{"id":857,"date":"2022-10-02T18:51:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T18:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vlm.soft4u.uk\/?page_id=857"},"modified":"2025-10-03T12:15:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T12:15:29","slug":"kathleens-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/index.php\/kathleens-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"857\" class=\"elementor elementor-857\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be8f878 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"be8f878\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65cdadf\" data-id=\"65cdadf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a04c9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a04c9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Volunteer Story - Kathleen<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a3066c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"5a3066c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e2ed52\" data-id=\"9e2ed52\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16175f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"16175f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1377\" height=\"1377\" src=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kathleen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-880\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kathleen.jpg 1377w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kathleen-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kathleen-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kathleen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kathleen-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1377px) 100vw, 1377px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8d7052 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"b8d7052\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c78414\" data-id=\"3c78414\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed69954 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed69954\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When I went with VLM to Ethiopia in 2008 I never planned to go back there. I did go back a second time and that was a fatal decision. I got caught!<\/p><p>I had to return a third time and then a fourth and each year totalling 11 years until 2019 when the Pandemic stopped me from going. Will I go again? Of course I will. I have not changed Ethiopia, nor Addis Ababa nor even one small village, but I might have changed the lives of a few people I met along the way.<\/p><p>My going to Ethiopia has been life changing; a wonderful experience. My own children and their partners, my siblings, and\u00a0friends near and far, have been enormously supportive. I have forged new pathways and made some very special friends who have enriched my life immeasurably and given me new learning in more ways than one.<\/p><p>The population of Ethiopia, one of the poorest countries in the world today is 120m. In 30 years, by 2050 the population is forecast to reach 170m, an increase of 50 million or I.75 million a year. That means that 50 million children will be born into one of the poorest countries in the world. Yet Ireland, one of the richest countries in the world gives too little in overseas aid. In 2020 Ireland gave a total of 867,534, 000 of which 39,677,000\u00a0went to Ethiopia.<\/p><p>When it comes to Ethiopia, I owe very much to VLM the Vincentian Lay Missionaries including Fr\u00a0Michael, Fr Stephen, and Abba Asfaw.<\/p><p>For me today Ethiopia is very much about the Daughters of Charity: their courage, their charm. And their commitments to the poor in their clinics, their schools water development projects and of course the women\u2019s development projects including their income generating projects, rural and urban.<\/p><p>I owe them everything.<\/p><p>We must continue to support VLM. It is a fine organisation. Relative to the poverties of Ethiopia, VLM\u2019s contribution is but a drop in the ocean but in time I hope we can make those\u00a0drops into cups; into buckets; into streams.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31d62f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"31d62f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9cc0532\" data-id=\"9cc0532\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fd5691 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1fd5691\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteer Story &#8211; Kathleen When I went with VLM to Ethiopia in 2008 I never planned to go back there. I did go back a second time and that was a fatal decision. I got caught! I had to return a third time and then a fourth and each year totalling 11 years until 2019 when the Pandemic stopped me from going. Will I go again? Of course I will. I have not changed Ethiopia, nor Addis Ababa nor even one small village, but I might have changed the lives of a few people I met along the way. My going to Ethiopia has been life changing; a wonderful experience. My own children and their partners, my siblings, and\u00a0friends near and far, have been enormously supportive. I have forged new pathways and made some very special friends who have enriched my life immeasurably and given me new learning in more ways than one. The population of Ethiopia, one of the poorest countries in the world today is 120m. In 30 years, by 2050 the population is forecast to reach 170m, an increase of 50 million or I.75 million a year. That means that 50 million children will be born into one of the poorest countries in the world. Yet Ireland, one of the richest countries in the world gives too little in overseas aid. In 2020 Ireland gave a total of 867,534, 000 of which 39,677,000\u00a0went to Ethiopia. When it comes to Ethiopia, I owe very much to VLM the Vincentian Lay Missionaries including Fr\u00a0Michael, Fr Stephen, and Abba Asfaw. For me today Ethiopia is very much about the Daughters of Charity: their courage, their charm. And their commitments to the poor in their clinics, their schools water development projects and of course the women\u2019s development projects including their income generating projects, rural and urban. I owe them everything. We must continue to support VLM. It is a fine organisation. Relative to the poverties of Ethiopia, VLM\u2019s contribution is but a drop in the ocean but in time I hope we can make those\u00a0drops into cups; into buckets; into streams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-857","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Volunteer Story - Kathleen When I went with VLM to Ethiopia in 2008 I never planned to go back there. 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