Leaving Addis in any direction makes for a beautiful trip. I took a short sojourn to the Ethiopian Children's Fund School in Aleltu about 45 km outside of Addis. My friend Wubet, who was the librarian at Gibson during my time as a teacher, had volunteered there a couple of years ago. The purpose of the school is to provide not only education but also health care and meals for rural Ethiopian children. A much different mission than the middle-class private school that I taught at and a very successful model from what I observed. ECF is looking for volunteer teachers from overseas as well, so check them out at http://ethiopianchildrensfund.org/
On the way back from the school Mr. Wosene, the ECF's Country Representative stopped to donate some food bags to these sorghum and lentil farmers who were drying and sifting their crops on the road side.
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