Saltergate Children's Home Ethiopia
This charity, promoted by Kevin Morley from Chesterfield, looks after children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Rather than putting children in an orphanage it concentrates on helping family members look after them.
Saltergate Children's Home Ethiopia
Logo for Saltergate Children's Hospice
Fikaradis
Wearing a dress made by Rahima in her new sewing business.
Yeshume
Blind but supported through school and college and now married with a baby.
Ambes
Collects old plastic containers for recycling. The money raised supports 3 children.
Saltergate irrigation project
Kalkidan, Absera and brother Kenyan
Who have been supported by the charity for 8 years since their dad died.
Yabsera
Born on a church floor he is currently one of the 184 children being cared for.
Kevin with Tlahun and Peniel
Kevin is the founder and driving force behind the charity. He is shown here with 2 of the volunteers in Ethiopia.
The 4 main tenents of Saltergate are: -
1. Each child must be looked after by family member.
2. The organisation is not an orphanage but rather a support system for children to remain in some form of family unit.
3. Those helped must work to independence.
4. Every penny the charity raises goes to children. Any running costs are met by Kevin and the other trustees personally.
Initially the charity concentrated purely on ensuring the children were fed, dressed and schooled. But as it has matured it also now encourages schemes to allow the families looking after the children to be self supporting by financing through micro loans the likes of shops, beauty salons, sewing machines, agricultural and other projects.
The photographs show some of the recent successes of the charity.
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Spectacles Collection for Vision Aid
back Bradford Blaize are continuing their collection of used spectacles for Vision Aid. Glasses that are collected are sent to the charity who then grade them and send them out to third world countries.
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