2016: A Year in Review
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Expand<strong>in</strong>g the Three Roots’ Team<br />
Danielle Stasko and Aida Abdul-wali jo<strong>in</strong>ed our U.S. team<br />
to coord<strong>in</strong>ate our Child Sponsorship program. Danielle has<br />
a deep passion for Africa after travel<strong>in</strong>g to Ethiopia <strong>in</strong> 2012<br />
and subsequently liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Uganda for several months, and<br />
she is loved by the local community members. Orig<strong>in</strong>ally from<br />
Ethiopia, Aida was a member of Three Roots’ June <strong>2016</strong> team,<br />
and she is a model of joy and <strong>in</strong>tegrity, with <strong>in</strong>credible love for<br />
the Ethiopian people.<br />
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Special Thanks<br />
We want to extend special appreciation to our all-volunteer<br />
U.S. team for their passion and dedication to the work<br />
of Three Roots International. Operat<strong>in</strong>g with unpaid staff<br />
and donated office space <strong>in</strong> the U.S. allows us to devote<br />
significantly more of our resources to our programs <strong>in</strong> the field.<br />
Ga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Recognition on the Classy 100 List<br />
Three Roots was named to the <strong>2016</strong> Classy 100 list, an annual<br />
compilation of grow<strong>in</strong>g nonprofits on the world’s lead<strong>in</strong>g onl<strong>in</strong>e<br />
fundrais<strong>in</strong>g platform for social enterprises. We are proud and<br />
honored to have been ranked number 21 out of the list of 100<br />
organizations recognized as one of Classy’s most consistently<br />
grow<strong>in</strong>g nonprofits.<br />
“God is not unjust; he will not<br />
forget your work and the love<br />
you have shown him as you have<br />
helped his people and cont<strong>in</strong>ue<br />
to help them.”<br />
— HEBREWS 6:10 (NIV)