Monday, June 11, 2012-Lisa

Monday, June 11, 2012-Lisa

Anticipation Today was the day!  Up early we ate and quickly mobilized for this much longed for day of work.  Even though we quietly rode most of the familiar route to Arbegona, I sensed that each one of us was excitedly waiting to see the children and begin the first...
Saturday, June 9, 2012-Lisa

Saturday, June 9, 2012-Lisa

“All of you Welcome”  “We win Poverty By Education”  “With Out Education No Development No Change” “Education Is Base For Development” After a whirlwind 48 hours of traveling from Austin to Washington D.C. then to Addis Ababa and Awassa, we were finally on our way to...
Monday, June 11, 2012 – Collin

Monday, June 11, 2012 – Collin

In my last blog posting, I noted how the community of Arbegona welcomed us with an amazing celebratory greeting. Incredibly, the welcome we received for our last trip to Arbegona was even more amazing than the first. The early morning rain caused the dirt road leading...
Sunday, June 10, 2012 – Collin

Sunday, June 10, 2012 – Collin

Less than a year ago, my wife Haleigh and I visited the rural Ethiopian village of Arbegona on a small, information-gathering trip.  Since school was out, only a few children wandered the countryside in front of the mud buildings used as a school. The school...
Friday, June 8, 2012 – Kelly

Friday, June 8, 2012 – Kelly

Today was a travel day for The Davis Moon Project and we made a 5 hour trek to Awassa. One challenge in Ethiopia is that due to poor infrastructure and roads it can take a long time take to travel 175 miles. The upside to the long drive is that we were traveling...
Friday, June 8, 2012 – Collin

Friday, June 8, 2012 – Collin

We just arrived in the lakeside city of Awassa and I finally have time to relax and knock out a quit blog posting.To recap yesterday’s events – We arrived in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, after a long and (thankfully) unadventurous trip from DC. While...