Samaritan Adventure Book Series
The School Dress
Marege dreams of wearing a blue school dress like the girls she sees on the street. But every day she goes with her mother to the garbage dump, searching for “treasures” to help them get by. Then one day, Marege meets someone at the dump—and everything changes.
Update on Marege
Marege received a scholarship from International Samaritan and has been thriving in school. She wants to study medicine and become a doctor.
The Illustrators
Baye Mosu
Zelalem Ayenew
Esubalew Shimeles
Samaritan Adventures
The Samaritan Adventure series follows real International Samaritan scholars growing up beside city garbage dumps, highlighting their daily challenges and their determination to pursue education and a better life.
The Reality
🌍 Entire families live and work in landfills to survive.
📚 A scholarship can change everything.
❤️🩹 Deaths are common but preventable.
Breaking the Cycle
Breaking the cycle of poverty takes more than charity – it takes lasting change
At International Samaritan, we believe in walking alongside families living in and around garbage dumps to break the chains of generational poverty through education, healthcare, and opportunities to build a future beyond survival.
How You Can Help
$25 = school uniform or new shoes
$50 = health & wellness programs + mentorship
$100 = contributes toward tuition + school fees
A holistic scholarship costs an average of 3,000 a year for each student. Thanks to generous supporters who cover administrative costs, 100% of your donation helps children and families on their path out of poverty.
Be a Samaritan. Stop and help.
You can stop and help change a life by becoming a Samaritan. Since 1994, International Samaritan has been connecting Samaritans like you, who have a calling to help, to families who live in and next to garbage dumps around the world. Together, we’re breaking the chains of poverty and improving all our lives.
We all need someone who will stop and help: Just as the Good Samaritan did in the biblical parable. At the end of that story. Jesus told his followers to “go and do likewise.” (Luke 10:37)
WILL YOU?
