Saltergate Children's Home Ethiopia
This charity, promoted by Kevin Morley, looks after children in Addis Ababa. Rather than putting children in an orphanage it concentrates on helping family members look after them. It also administers a micro-loan fund on behalf of Bradford Blaize.
Saltergate Children's Home Ethiopia
Logo for Saltergate Children's Hospice
Lemlem with her Solar Panel
Used to make coffee and phone charging to sell
Saltergate irrigation project
The irrigation allows the growing of crops
Agriculture Project
Produces crops for own use and for sale
Retail Project
Halyeka in her New Shop
Sewing machine business
Fasika with her daughter and sewing machine
Fikaradis
Wearing a dress made by Rahima in her new sewing business.
Ambes
Collects old plastic containers for recycling. The money raised supports 3 children.
Yeshume
Blind but supported through school and college and now married with a baby.
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 many 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 tenets 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. It still does this and has more than 220 children being supported but more recently it has also admistered a micro-loan scheme on behalf of Bradford Blaize. This allows the families looking after some of the children to be self supporting by financing business ventures through small loans. Projects have included the likes of shops, beauty salons, sewing machines, agriculture and other projects. The loans are made interest free with a view to them being repaid within 12 to 18 months on average. The repayments are then recycled into further loans.
The photographs show some of the recent successes of the charity.
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