 February 3, 2012: In a small town called Gode in Eastern Ethiopia, a young mother named Hamdi nears the front of the line to see a doctor. It's late afternoon. She has been waiting all day with her two-year-old daughter Yusra, but the SOS Medical Center is always busy and the doctor always occupied. Now at last, her turn has come. Learn how SOS is aiding child health care in Ethiopia... January 31, 2012: Twenty-nine-year-old Lelly Laurentus is an unemployed computer technician who drives a taxi when work is available. As reported by The Associated Press (AP), two years ago, after Haiti’s massive earthquake killed more than 300,000 residents and rendered a million more homeless, he made a decision that he thought was for the best.
Learn about the difficult decision... February 1, 2012: It's 4:30 in the afternoon and the local water source from the Shebelle River near Gode town is crowded with children and their donkey carts. Rahmo, 12, and her younger brother finished school earlier and are helping their mother to collect a barrel of water for the family. Learn more about how SOS donkey carts provide relief in Ethiopia... January 26, 2012: Every year hundreds of thousands of children, themselves or their parents lured by promises of a better life, are spirited across Central African borders, forced into lives of grinding street labor or sex slavery. Read about the problem of trafficking in Central Africa... |