Waldo's Coffeehouse for Ethiopia
Waldo's Coffeehouse kicked off the UUFW Dengolt Water Well Project. The proceeds will help fund a shallow-borehole water well for the village of Dengolt, in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The well will cost $8500.
The show opened with Grace London, followed by Chris Gage and Christine Albert returning to entertain an enthusiastic audience. For more pictures and information, read more below.
Grace London is very familiar with water wells in Ethiopia, as her brother Max had one dug with his Christmas and birthday gifts. Grace’s dad, Eric Schmidhauser, works for Glimmer of Hope, a non-profit based in Austin that implements projects in Ethiopia. The family had the opportunity to go to Ethiopia last Christmas to see the country and the village in which Max’s well was dug. Carol and Dutch shared their pictures of the trip in the Summer RE sessions. The photos of their trip told of the long trek for water made by the women of the village. Stories of the girls of the village that from the age of nine had to leave school, collecting the water with the rest of the women. A young girl was so overcome with gratitude over the opportunity to return to school, she gave Max the only thing of value she had to give: her chicken, the source of protein for her family.
Look for the digital frames in the Fellowship. There will be pictures of the Ethiopian villages, people, wells and the countryside…even of Max’s chicken!
If you would like to be a sponsor, or donate time to the project, email: randy.culp@uuwaco.org. or call 315-6444.
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