2015-03-30T10:26:38-05:00 2014-12-31 JAMES R POWELL CPA 5500 ROSEHILL ROAD 11-202 SARASOTA FL 342333039 990 2014-01-01 204237175 HOPE ETHIOPIA INC HOPE 4082450892 PO BOX 1303 MENLO PARK CA 940261303 GRANT BOMZE DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT 4082450892 2015-03-29 1 JAMES R POWELL CPA P00176747 9419223295 2015-03-29 X 2014 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z GRANT BOMZE 228 CORRAL AVENUE SUNNYVALE CA 940867007 279151 0 X WWW.HOPEETHIOPIA.ORG X 2005 CA THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH SELECTED ETHIOPIAN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING HOPE TO ETHIOPIA BY HELPING ALLEVIATE PROBLEMS IN ETHIOPIA, PRIMARILY EXTREME POVERTY, HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES, AND LACK OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORPHANED AND DESTITUTE ETHIOPIAN CHILDREN. 5 0 0 0 566 0 668759 260314 0 0 1437 7387 244 566 670440 268267 374818 163218 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1031 919 375849 164137 294591 104130 736805 841577 0 0 736805 841577 X THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH SELECTED ETHIOPIAN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING HOPE TO ETHIOPIA BY HELPING ALLEVIATE PROBLEMS IN ETHIOPIA, PRIMARILY EXTREME POVERTY, HEALTH ISSUES, AND LACK OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORPHANED AND DESTITUTE ETHIOPIAN CHILDREN. 0 1 116772 116772 197991 HOPE ENTERPRISES - ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - PROVIDES FUNDING FOR VARIOUS HOPE ENTERPRISE PROJECTS THAT GIVE HUMANITARIAN AID TO POOR AND MARGINALIZED ETHIOPIANS, AND SPONSORSHIP OF CHILDREN IN ROGGIE VILLAGE, ETHIOPIA BY WAY OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP THEM ATTEND SCHOOL, AND ASSISTANCE TO THE FEEDING PROGRAM IN ADDIS ABABA. THE ROGGIE VILLAGE SCHOOL SPONSORS MANY CHILDREN OF ROGGIE VILLAGE TO COVER BASIC NEEDS, INCLUDING EDUCATION, SKILL TRAINING, MEALS, UNIFORMS, SHOES, AND MEDICAL CARE. CURRENTLY THE PROGRAM PROVIDES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION. A PROGRAM TO BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL AT ROGGIE IS IN PROCESS AND SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY MID-2015. IN ADDITION, A SECOND NEW SCHOOL IN SINTARO VILLAGE, MALGA, ETHIOPIA IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY MID-2015, WITH SIGNIFICANT FUNDING PROVIDED FROM EXISTING DESIGNATED FUNDS. FURTHERMORE, A SEPARATE SEVEN-YEAR PROJECT IS ALSO UNDERWAY TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN SINTARO VILLAGE. 19711 19711 31358 HOPE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE - ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - PROVIDES FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND ONGOING OPERATION OF THE COLLEGE, WHICH OPENED IN THE FALL OF 2011. THE COLLEGE IS ETHIOPIA'S FIRST NON-PROFIT COLLEGE, AND WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HOPE ENTERPRISES. 19235 19235 13158 ABRAHAM'S OASIS - TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA - PROVIDES FUNDING USED FOR HUMANITARIAN AID TO A REMOTE IMPOVERISHED AREA IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA. THIS INCLUDES BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS FOOD, SHELTER, SAFE WATER, AND HEALTH SERVICES. 0 0 12320 THE ETHIOPIA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY (EGST) - ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - PROVIDES CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT, POST-GRADUATE LEVEL THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION FOR WOMEN AND MEN IN ETHIOPIA AND STIMULATES RELATED RESEARCH, FOR THE SERVICE OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY IN ETHIOPIA AND BEYOND. EGST OPENED ITS DOORS TO THE FIRST STUDENTS IN JANUARY 1998. VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS IN ETHIOPIA ARE STAFFED IN PART BY EGST GRADUATES. EGST GRADUATES ALSO SERVE CHURCHES IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES, FROM PASTORAL MINISTRY TO DENOMINATIONAL LEADERSHIP. ETHIOPIAN KALE HEYWET CHURCH (EKHC) - ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS PROGRAM - THIS PROGRAM USES A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH THAT INCLUDES PREVENTION, CARE, PSYCHO-SOCIAL SUPPORT AND TREATMENT AS A MAJOR STRATEGY IN HIV/AIDS, PREVENTION AND CARE, IN ORDER TO SERVE THE ENTIRE NEED OF THE AFFECTED PERSONS. PROGRAM DISCONTINUED IN 2014 DUE TO A LACK OF FUNDING. MY GOGA (GWAGWA) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - ADWA, TIGRAY STATE, ETHIOPIA - THE PROJECT IS REACHING THE YOUTH OF THE REGION BY BUILDING AND EQUIPPING DESPERATELY NEEDED ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL, THEREBY ALLOWING THEM TO ATTEND SCHOOL ALL DAY. PROGRAM DISCONTINUED IN 2014 DUE TO A LACK OF FUNDING. 0 0 387 YOUTH IMPACT INITIATIVE (YOUTH IMPACT ETHIOPIA DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION) - ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - PROVIDES FUNDS USED TO ASSIST WITH SUPPORT OF "AT RISK" GIRLS AGES 10-15 IN ADDIS ABABA. THIS INCLUDES A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE AND EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO ALLOW THEM TO EVENTUALLY ATTAIN SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT LIVING. ALTHOUGH THIS PROGRAM HAD LIMITED ACTIVITY IN 2014, IT IS STILL ONGOING. 7500 7500 5100 EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE (ETC) - ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE THAT PREPARES MORE THAN 300 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS FOR BOTH VOCATIONAL AND NON-VOCATIONAL MINISTRY IN THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN ETHIOPIA AND BEYOND. 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