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Thank you for your participation in a Help One Now Learning Journey! The Help One Now ethos is to remain invisible in our communities and focus our efforts on resourcing key leaders instead. Help One Now leads a limited number of Learning Journeys for committed, long-term supporters (Church Partners, Child Sponsors, Foundation Members, and Circle Members) each year. On these Journeys, emphasis will be placed on connecting with a community, building deep relationships with the local leaders, and brainstorming how you can unlock your human capital to partner together and support their work back home.


A few important things to note about this trip:
 

Airfare and all expenses on the ground (meals, lodging, transportation) are included in the trip price, but any other costs associated with your trip would be your responsibility (those costs may include spending money, or appointments at a travel clinic before your trip, for example). We do allow our trip participants to fundraise through their registration pages in order to make those trip costs more manageable!

Those traveling are required to carry a passport with an expiration date further than 6 months away from the date of travel. Should your passport have already expired, or should your passport expire within the 6 months after your intended trip dates, you can mail in your old passport to get it expedited and renewed. HERE is where you can find more information on how to renew your passport.

Due to the nature of our work, Help One Now requires special approval from the trip lead, and director of international operations to join the trip if you are under the age of 18. If approved, we will email out a form to get signed by parents or legal guardians, giving permission to travel out of country with the team.

In addition, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends various vaccinations for international travelers depending on your destination country. Please visit a medical professional or a travel clinic as soon as you know you are traveling abroad, as they may recommend particular vaccinations or medicine based on your destination, some vaccinations are not always immediately available, and some vaccinations need to be administered over the course of months. **Please ensure you are up to date on all routine vaccinations. These vaccinations include a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine, varicella (chickenpox) vaccine, polio vaccine, and a flu shot! Most of you are up to date on these anyway!**

Ethiopia does not currently have any required vaccinations; however, we recommend the Hepatitis A vaccination, a Typhoid treatment (pill or shot), and Malaria medication as well.

Some travelers choose to receive the Cholera, Hepatitis B, Rabies, and Yellow Fever vaccinations, but REST ASSURED: we know these lists may seem overwhelming, but all of these vaccinations are entirely optional and are merely precautions!


We’d love to encourage you to familiarize yourself with Help One Now’s philosophy regarding international mission. In preparation for your potential Learning Journey, please try to read Doing Good Is Simple by Help One Now’s founder Chris Marlow. Another great resource is When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert.

Tentative Trip Schedule
*Please note that this schedule is subject to change*

Saturday 6/3:

  • Team departs their home city

Sunday 6/4:

  • Full travel day

Monday 6/5:

  • Arrive in Addis Ababa early morning
  • Take the day to acclimate to time zone
  • Lunch in town
  • Visit Kidmia offices (our local partners) and hear about their incredible work around Ethiopia
  • Cultural dinner experience
  • Stay at Sario Maria Hotel

Tuesday 6/6:
  • Breakfast at hotel
  • Travel to Gunchire
  • Meet families in the Family Business Program and hear about the community transformation in Gunchire
  • Dinner at hotel
  • Stay in Gunchire

Wednesday 6/7:

  • Breakfast at hotel
  • Morning reflection time
  • Travel to Wolaita Sodo
  • Visit more empowered families and hear about Kidmia's other holistic community care work
  • Dinner at hotel
  • Stay at Abebe Zeleke Hotel

Thursday 6/8:

  • Breakfast at hotel
  • Morning reflection time
  • Visit more empowered families
  • Travel to Haile Lake Resort in Hawassa
  • Sunset boat cruise to see Hippos
  • Dinner at hotel
  • Stay at Haile Resort

Friday 6/9:

  • Breakfast at hotel
  • Morning reflection time
  • Travel back to Addis Ababa
  • Lunch in town
  • Time to shop and sightsee around Addis
  • Dinner in town
  • Team departs Addis Ababa late night

Saturday 6/10:

  • Everyone from main team arrives home
  • Malawi team departs Addis Ababa and arrives in Lilongwe
  • Meet local leader Ray Misomali and hear his story and vision
  • Meet families empowered through the FBP
  • Stay in Lilongwe

Sunday 6/11:

  • Drive to Malingunde
  • See land where new school will be built, meet community leaders and hear vision for the school and community
  • Stay in Lilongwe

Mondayday 6/12:

  • Team departs Malawi

Tuesday 6/13:

  • Malawi team arrives home in afternoon


*More details will be emailed to you. In the meantime, please reach out to trips@helponenow.com if you have any questions*

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Ethiopia Trip June, 2023
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