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 2 decades in Africa saving lives.   Dr. Rick, as he is affectionately called in Ethiopia, is on staff at hospitals in Addis [...]

The Hodes family is excited to host 12 year old twins from Ethiopia when they will have foot and hand surgery at Shriners Hospital in Los Angeles, CA.  The boys were born with webbed hands and feet.  “We are so excited for them to come and live with us…I hope they can play soccer!!!” exclaimed [...]

EFF is working with an organization named “Mending Kids” to help Dr. Rick Hodes find host families for kids that need life saving surgeries.  The host families will take care of a child as he/she recovers from surgery.  This is a wonderful way to help these kids gain strength so they can begin a new [...]

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 [...]