Before traveling to Ethiopia we had an image of the country that we forged by reading books, looking up information on the Internet and reading about the experiences of those who traveled this road before us. Now it is my turn to leave my experience written in this blog, it is not the universal […]

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The day after we arrived in Ethiopia we went to the Toukoul Orphanage to meet our children for the first time.The Orphanage is only a 5 minute drive from the Guest House. After going through a dirt road you get to the entrance, the famous blue gates that are in so many Toukoul videos. […]

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And how are the kids doing? They are more than good, much better then we expected to find them.Many of the families that we met on this trip had many health problems with their children. Chickenpox, ear infections, viruses, diarrhea, dehydration, etc, and some of the kids still haven’t fully recovered even after […]

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One of the things I bought before leaving for Ethiopia , is a DVD titled Ethiopian Kids Playground that presents a collection of Ethiopian children games.This movie was filmed in an Ethiopian village with children playing their games in front of the camera. I was surprised to see that many of the games […]

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