OUR STORY BLOG
While I was in, one word came to my mind. IMPACT. I saw and felt ENA’s impact on every village we serve. Thousands of children are going to school for the first time, sitting at a desk with paper and pen to write with. Thousands are pumping clean water; thousands have a latrine to use with the knowledge of sanitation and hygiene. I’ve looked into the eyes of 350 orphans who are eager to learn and gave each child a new uniform and school supplies to each one to help them on their learning journey and encourage each child to know they are cared for. Village elders, parents, and students are learning about human trafficking and how to best protect their children and themselves. I was given this opportunity, and I consider it a gift. A gift that has changed my life as well. I see the world differently. I see it through the eyes of each and every child, mother, father, and grandparent. Thousands of eyes have been met, hoping to make this life better, one of hope and heartfelt love and connection.
–Diana Bingham, ENA Director of Operations, Ethiopia
Making Public Health a Priority
Our COVID-19 prevention efforts have centered in rural communities outside of Accra. Our team created a baseline survey to better understand community knowledge and spread of COVID-19. We trained and deployed health care facilitators and volunteers to create...
ENA’s Task Force Takes Charge
In Ethiopia, we created a task force that partnered with the Ministry of Health and our network of healthcare providers, doctors, nurses and technicians to create a COVID-19 prevention initiative. In isolated communities, our team educated thousands on virus...
Vocational Students Take Action
The pandemic has shown we are only as safe as our most vulnerable people. The virus poses a threat everywhere. Members of our task force found that families in rural villages did not have access to much-needed information on how to protect themselves from contagion....
ENA Continues to Lead
COVID19 is still a threat to the most vulnerable in Ethiopia and we want to ensure that no one is left behind. We continue to run our rural hygiene and sanitation seminars while our our health care partners travel door to door to teach sanitation and hand-washing...
Staying Healthy
During this time of uncertainty, we wanted to reach out to each of you, our ENA family, with confidence and a strong belief that we will make it through this experience and come out stronger and more unified. In our fight to unite together, may we offer a few key...
ENA Partnership With United Way
We are excited to announce that United Way Ghana and ENA have partnered to find sustainable solutions for the delivery of quality education to everyone, especially vulnerable communities. The strategic goals of our partnership include the following: Promote Adult...
Vocational Skill Training
Ayishetu, a recent vocational and literacy graduate observed. “My parents did not have money to pay for my school fees, so I was thrown out of school and eventually, I dropped out.” In 2018, after hearing about our literacy program she enrolled. She was thrilled to...
A True Love Story
Mavis lovingly holds her 5 year-old son Nathaniel who was born with albinism. While she loves and cares for her son, she has struggled getting to where she is today. Mavis bravely shares that the birth of her son was “terribly traumatic.” She was reluctant to...
Trokosi Cannot Be Wiped Away Easily
Trokosi is a cultural practice among the Ewe tribe in Ghana, Togo, and Benin. The practice requires a young virgin girl to be offered to fetish priests in atonement for the crimes committed by a relative. This form of slavery requires a girl to serve the shrine and...