In order to provide the funding necessary to operate the CCC Children’s Home — to ensure that each child has loving care in a clean and safe environment with proper clothing, nutritious meals, decent education, and appropriate heathcare — each child is paired with a sponsor (or sponsors) who makes an annual financial contribution to Aerie Africa. Sponsors also correspond with their sponsored child, providing, albiet from a distance, mentorship and care. Sponsorship donations cover about 60% of the annual budget for the home. The Aerie Africa Board of Directors fundraises the rest of the donations to ensure the home is appropriately funded. All donations are tax deductible and all but a very small percentage of the money raised is spent in Ethiopia. We appreciate all our many talented volunteers who keep our organization running with minimal administration costs.

Consider becoming a sponsor.

A vital component to the care and success of our children are the letters of encouragement and small packages sent by their sponsors. The children look forward to hearing from their sponsors throughout the year. Our sponsors love to get letters and pictures from their child, to hear about their lives in Ethiopia and to watch them grow and thrive.

Interested in becoming a sponsor?
Please e-mail us at info@aerieafrica.org.

Already a sponsor?
Sponsors are encouraged to send one annual small package (4 lbs. or less) as a back-to-school gift to their sponsored child in September. Letters and photos can be sent at any time throughout the year.

Mailing address for the Orphanage

Your child’s name

C/O CCC

P.O. Box 264

Soddo, Wolaitta

Ethiopia

BELOW ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE MONEY RAISED CAN PROVIDE.

• $5 – a rain coat for the rainy season
• $10 – prescription eyeglasses
• $15 – a school uniform for one student for one year
• $35 – food stipend for one month for 1 young adult in the transitional program
• $75 – salary for a nanny-nurse (the title of the primary care-givers at the home) for one month
• $125 – one year of school tuition and fees for one child
• $180 – rent for 1 year for one young adult in the transition program
• $300 – teff flour for one month for making “injera,” the Ethiopian bread staple
• $350 – daily bananas for afternoon snack for up to 52 children for one month

ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL PACKAGES

Kids in Soddo go back to school after the Ethiopian New Year on September 11th. This is a great time for them to receive a small package from their sponsors. Below are a few suggestions of appropriate items for packages. Remember, it can take up to 6 weeks for a package to arrive in Soddo, so plan ahead with your mailing.

POSSIBLE CONTENT SUGGESTIONS:

• Letters
• 4×6 photos
• Fun pens or pencils
• 1 small toy
• Deflated soccer balls
• Socks
• 2 shirts
• Underwear
• Jump rope
• Anti-fungal cream
• A fun school notebook
• Pencil erasers
• 1 pkg of sugar free gum
• Small pencil sharpener

The package should weigh around 4 lbs. We encourage this weight and ask that you stick close to the above suggestions in order to provide some consistency to what each child receives. You can watch a short video with instructions on mailing packages here.

LETTERS:

The children enjoy writing the sponsors and we encourage them to do so after receiving letters and packages from sponsors. These letters provide an opportunity for the children to share about their life in Ethiopia and to practice their English. Sometimes a letter gets neglected in the daily life of the home. If you don’t receive a letter within 8-10 weeks after sending a letter or package yourself, please let us know and we’ll follow up.

You can send at email to info@aerieafrica.org