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Our Father’s Kitchen

Our Father’s Kitchen. Feb 18, 2011. Our Father’s Kitchen History. What is Our Father’s Kitchen? Feeding program that targets some of the most disadvantaged children in Addis Partnership with HAPSCAA How did Our Father’s Kitchen (OFK) Start? Owner of Lime Tree restaurant (Yasser)

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Our Father’s Kitchen

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  1. Our Father’s Kitchen Feb 18, 2011

  2. Our Father’s Kitchen History • What is Our Father’s Kitchen? • Feeding program that targets some of the most disadvantaged children in Addis • Partnership with HAPSCAA • How did Our Father’s Kitchen (OFK) Start? • Owner of Lime Tree restaurant (Yasser) • Garbage collection • Goals of OFK • Feed children one meal a day (6 - 7 Birr per meal/child) • Just think what a 50 Birr phone card buys! • Keep them healthy enough to go to school • Happy childhood considering their circumstance

  3. Our Father’s Kitchen Stats • Children in the OFK Program • There are now 150 children being fed by the OFK Program • Profile: Extreme poverty, orphan or double orphan, HIV Positive or living with AIDS • Most are able to return to school • All are happier • Big Success - Berhanu will attend college! • Two Kitchens • Mercato - 100 children are fed at this location • Mamo Kacha Alert - 50 children are fed at this location

  4. ICS and OFK • Last Year at ICS • Banana project • Movie Night at ICS • Huge fundraising effort, added 20 to program • Donation for Home repair (rainy season) • This Year at ICS - Service Learning • 9th graders; started a reading program • Seniors donation “Bigger Show” donations to OFK • ????? Only limited by your imagination

  5. Our Father’s Kitchen Future • Add one or two additional Kitchens • Try to develop a self-sustaining model • Involve ICS students as partners in a long-term relationship that benefits both ICS and OFK • Increase numbers of kids at OFK locations

  6. ICS Movie Night with OFK

  7. ICS Reading Buddies at OFK Alert

  8. ICS Reading Buddies at OFK Alert

  9. ICS and OFK Reading Buddies - December 2010

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