Beavers Without Borders

Beaver Nation: We have a new crowdfunding site up and running. Check it out and be a part of the next international service endeavor. "To fast go alone. To go far, go together."

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Support CREATE Oregon State: Beavers Without Borders 2015 Help CREATE Oregon State raise $30,000 for the project: Beavers Without Borders 2015.

Fantastic story on a friend, supporter & teammate of the Beavers Without Borders & Holt International Children's Services partnership. Oregon State University grad Patrick Campbell.

http://www.registerguard.com/web/news/sevendays/29201092-41/campbell-ethiopia-equipment-holt-eugene.html.csp

Hope and Ethiopia | A little boy becomes the catalyst for a project that grew from a single donatio This is a story about how one small boy has helped make a big difference in two communities half a world apart. In October 2009, Patric and Holly Campbell traveled to Ethiopia to adopt their youngest child, Miles, who is now 4 years old. They also have a 7-year-old daughter, Lauryn. To better unde...

Julia Sattler & BWOB empowering women through sport in Ethiopia. A MUST READ. Oregon State Beavers Beavers Without Borders Holt International Children's Services Oregon State Women's Soccer

http://www.registerguard.com/web/specialdash/28274927-41/julia-soccer-women-ethiopia-silti.html.csp

Into Africa | Eugene-based Holt International partners with OSU athletes in traveling to Ethiopia to Never before in her life has Julia Sattler played for a crowd this big. As she steps out of the van that brought her to this Sunday soccer match and sees at least 1,000 people lining the field, she can’t help it. Overjoyed, she starts to cry.

Steph's Ethiopia Blog 10 - "We decided the trip to Paradise Lodge was like a four hour Indian Jones ride at Disneyland..."

http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2012/07/paradise-lodge/

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Paradise Lodge The view from our hotel was simply stunning in all directions. Jonnie and I representing our home and native land (Canada).

Steph's Ethiopia Blog 9 - "I know it’s hard enough getting physicians to work in rural North America so I can’t imagine the difficulty in recruiting and retaining doctors in rural Ethiopia..."

http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2012/07/visiting-the-shinchicho-hospital-and-thinking-about-the-future/

Visiting the Shinchicho Hospital and thinking about the future Today we travelled about two hours south to visit the Shichicho hospital. We began our tour by walking through the construction site.

Steph's Ethiopia Blog 8 - "Tesfaye summed it up best when we said “my heart is singing.” That is exactly how I felt..."

http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2012/07/our-final-day-in-butajira/

Holt International Children's Services Oregon State Beavers

Our final Day in Butajira Thanks to the local people who work for Holt we knew exactly where to go in town for the best Ethiopian coffee, scarves and other souvenirs.

Steph's Ethiopia Blog 7 - "In a completely different culture where we didn’t speak the language we were able to connect with an entire community simply by playing soccer..."

http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2012/07/work-day-5-the-final-day-of-work-and-a-soccer-game/

Work Day #5: The final day of work and a soccer game Back at the worksite this morning more plaster was needed so I stripped off my shoes and socks and got into the mud to mix. I think all my dead skin was exfoliated yesterday because mixing the dirt, water and straw hurt. I actually ended up with quite a few little scratches all over my feet and l...

Steph's Ethiopia Blog 6 - "I’ve found throughout the trip that I’ve been really engaged in the present and ‘in the moment,’ rather than thinking about the things that I usually worry about at home..."

http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2012/07/work-day-4-staying-warm-and-living-in-the-present/

Work Day #4: Staying warm and living in the present Today the road into the work site was too wet and we had to walk in. It was a slow go and I was surprised that no one ate it since the mud was very slippery.

Steph's Ethiopia Blog 5 - "The women on our team have been breaking local gender stereotypes left, right and sideways, especially today..."

http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2012/07/work-day-3-a-mud-fight-and-challenging-gender-roles/

Work Day #3: A mud fight and challenging gender roles Martie and I went into our rooms after dinner and laid down for a second on our beds. My plan was to read some more of ‘Cutting for Stone’ but before I knew it I was sound asleep.

Steph's Ethiopia Blog 4 - "It’s amazing how fascinated they all were with being able to see their picture after I took it. It makes sense because they never really see themselves since they don’t have mirrors..."

http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2012/07/work-day-2-rain-and-playing-some-soccer/

Work Day #2: Rain and playing some soccer Today it started to rain after lunch so we weren’t able to make it back to the worksite in the afternoon because the road was pure mud. It’s okay though because we’re pretty far ahead of schedule.

Steph's Ethiopia Blog 3 - "I was totally unprepared for the experience of arriving at the work site..."


http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2012/07/work-day-1-building-houses-out-of-sticks-and-mud/

Work Day #1: Building houses out of sticks and mud Today was the most amazing day! We started with breakfast at 7:00. I’ve discovered that injera is clearly a staple food here. This morning it was served in a tasty spicy dish.

Steph's Ethiopia Blog 2 - "It looks as though we will be disconnected from the internet until we return to Addis in nine days...."

http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2012/07/arrival-in-butajira/

Arrival in Butajira We continued south of the capital city towards Butajira, the town where we will spend most of the trip. The views of the land were breathtaking as the skies were clear and the sun was beginning to go down.