Dee Donalson
Location: Ethiopia
Hometown: Ft. Myers, Fla.
Commissioned: 2008
Before Dee Donalson, one of CBF’s field personnel, arrived in Hossana, Ethiopia, most of the village’s young children did not attend kindergarten because it was too far away. Only 20 percent of Ethiopia’s children attend school because the Ethiopian government does not have the financial resources to provide enough classrooms or teachers, Donalson said.
Donalson is working to build a kindergarten at Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church Ministry Training College in Hossana. She expects the school, with six classrooms, running water and furnishings, will cost about $100,000.
“Kindergarten taught in a developmentally appropriate way gives them a foundation to build the rest of their education,” she said. “It also teaches them to problem solve, investigate, explore, examine and experiment.”
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Donalson is a self-funded CBF field personnel. As as a self-funded affiliate, she is responsible for raising her own support to minister in Ethiopia. If you would like to make a pledge toward that support, call (800) 352-8741 or pledge online. After you make a pledge, you can mail your contribution to:
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, P.O. Box 101699, Atlanta, GA 30392.
Include “Dee Donalson” on the memo line.