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

SEND A PACKAGE or LETTER

Just as any other children or young adults, our kids at in Sodo love receiving gifts, but all the more so as kids raised in an impoverished world. When they receive packages and letters, they are absolutely overjoyed, and they feel the care that inspired it.

Instructions for Sending Packages & Letters
Due to the current status of the customs and parcel taxes in Ethiopia, it is no longer practical to send large packages. Instead, we encourage you to continue sending letters, photos, and very small or padded-envelope packages—any one of which inevitably lights up our kids.
When you ship the package, please make sure you include the CCC Charity Registration number #0243.
Don’t forget to check the box on the customs form that says “Humanitarian Donation”, and please send tracking number to gabriela@aerieafrica.org so we can keep an eye on shipping status.

Packages should be sent to:
[Child’s Name]
c/o CCC – Ethiopian Charity Registration #0243
PO Box 264
Sodo, Wolaitta, Ethiopia
Phone Number: +251 91 172 0913

If you have any further questions regarding packages, please email gabriela@aerieafrica.org. She can help with things like sizes, recommendations for what to send, etc.