Children’s Heaven Friends,
We are looking for partners to make a long term investment in Children's Heaven.
That investment is land, land that will enable us to build a functional site in
order to develop our program for our services in a safe and secure environment.
This will also give us competence to increase our target group to reach more
orphans and their extended families enabling us to develop our existing
programs.
Once we secure the land our intention is to construct a building which means the
project could reach a larger proportion of orphans in a more effective and
stable way due to the security that stems from owning premises. Since the onset,
Children’s Heaven has rented premises in Addis Ababa. The constraints at this
time mean that renting private homes is a major expense and has meant that
project development always has an element of instability attached, especially at
present due to the dramatic rise in rent and lack of facility availability.
As many of you know, land in Addis is incredibly expensive and difficult to
acquire. We have been able to negotiate an amazing deal on some land that
belonged to Hanna's father, and was given to her siblings when her father passed
on. The siblings have agreed to sell the land to Children's Heaven at a very low
cost. That, combined with Hanna's share of the land, donated to Children's
Heaven, is available for $70 a square meter. The market price for this land is
$200.00 a square meter.
We would like to purchase 1000-2000 square meters for Children's Heaven. Please
consider partnering with us and helping us raise money for this land. Consider
helping your niece or daughter and her friends raise money for a few square
meters of land, as a way to help her sisters in Ethiopia. Gifts are tax
deductible through Children's Heaven.
With deepest regards,
Hanna Fanta and the Girls of Children’s Heaven
