Award winning film on Dr. Rick Hodes

National film maker Susan Cohn-Rockefeller recently completed a documentary of Dr. Rick Hodes’ work with spine patients in Ethiopia.  The film has been accepted in the Cleveland, Telluride and Newport Beach film fesitvals.   It has recently been purchased by HBO.  Please see  www.makingthecrookedstraight.org/ for more information.  Dr. Hodes was awarded $5000 from the Telluride [...]

Bernanu has successful spine surgery

Bernanu Haptu
An eight year old Ethiopian boy has successfully completed spine surgery at Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles.  Sixty suppporters gathered together Saturday night, November 14 at the Hodes’ home,  to celebrate his new life and to hear host family, Jim and Caroline Nicol, give a moving talk on Bernanu’s journey and their journey as [...]

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“Making the Crooked Straight” an inspirational film on Dr. Rick Hodes will be debuting on HBO on April 14 at 8pm, EST.

The Ethiopian Family Fund is excited to announce the showing of Susan Cohn-Rockefeller’s film based on the life and work of Dr. Rick Hodes.  The show will be followed by a book coming out about Dr. Hodes’ life and work.  EFF raises funds to fly children with severe spinal deformities and heart disease to the [...]

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Rick Hodes Is the ‘World News’ Person of the Week

Dr. Rick Hodes has been named the person of the week by ABC news.  EFF is proud to raise money for his children who need spinal and heart surgery.  See ABC news.

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