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Thursday, 16 August 2012
Brittney says meeting Burtukan in Ethiopia made her realise that change is possible. When I was in Ethiopia, I went on an amazing journey, a journey that made me feel happy, angry, upset, excited, frustrated but most importantly inspired. Not only did it open my eyes to extreme poverty, it ...
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Thursday, 16 August 2012
Esther says seeing World Vision support projects in Ethiopia gave her hope for the future of children like Burtukan. I’m sitting in the World Vision office, hours before I fly out to Ethiopia and what is going to be the most amazing two weeks of my life.
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Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Monique and Yared. Arriving in Ethiopia was such a huge contrast to Sydney. But despite the sheer physical differences between Australia and Ethiopia, there was one thing I found that was just so similar - the people. You'd expect that the country and lifestyle differences between Australia and Ethiopia would ...
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Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Meeting kids like Yared in Ethiopia made Jacinta realise how important the 40 Hour Famine was. If there’s one message I took home from Ethiopia it’s that the things we do here in Australia have an impact on people overseas. When we waste food here in Australia, we inevitably push ...
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Friday, 20 July 2012
Visiting an Ethiopian school was the highlight of Courtney’s trip. I’m the first to admit that I took education for granted when I was growing up. I used to love going to school, but it was more to see my friends than it was to actually learn.Obviously my view ...
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Monday, 16 July 2012
Visiting Ethiopia made Brittney think twice about the privileges she had at home. I was born in Australia, a place where education is a given, food is a given, clean water…well, it’s everywhere! It comes from our taps in the kitchen, bathrooms and even our fridges! But hey, I have ...
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Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Youth Ambassador Esther learnt valuable lessons from the children she met.Visiting Ethiopia opened my eyes to so much in this world. Something that really stuck with me was the sheer difference in the number of possessions of so many families we met in Ethiopia compared to what I have ...
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Thursday, 5 July 2012
Monique plays with Burtukan, who shares one bed with her entire family. Looking back at our trip it totally doesn’t feel like it was five months ago! Everything about it still seems so real, and even now there are still things that I’m trying to process from what we saw ...
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Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Jacinta says she’ll always remember the children she met in Ethiopia. In one particular community I managed to befriend this little girl. Her name was Maherda and she was 10. We were together all day, we played games together and we danced and she introduced me to all of her ...
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Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Meeting nine-year-old Merharwit was one of the highlights of Courtney's trip.When I found out I’d been selected as Western Australia’s Youth Ambassador I cried. I couldn’t believe that I’d been chosen to go on this once-in-a-lifetime journey. Years ago, when I did my first famine, the funds went to ...
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