HFC’s 9th Anniversary Celebration

The office of Hope for Chil­dren (HFC) was packed with kids, neigh­bor­hood res­i­dents, and for­eign social work­ers on Sat­ur­day.  The Addis Ababa NGO was cel­e­brat­ing 9 years of work help­ing chil­dren impacted by the AIDS epi­demic “to live with dig­nity and develop self-sufficiency and inde­pen­dence.” The cel­e­bra­tions con­sisted of pho­tog­ra­phy exhi­bi­tions, tra­di­tional dances, short plays, and speeches by employ­ees, board mem­bers, and ben­e­fi­cia­ries of HFC.  I was there to sup­port Sud­den Flow­ers Pro­duc­tions by doc­u­ment­ing their per­for­mances and exhi­bi­tion.  The mem­bers of Sud­den Flow­ers are among HFC’s most cre­ative and moti­vated ben­e­fi­cia­ries.  Saturday’s cel­e­bra­tion left me brim­ming with pride to be involved with this awe­some group of young Ethiopians.