Village Gilo Ager finally has water!
The first of five Well of Hope water distribution points is completed!
The first one is near the village Gilo Ager, where we first met Tekle Beyene in October 2006. He was the village elder that dropped to the ground to kiss Sonya’s feet when she promised him that we would drill a water well for his village.
There will be four more water distribution points near other villages and one for the school which has 1600-1800 students from grade school to high school.
On October 13, Sonya will return to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa, to meet treasurer Rhona Slingerland for the official dedication of the Well of Hope and to dedicate the water reservoir in memory of Mike Elinski, co-founder of the Well of Hope. It was Mike’s dream to return to Ethiopia to see the water flowing, but Mike lost his battle to cancer in March 2011.
Please join us at the “Well of Hope Golf Tournament in Memory of Mike Elinski” on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, at Waikele Golf Course in Waipahu, Hawaii. Download the Golf Press Release and Golf Application. You can make your golf entry fee donation through PayPal.
Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts for your continued support of the Well of Hope and for helping us bring clean water to the Samasenbet area of Ethiopia, which serves 10,000 people.
Blessings,
The Well of Hope Foundation
A 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization (#20-8086100)
P.O. Box 30904
Honolulu, Hawaii 96820
For more information on The Well of Hope Foundation, please download and read "What is Well of Hope?" (pdf file).
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011: The Well of Hope Golf Tournament in Memory of Mike Elinski begins at noon at Waikele Golf Course on Oahu. Sponsorship levels at $1100, $600 and $250 per pair of three-person teams.
Please download and read this press release (pdf file) to learn more about the tournament.
Download application form (pdf file)
Purchase Sonya Mendez’s CD “Back to the Islands” by visiting www.sonyamendez.com. A portion of CD sales benefit the Well of Hope.
Photographs from Gilo Ager:
The first water distribution point near Gilo Ager.
An informal dedication of the well in October 2010.
This reservoir will be dedicated in memory of Mike Elinski.
Mike Elinski in Gilo Ager, October 2006.
School supplies to children in October 2010.