Child Sponsorship

Child Sponsorship
Child Sponsorship

Covenant Development Association works with the community to provide physical sustainable solutions to break the cycle of poverty. We offer child sponsorship for up to 150 children in four project sites: Holeta, Ambo, Wolita, and Shone. Through the sponsorship, children have the ability to attend school, receive proper nourishment, a hope, and a future. 

CDA makes sure that they are given the basics of life to help them sustain their growth in all areas of life, and a social worker visits each child and his or her family on a consistent basis.

Under the sponsorship program, children are encouraged to excel in all areas of life. To enable them to go to school and further their education, each child receives clothing, a school uniform, and learning materials such as a notebook, pencil and pen. Alongside the physical support, the children are also taught life skills to provide a well- rounded understanding of their society and environment. Moreover, children are taught about HIV/AIDS, how to keep themselves healthy, and the importance and benefits- both physically and spiritually- of being sexually pure before marriage. Not only does the sponsorship program help the child, but also the family by providing them with monthly financial support to buy food for the family.

Sponsorship through Covenant Development Association is an orphan prevention program and we strive to keep families together.

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Ambo

Ambo town is located in the West Shoa Zone of the Oromia region, west of Addis Ababa, it has latitude and longitude of 8⁰59’N 37⁰51’E and an altitude of 2101. The surroundings of Ambo are popular for weekend trips for residents of Addis Abeba.

Ambo is known for its mineral water, which is bottled outside of town; it is reportedly the most popular brand in Ethiopia.

 Nearby attractions include Mount Wonchi to the south with its Carter Lake and the Guder and Huluka Falls.

Under our sponsorship program in Ambo for sixty children living within the community has been regularly conducted so as to enable them have a better life and continue their education in favorable environment.

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Holeta

Holeta came into existence with the construction of the Addis Ababa – Addis Alem road, and houses in the latter town were dismantled and brought to this new settlement. It became the new “country retreat” for Emperor Menelil II and Empress Tayetu.

Holeta Genet is best known as the location of the Ethiopian Military Academy Opened in January 1935.

Like much of Ethiopia, the economy is mainly based on agriculture but industry is growing. The town hosts a research station of the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research. Founded in 1963, this station is the national center for research to improve the yield of barley, highland oil crops potatoes and dairy products.

Covenant Development Association is sponsoring 40 children and their families at Holeta town.

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Sidama Blind Students Support

In the Sidama region, due to less community awareness and lower availability of schools, a smaller percentage of young children attend education. In the Sidama region there are currently 75 kindergartens, 633 primary schools and 12 secondary schools. Considering kindergarten enrollment, a total number of 6,863 students (3,700 male and 3,163 female) attend class. Total school age (4–6 years age) boys and girls are about 360,547 (181,543 male and 179,004 female), however.  The gross enrollment ratio (%) in kindergarten is about 1.9% (2.04% for males and 1.77% for females). The data reveals that many fewer children in the younger generation receive educational opportunities in the Sidama region.

Among all countries of the world, Ethiopia stands as one of the most seriously affected countries by sever poverty. The problem interchangeably worked in favor of each other aggravating the plight of the nation as a whole. As a consequence people with disability and destitute people in every walk of life are the most affected section of the society by severs poverty. People with disability and destitute people directly or indirectly are vulnerable to poverty and other health, socio economic, psychological and legal problems. Among the multifaceted impacts of poverty on the lives of people with disability and destitute people lack of food, shelter, clothing, schooling and access to health care are some from among a long list of consequences. By the same token, the aforementioned problems of people with disability and destitute people has also to a larger extent intensified when compared to the other societal groups due to the physical, mental cultural &  economic attributes status of them.

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