Like any devoted parent, Angelo Regazzo rises each morning at 4:00am to have breakfast with the children before he goes to work. Unlike many parents, however, his family is comprised of quite a few kids: 400, to be exact. You see, this man is their father—just not in the typical sense. Angelo Regazzo is aRead more about A “Dad’s” Love for His Kids in Ethiopia[…]

Not long ago, they begged, stole and struggled to survive on the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — sniffing glue to dull the daily misery of hunger, exploitation and abuse. Now, thanks to a partnership between the Salesians and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), these young boys have a new leaseRead more about A Second Chance for Street Children[…]

Today in Ethiopia, a crisis is emerging. It is one that threatens access to clean water and food security for millions of people — many of them children. In fact, international experts believe the scale of this emergency, and its humanitarian impact, will far exceed that of the current Syrian refugee crisis. Without immediate intervention, countless innocent lives and livelihoods hang in the balance.

In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, thousands of little girls and boys live on the streets — in gutters, under bridges, in drainage ditches or worse. Some are orphans — alone in the world, doing what they can to survive. Others are runaways, fleeing from the poverty and hunger of their rural villages. Sadly, many of them sniff glue to escape their despair. They simply cannot imagine a different, or better, existence.