BATAM!

Dear Friends and Family,

I have never liked mixing words with images..  in the airport in Ethiopia I will give you words...

When the mothers saw me get out of van by Day Care Center they ran and we cried  we kissed and then they went right back to work finishing the second building as now they loved their day care more..I only expected 1 building to be done it is only 5 months  but they worked for $1.00 a day to change their destiny the second was almost complete!

when we bought pottery from the mothers so they could join us in celebration of Int'l Peace day .. . they went right back to work making more pottery and standing by the UN flag they told me how their lives  had already begun to change... in their heart... in their dreams for their children, everyone wanted to sign the UN flag and have a picture with it...they felt already part of something big .."I never had a dream before but now I want to be a doctor.." 

when the red paint made the outlines of mothers and children on the building they yelled Batam BEAUTIFUL and I couldn't stop crying.

In 5 months the women and men of Amacho Wato Kebele have changed their destiny and in shining lights on themselves with something they built there will now be a preschool in the Day Care....self help group for mothers and the municipal decided to build a grade 1-4 school and water.

They will now have water!!  they have never had water!!! 

& the people of Amacho Wato Kebele who have been living in quiet anonymous desperation just changed their lives forever!  

For those who believed in them and in me  I say thank you!!!!

In Honor of the mothers of Amacho Wato , Ethiopia

I am leaving tomorrow to Ethiopia to honor the Muslim and Christian Builder; eight mothers and seven men on International Peace Day September 21st who worked to create a Day Care Center in their village of Amacho Wato Ethiopia. They have built a place that will keep their children safe and hunger free while they  work, allow young girls who care for babies to now go to school and a place in the evening for mothers to learn sustainable work skills........this whole year i accepted donations from sons in honor of their mothers...8 women i met in a restaurant....1 prize fighter just because he loved the project......friends who have little and gave so much, my ex-sister in law who made these incredible quilts with ethiopian design... board member and designer Pryor assisted by architect Frehiwot who worked so hard to create a Day Care Center that honored ethiopian design ...and to a Foundation who saw what could be accomplished...though we have a roof to raise money for and cribs to buy to everyone in honor of the mothers and children of Amacho Wato I say thank you!

Pamela Parlapiano Founder Director

www.motherstomothers.net 

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