are mostly likely to experience deep feelings of loneliness, abandonment, and lovelessness. Few people remember the poor and, instead, gather in their own homes to enjoy what they have with their friends and relatives.

Tilahun and the SAK volunteers were able to raise funds within their network and, despite the unrest in the city and the ban against public gatherings, local police allowed them to organize this event. While others forgot the poor, SAK served them by providing a delicious meal to people who otherwise would have been alone during the Easter weekend.  

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