Kommt und staunt - Straßenkinder in Addis Abeba
Kommt und staunt - Straßenkinder in Addis Abeba
Kommt und staunt - Straßenkinder in Addis Abeba
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Grußwort von Rev. Girma Chaka<br />
Präsident der<br />
Zentraläthiopischen Synode<br />
der Mekane Yesus Kirche,<br />
<strong>Addis</strong>-<strong>Abeba</strong><br />
The Launch<strong>in</strong>g of the <strong>Addis</strong> Ababa Street Children Programme<br />
The former Urban Desk of the then council of the Lutheran<br />
Congregations of <strong>Addis</strong> Ababa started the Programme <strong>in</strong> 1974<br />
<strong>in</strong> co-operation with the Rehabilitation Agency for the Disabled,<br />
a Government ran Humanitarian Agency based <strong>in</strong> <strong>Addis</strong><br />
Ababa. The number of children who were first re-unified was<br />
17. Due to the ever-<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g magnitude of the need, the<br />
number of the target groups and their benefits also started<br />
ris<strong>in</strong>g from year to year; besides, the programme also tried to<br />
reach most of the regions, namely, the Amhara National<br />
regional state, the Oromia National regional state and the<br />
Somali National regional state. Consequently, the number of<br />
the beneficiaries has <strong>in</strong>creased from 17 to 1014 now and the<br />
centres have also grown up to 23 at present.<br />
The former <strong>Addis</strong> Ababa street children, and the present<br />
Family Re-unification Programme is supported f<strong>in</strong>ancially by<br />
the Marburg-Land Church Circuit. We know that the good<br />
hearted great man Dr. Mommsen is beh<strong>in</strong>d this programme<br />
who has approached and won the lov<strong>in</strong>g heart of his beloved<br />
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