Saturday and Sunday August 9-10 LeaMcD Educational Services held the first monthly "Deaf Awareness Day".
Awards were presented to deaf students who passed national exams and public recognition was made to staff and teachers.There were also many displays and a bazaar to sell products hand made by deaf people.
There was a drama and a special sign language class for children (and adults).
I wish I could copy the scanned version of the flyer to this page but all attempts have failed.
August is the middle of the rainy season in Addis Ababa and as fate would have it rain happened in copious amounts!
Most people who were invited stayed away but there were successes.
Those who braved the wet bought items from the bazaar and all indications were that future events, (a monthly schedule is planned) will achieve better results.
A great need at the LeaMcD compound is a building for a high school. $5,000.00 American is needed to cover construction costs.
Anyone interested in helping with this project please call Charlie at 417 234 2800 or 417 443 1920.
Shalom for now
Charlie
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
At the Gillioz
The concert was wonderful!
It was a beautiful evening.
The foyer was lined with framed photos of beautiful Ethiopian children by Sesha Shannon, globetrotting photographer from convey studios,and original art by Ibyinka Alao, from Nigeria, whose paintings are beautiful, colorful and are very large. In fact, some of them were used for backdrop on the stage.
There was also an African drummer and Patric Murethi, filmmaker.
Patrick gave a talk about his latest project, which is interviews about and conversations between perpetrators and family members of victims of the horrible killings in Rwanda, and showed a short video clip.
The Kilgore sisters Alia and Alexa, ages twenty and sixteen, who were the main performers, are beautiful, talented and funny. They also doubled as emcees.
They sang a song dedicated to the Blitch and Brown families and while the families were on stage seven year old Yonatan performed an impromptu Ethiopian dance.
Each artist brought messages of hope and love and the audience loved it!
A successful conclusion to weeks of preparation and work.
It was a beautiful evening.
The foyer was lined with framed photos of beautiful Ethiopian children by Sesha Shannon, globetrotting photographer from convey studios,and original art by Ibyinka Alao, from Nigeria, whose paintings are beautiful, colorful and are very large. In fact, some of them were used for backdrop on the stage.
There was also an African drummer and Patric Murethi, filmmaker.
Patrick gave a talk about his latest project, which is interviews about and conversations between perpetrators and family members of victims of the horrible killings in Rwanda, and showed a short video clip.
The Kilgore sisters Alia and Alexa, ages twenty and sixteen, who were the main performers, are beautiful, talented and funny. They also doubled as emcees.
They sang a song dedicated to the Blitch and Brown families and while the families were on stage seven year old Yonatan performed an impromptu Ethiopian dance.
Each artist brought messages of hope and love and the audience loved it!
A successful conclusion to weeks of preparation and work.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Our first fundraiser
We are planning our first fundraiser for Ethiopian Child. It will be held on June 17th at 7pm. Alea and Alexa will be singing at the Gig at the Gilloize and have graciously offered to let that be our fundraiser. We will have an African artist there with some of his paintings on display and Global Fayre will be there as well. Please join us for this wonderful event. Tickets are only $10.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Welcome
Welcome to Ethiopian Child. We are a not for profit group that wants to help the deaf children in Ethiopia. We adopted two deaf children from Ethiopia last year and have fallen in love with the people of Ethiopia and want to help the deaf who live there have fulfilling lives. We are beginning our fundraising activities to help purchase school supplies. Please check back often and we will have updated photos of our activities and achievements.
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