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Some of TFC’s Unmentionables

Joe and Karyn Bridges — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:28:26 +0000

I am starting to feel compelled to educate people more fully about these harder aspects as they paint a clearer picture of what The Forsaken Children does and believes in. Let me start now by sharing some of our unmentionables (and I don’t mean underwear!)…

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Some of TFC’s Unmentionables

Abusha’s Catnap Sealed My Fate

Joe and Karyn Bridges — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:05:25 +0000

One thing I have learned in this life is how powerful a child can be in affecting action. I can say that it was one child that really sealed my fate as one committed to the street children of Ethiopia. Abusha was his name. He was a 10 year old, give or take a couple [...]

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Abusha’s Catnap Sealed My Fate

Family – Ethiopia’s Promise of Hope

Joe and Karyn Bridges — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:33:24 +0000

For years I have been making the statement, “Children are the promise of hope for every generation.” Just today I have been reconsidering that. As I thought about my own childhood memories and the importance of my family in those, I began to realize that at the core it is the family that is the [...]

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Family – Ethiopia’s Promise of Hope

In a Perfect World – No Halfway Homes

Joe and Karyn Bridges — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:35:01 +0000

Just yesterday I sat in amazement as a mother of one of Children’s Home Ethiopia’s beneficiaries came into the office and blasted the staff because her daughter had ignored her on the street. Not only did she pitch a fit to these staff members who are responsible for her daughter’s education, daily lunches, and general [...]

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In a Perfect World – No Halfway Homes

First Things First

Joe and Karyn Bridges — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:11:33 +0000

My wife, Karyn, asked me to blog about The Forsaken Children’s hopes for 2010, which I thought was a great idea. As I sat down to do that, thinking through all the Board meetings and strategizing, I got a little bogged down and decided I wanted to make this blog a little more personal, from [...]

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First Things First

Universal Children’s Day

Joe and Karyn Bridges — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:57:09 +0000

Did you know November 20 was Universal Children’s Day? Universal Children’s Day was instituted by the United Nations to commemorate its adoption on November 20, 1959 of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child (DRC). The DRC states, among other rights, that all children have, wherever possible, the right to grow up in the [...]

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Universal Children’s Day

Home… Well, Halfway There!

Joe and Karyn Bridges — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:58:03 +0000

Happy at home! We have a Halfway Home!!! For those of you who haven’t heard, Children’s Home Ethiopia has had 5 children living temporarily at the Drop-In Center. These children were ready to be off of the streets, but needed a transition home prior to being reintegrated into a family. For some, there are no [...]

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Home… Well, Halfway There!

Kota Ganate Here We Come!

Joe and Karyn Bridges — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:16:37 +0000

Jonathan with Children’s Home Ethiopia children Two days ago we picked up Jonathan (Joe’ brother) from the Addis Ababa airport. Tomorrow we load up the car with supplies, babies (Jack and Mac are coming!), Nega (Children’s Home Ethiopia Director), Jonathan, Rosa, Karyn, and me. We are going to Chencha, Ethiopia where the Kota Ganate Agriculture [...]

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Kota Ganate Here We Come!

A Journey of Love

moseskjp — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:20:04 +0000

Can a person love someone they have never met? I would have said no about two weeks ago, prior to Tom Ashworth and Kim McCoy’s (father and daughter) visit to Children’s Home Ethiopia. Undoubtedly Tom and Kim came all the way to Ethiopia because they had fallen in love with the children they had learned [...]

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A Journey of Love

The Lost Boys

main1 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:16:48 +0000

This is a guest post by Andrew Haberer a volunteer at Children’s Home Ethiopia drop-in center. Hope you enjoy it… When Joe and Karyn asked me to write about the “New” drop-in Center Boys, I jumped at the opportunity. However, when it came down to writing about them it was a little more difficult. It [...]

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The Lost Boys