Mar 3, 2015 | Fundraising, Helping Ethiopian Children, Humanitarian Travel, Life Saving Surgeries, Mending Kids
The children in the photo are all in India receiving heart surgery. Four of these children were sponsored by EFF with funds raised last summer at the Mending Kids International Fundraiser. We are so excited for all of these children! Stay tuned for...
Jul 28, 2014 | Activities, Dr. Rick Hodes, Events, Fundraising, Helping Ethiopian Children, Humanitarian Travel, Kids Help Kids, Life Saving Surgeries, Recognition, Success Stories
Laguna Beach High School Junior Dean Hodes, has travelled around the world quite a bit already, and he’s only 16. He participated in a summer theater program in Telluride, Colorado for many years that toured internationally, including countries such as Turkey,...
Jan 19, 2014 | Dr. Rick Hodes, Events, Fundraising, Helping Ethiopian Children, Honors, Humanitarian Travel, Kids Help Kids, Life Saving Surgeries, Mending Kids, Recognition, Success Stories, TV and Media
Mending Kids International and Ethiopian Family Fund head pediatric heart mission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from December 30th, 2013 to January 6, 2014. See blog and pictures in the following links: http://mki-blog.blogspot.com/2014/01/40-boxes-by-isabelle-fox.html...
Sep 26, 2013 | Events, Fundraising, Helping Ethiopian Children, Life Saving Surgeries, Mending Kids
On August 24, 2013, EFF and MKI hosted a fundraiser at the home of Marla and Dan Hodes in Laguna Beach, California. $10,000 was raised to go towards the pediatric heart mission in January 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. These surgeries will save the lives of 25...
Feb 13, 2013 | Dr. Rick Hodes, Featured Home Page, Helping Ethiopian Children, Life Saving Surgeries
Dr. Rick Hodes, M.D. received his medical training in Rochester and Baltimore. He was honored with a Fulbright scholarship to teach in Addis Ababa in 1985 and has spent the last two decades in Africa saving lives. Dr. Rick, as he is affectionately called in...
Feb 6, 2013 | Dr. Rick Hodes, Helping Ethiopian Children, Humanitarian Travel, Life Saving Surgeries, Mending Kids, Success Stories
The Ethiopian Family Fund joined Mending Kids International on it’s third pediatric cardiac mission trip. December 26, 2012 – January 6, 2013 EFF and MKI returned to the Cardiac Center of Ethiopia (CHFE) run by Dr. Belay Abegaz. CHFE is a free-standing...