July 2014 5 Loaves partnered with Unforgotten Faces feeding program. Unforgotten Faces is an organization built on a Christian foundation that aims to enrich children mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually, always striving to bring a Christ like love to those it reaches throughout its many programs.
In Debre Zeit, UF currently supports 32 children and their families. UF provides daily meals, school supplies, clothing, before and after school tutoring, and medical care to the children registered in the current project.Training and assistance to the children’s families is also given in order to graduate from the program and reach a level of self- sustainability for their family. Unforgotten Faces is a 501C-3 based in California and is licensed under the Ethiopian government to operate their children’s project in Debre Zeit (an hour outside Addis Ababa -the capital city of Ethiopia). The UF Ethiopian team is small, but mighty, consisting of all local Ethiopians and the Unforgotten Faces founder Kim Zember. In the United States Unforgotten Faces is built solely on volunteers.
The project in Debre Zeit is based around support to single parents and their children. We give breakfast and lunch daily, education materials (uniforms, backpacks, textbooks, pencils, sharpeners, etc.), healthcare for the children and their parents, sanitation materials and after-school tutoring for all of the children Unforgotten Faces supports. All children deserve a chance at a healthy life and a bright future. Unforgotten Faces believes strongly that daily meals, access to medical care, and a solid educational foundation helps lead children toward this goal. Unforgotten Faces aims to meet all of the children’s needs while striving to show them Christ’s love. We hope in doing so, the children grow up with the opportunity to follow the vision God has put in their hearts, leading to a positive effect within their country. While support is given to the families of the children, the UF team works alongside these single caregivers on a variety of income generating programs in order for these families to achieve self-sustainability.
