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NEW HOPEETHIOPIA
CHRISTIAN CARE · ADDIS ABABA
New Hope Ethiopia walks alongside young women in Addis Ababa with sewing skills, care for their families, and the hope of Jesus.
Practical skills. Support for families.
People who walk alongside you.
WHY NEW HOPE
A woman brings her hopes—and her responsibilities—to the classroom.
Food, family needs, and worries at home can make it hard to keep learning. Our program brings sewing lessons together with emotional support, life skills, and help for families. Each part helps make room for the next.
We share the hope of Jesus through relationships, encouragement, and practical care.
How the program works
OUR ONE-YEAR PLAN
Sewing lessons, life skills, emotional support, and help with food and children’s needs belong together. Our one-year plan makes room for each of them.
Planned reach of the one-year program.
Explore the programOUR STORY
Our Christian faith leads us to share the hope of Jesus and care for the practical needs of women and their families. We build relationships, listen, and walk alongside women as they learn.
Our September 2024–February 2025 report records work with single mothers through home visits, life-skills and beadwork training, food and hygiene support, and help with health insurance. That experience informs the work we are building today.
Read our story →PARTNER WITH NEW HOPE
Bring your congregation into a relationship with the work. Explore prayer, shared learning, and support for the program.
Church partnerships →Explore a grant or contribution toward training and family support, with a budget and reporting arrangements agreed together.
Explore a program partnership →Talk with us about sewing equipment, materials, professional skills, or a workplace fundraiser that meets a current need.
Find a way to contribute →Make a gift, pray for the women and their families, or introduce New Hope to people who would like to know the work.
Ways to take part →BEFORE YOU PARTNER
A good partnership starts with understanding. Read the plan, explore our stories, and talk with us about the budget and how progress will be shared.
Read the partnership briefOur one-year plan brings sewing training and family support together in Kolfe Keraniyo, Woreda 01, Addis Ababa.
Discuss the activities you want to support and their budget with our team. Together, we can agree what your contribution will cover.
Our plan includes tracking attendance, skills learned, support delivered, and spending. Reporting dates and details can be agreed as part of a partnership.
MAKE YOUR SUPPORT TANGIBLE
Enter an amount to see what it could support for young women and their children in Addis Ababa.
STAND WITH WOMEN IN ADDIS ABABA
Tell us about your church, organization, or interest in New Hope. We can explore a useful way to take part.