Building Futures:
Support for Autism, Mobility, and Learning
“Connect your story and your gift to a greater good—and you’ll awaken purpose, honor your passion, and discover lasting joy.”
Art with a Purpose: Give a Child the Gift of Mobility and Hope
This project focuses on helping children living with severe bone conditions—children who cannot walk and have no access to something as simple as a wheelchair. Through this work, we aim to give them the gift of mobility and hope, while also supporting their families so they can grow and thrive together.
Some of these children dream of going to school, playing with friends, discovering their talents, and one day helping others facing the same struggles. Through my artwork, I dedicate 30% of all proceeds to provide wheelchairs, essential medical care, and small business opportunities for mothers who cannot leave home. When we support the family, especially the mothers, we create the stability and comfort every child needs. Helping a child means caring for the whole home.
If you’d like to learn more, contribute, or simply talk about the program, I welcome you to reach out. Whether it’s a donation, a question, or sharing the story, your support can transform lives. Together, we give more than mobility—we offer dignity, care, and a shared future filled with hope.
Our Vision and Plan for Lasting Impact
Many generous people have already joined this mission, and we’re truly thankful for their support. Because of them, we’ve been able to provide wheelchairs to children who need them most and help their families in meaningful ways. We’re already seeing wonderful progress—children are starting to go to school, and families are finding new hope.
There are still four children who need our help to gain mobility and access education. We believe that together, we can make a real difference for them and their families. This work gives us a strong sense of purpose—lifting each other up and sharing hope.
If you would like to be part of this journey, we’d welcome your involvement. No pressure—just a simple invitation to help build a brighter future for these children and their families. Thank you for your attention and support.
Building Futures: Support for Autism, Mobility, and Learning
Our Story
What inspired us. What moved us. What made us begin.Something real—something that changes lives.
What inspired us. What moved us. What made us begin. Something real—something that changes lives. This project began with two brothers who had just lost their father. One lived with autism; the other with diabetes. Their mother, grieving and overwhelmed, suddenly carried the weight of it all. I stepped in simply to support, to be present in their lives however I could. But it was the younger son, the one with autism, who quietly opened a new door for me. From a very young age, he loved to draw, not just on paper, but on walls, doors, bedsheets, even tile. Every surface became a place to speak. His drawings, joyful and haunting, were filled with feeling. He wanted to express himself, but his way was abstract and hard to understand. His drawings became a form of truth, a language of form that I could read like poems.
At times, I even recreated some of his paintings, not by simply copying, but by making similar shapes and colors to connect with his feelings. Sometimes I worked on this for months. Through this, I came to feel his emotions more deeply and understand his work beyond words. This helped me translate his silent language and share it with our own voices. His mother often brought me his drawings asking, “What does this mean?” Especially when the images turned dark, I saw how this was his way of responding to a world that often feels too loud, too fast, and too bright. I became a translator, not just of images, but of his experience, and helped his mother understand his voice through art. That raised deeper questions about how to truly support this child and his family. That’s where my responsibility and this project began.
Since then, I have met many children with similar stories. I have listened to families, learned from their lives, and expanded the work from one child to many, adding more children along the way. Now, meet four of the children we are working with today, and see how creativity, care, and compassion continue to shape their lives.
Be a part of our journey. Be a part of our shared history in making a difference, one child at a time.
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- Haymanot Shiferaw Abebe Age 11
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- Bezuayehu Negatu Teklemariam Age 5
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- kalkidan Tadesse Negash Age 6
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- Ermias Habtamu Debabu Age 7