We are excited to share with you the story of Gelane Buta. On a recent Petros Network Life Impact Trip we were able to meet with Gelane, one of our widows in The TESFA Project—Women's Empowerment...
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Beauty from Ashes
On our most recent trip this winter, we met in small groups with the 50+ women in the Petros Network Women — TESFA Project, a women's empowerment project focusing on widowed mothers in rural...
Living in HOPE, Even When It is Hard….
We are excited to share this next story of Negase Wokamale. She was so eager to be interviewed by our TESFA Project — Women's Empowerment team that she came and found us and waited patiently for us...
“Someone Believed In Me and Changed My Future”
"My name is Irgibe Korsa, I am 30 years old, and I live in Gojo, Ethiopia with my three children. We didn’t always live in Gojo. We used to be farmers and live in the countryside. My husband was...
Misireki’s HOPE Story
"My name is Misireki Hayilu. I am 40 years old, and I live in Gojo, Ethiopia. I live with five of my children and an orphan girl I took in off the street who has no mother or father. When my husband...
Meet Brehane
Story From the Field:Brehane, Tesfa Project Sponsored Widow "I was sick and had not eaten in many days and I was trying to nurse my child, but my body could not produce any milk. I could see death...
The TESFA Center Launches Fall 2017
Petros Network took on an aggressive international building project to build The TESFA Center in Gojo, Ethiopia (TESFA means HOPE in Amharic). The Center was built as a multi-purpose building with a...