Ethiopian Family Fund

Roman’s Girls is Thriving….Providing Education to Poor Young Girls

marla — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:16:15 +0000

Roman’s Girls is now in it’s 4th year of existence. We now have 23 little girls who have completed 4 years of school successfully. We are so proud of this program and thankful to Roman, our on the ground coordinator, who visits the girls regularly and gives them the guidance they need. Thank you to all the wonderful sponsors of our girls AND thank you to Naomi Corona who directs this program for EFF from the USA. If you are interested in sponsoring a girl, please contact Marla Hodes at Mhodes@mac.com. Please check out this video on Roman’s Girls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP19eDgkT68&feature=youtube_gdata_player

EFF takes volunteers to Ethiopia to help with pediatric heart surgeries

marla — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:20:27 +0000

EFF is going to Addis Ababa to volunteer on a medical mission with Mending Kids International in January 2013. Volunteers will play with and support children and families pre and post heart surgeries as well as visit Roman’s Girls, HIV orphanage and of course, Dr. Rick Hodes’ home for Shabbot. Dean, Matt and Carly Hodes will get to see their Ethiopian cousins and play some soccer with them! If you are interested in traveling to Ethiopia, please contact Marla Hodes at modes@mac.com.

Join us for Extreme Ethiopia event – May 12, 7pm

marla — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:07:47 +0000

Extreme Ethiopia…Everyone is invited! Please join EFF, Mending Kids International and Ocean Hills Church to celebrate Dr. Rick Hodes and his work in Ethiopia.

Please join us for a banquet, fundraiser and MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN ETHIOPIA.

Location: Ocean Hills Church, 32222 Del Obispo St., San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

949-496-7411 ifno@OceanHillsChurch.com

Telluride Aids Benefit names EFF a beneficiary for the 4th year!

marla — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:01:41 +0000

A young mother with AIDS and her daughter, Addis Ababa

Telluride Aids Benefit named EFF, for the 4th year in a row, as a beneficiary. Marla Hodes states “We are so honored that TAB (Telluride Aids Benefit) has named us once again as a beneficiary. The money from TAB helps to send two little girls, who families have been affected by AIDS, to school. The money will also be used to help a project helping mothers and children who are HIV positive.

EFF works with and helps support a program called Project Hopeful. This program helps children and mothers who are HIV positive. It seeks to alleviate the need for HIV+ mother’s to relinquish their children and was born out of a desire to honor the birth mothers of Project HOPEFUL children (these are children who are HIV+ and have been adopted by families in the United States). The goal of the Project is to provide HOLISTIC and medical care for infected mothers and their families in order to prevent unnecessary loss. These goals will be achieved by emotionally, spiritually and physically supporting families with HIV+ persons (primarily mothers) by providing them access to vital medical care and helping them obtain self –sustainability by providing skill training and job support. Our goal is that Mothers won’t have to place their children in orphanages because of inability to provide for her family AND to help these mothers become a vital part of the community.

For more information please see www.aids benefit .org. AND project hopeful.org

Dean Hodes training for bicycle ride to help Ethiopian children receive surgery!

marla — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:28:51 +0000

UPDATE: Dean Hodes broke his arm hence his bike ride will now be June 25, 2011. Dean became a Bar Mitzvah on June 4, 2011 and he has now raised $2000 for one of Rick Hodes’ patients to receive lifesaving surgery. We are all very proud of Dean and his humanitarian work at such a young age. Thank you for your support!

Dean Hodes, age 13, is training hard for his long ride from Laguna Beach, CA to San Diego, CA. He is asking friends and family to help him achieve his goal of raising enough money to bring an Ethiopian child to the United States for lifesaving spine or heart surgery. If you would like to contribute, please visit our home page, ethiopianfamilyfund.org and go to payapl to make a donation.

EFF Volunteers Return Home From Medical Mission in Addis

marla — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:59:27 +0000

A team from the Ethiopian Family Fund joined Mending Kids International on an amazing journey: a cardiac, pediatric medical mission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Executive Director of EFF, Marla Hodes, says, “It was a magical trip. We would be playing with a child one day, the next day he or she would have open heart surgery and 2 days later we would be hugging and crying saying goodbye. It was a trip of a life time.” EFF worked closely with Mending Kids International and the International Cadiac Heart Foundation. Thirty lifesaving surgeries were done. The team also visited Roman’s Girls, EFF’s sponsorship program, which is thriving and an HIV orphanage which supports adoption for the babies and helps HIV positive mothers. Please visit the following galleries for pictures of this wonderful trip:

http://gallery.me.com/mhodes/100180 Open heart surgery pictures

http://gallery.me.com/mhodes/100172 – orphanage pictures

http://gallery.me.com/mhodes/100164 Roman’s Girls

http://www.babyheart.org/about-ichf/medical-mission-trips/

http://mendingkids.org/ Website for Mending Kids International

EFF travels to Addis Ababa for medical mission

marla — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:03:19 +0000

Marla Hodes, Executive Director of EFF, along with 5 other volunteers/board members of EFF will be traveling to Ethiopia for the medical mission in December. 25 Ethiopian children will have heart surgery. The EFF group will help with making children and parents feel at ease and hopefully bring some laugher into this scary yet exciting time. The mission will be run by Mending Kids International. For more information on this mission visit mendingkids.org

EFF raises $50K for children to have open heart surgery!

marla — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:01:04 +0000

EFF along with Mending Kids International raised $50K to go to children who desperately need open heart surgery in Ethiopia. The medical mission will take place Dec. 7 – Dec. 21st in Addis Ababa and approximately 25 Ethiopian children will receive heart surgery.

Please join us for an “Evening in Ethiopia” with Dr. Rick Hodes

marla — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:43:46 +0000

Passport to Ethiopia!

Saturday, October 9th at Ocean Hills Church in San Juan Capistrano. Join us for ‘Your passport to Ethiopian Art and Culture’ and a fabulous evening celebrating Ethiopian Tradition – all to benefit MKI and our Ethiopian Surgical Missions. Special Guest: Dr. Rick Hodes. Please email Development @ Mending Kids or visithttp://mendingkids.org/ethiopia/ to purchase a ticket today.

Leykune and Ephrem Arrive in US for Spinal Surgery

marla — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:57:38 +0000

LEYKUNE AND EPHREM, 2 YOUNG ETHIOPIAN BOYS, ARRIVE TO THE US TO HAVE LIFE CHANGING SPINAL SURGERY. A $7000.00 GRANT GIVEN TO EFF BY IMPACT GIVING PAID THE THE BOYS’ AIRFARE. SURGERIES WILL BE SCHEDULED SOON.

For picture go to gallery.me.com/mhodes/1000089 and gallery.me.com/mhodes/100097