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A Tribute to Giday Gebremeskel (1947 – 2008)
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We are greatly saddened to learn by the passing of Giday Gebremeskel. He was a dedicated and long time member of queen of Sheba alumni, who highly preached the value good education is the cornerstone for community development. He was a father of 12 who witnessed the college graduation of four of his kids and watched his younger children continues to excel in their studies.
Giday is survived by his wife Miss Mulu Tikue and his 12 kids, who lives in
Atlanta, GA and other close relatives. May god rests his soul in peace and almighty GOD may give huge strength to his family and those who knew him well.
He was indeed such a gentle man and will be greatly missed by all.
Queen of Sheba Alumni
More on his Profile & Legacy
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You are Invited to AYYA's Reunion
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AYYA’s annual get-together event will be celebrated on May 24, 2008. This is a wonderful opportunity for the alumni and friends of the alumni to reconnect with classmates, old friends, and country fellow man. Do not miss it, Come out and show your support! There will be cultural music, food and entertainments and much more... Come and enjoy the event while helping the school.
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Minster calls for assistance to Adwa landmark project
Addis Ababa, January 12, 2008 (Addis Ababa) - Minister of Culture and Tourism, Ambassador Mohamud Drir stressed the need to support efforts in establishing a permanent historical heritage of the Adwa, an area where Ethiopian heroes and heroines defeat the Italian aggression.
Speaking at a press conference regarding the activities of Adwa landmark project, the minister said on Friday establishing permanent heritage in the area is essential, though the victory of Adwa is well known worldwide.
Wide-ranging activities have been well in progress in order to make the Adwa victory a permanent historical heritage, he said, everybody should be duty bound to support the ‘Adwa Landmark Project’. The project, Mohamud said, aims at establishing a historical heritage commemorating heroes and heroines of the Adwa victory and promoting tourism. The establishment of the permanent heritage would also contribute its share toward strengthening the African Union.
Project manager, Solomon Girma also said the project includes installing a landmark (In English and Amharic alphabets) on one of the mountains of the Adwa area at a cost of some 20 million Birr. The landmark, which covers 1,050 sq. meter area of land, will be the first of its kind in Africa and the biggest landmark next to Hollywood in Los Angeles, USA, he said.
The manger said an agreement was signed with Tigray Culture and Tourism Commission to execute the project. President of the Ethiopian Patriots’ Associations, Leke-tiguhan Astateke Abate on his part said establishing permanent landmark on Adwa area will contribute a lot toward commemorating the Ethiopian martyrs during the Adwa war.
A Tribute to President Professor Kinfe (1950 – 2007)
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President of the Ethiopian International Institute for Peace and Development (EIIPD), Professor Kinfe Abraham, passed away yesterday after a brief illness.
Prof. Kinfe Abraham, who unexpectedly passed away on November 9, spent much of his life sharing the knowledge he acquired through education and experience. Though many of us, while benefiting from his efforts, are unlikely to have heard his name. Prof. Knife’s forte was promoting diplomacy among countries. He has chaired and convened several international conferences on themes of International and Regional Security and Conflict Management, Economic Integration and Transboundary Resources, the Hydro politics of the Nile and food security, the Ethio-Arab and Middle Eastern Relations, NEPAD and the African Union.
Described as one of the leading thinkers of Africa by the Africa World Journal [AWJ], he has been the president of the Ethiopian International Institute for Peace and Development (EIIPD) and also served as president of the HADAD International Lobby and Chief Political Advisor of IGAD.
He was indeed a great thinker as well as an educator, a great individual the world will remember for long long time.
Queen of Sheba Alumni
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British Government Chevening scholarships for postgraduate study (2008/2009)
Each year the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British government awards a number of Chevening scholarships for postgraduate study in the United Kingdom to Ethiopian nationals who display both outstanding intellectual ability and clear leadership potential.
Applicants can choose any Masters level course of study in a UK institution apart from MBA qualifications. Successful applicants will need to have researched potential courses and demonstrate how their intended course of study will contribute both to their own career and Ethiopia’s development in one or more of the following priority areas. ." For more Info.
Fundraising for Inclusive Kindergarten in Adwa
If you’ve been reading this blog www.rebeccainethiopia.blogspot.com regularly, you know that the situation for most children with any kinds of special needs or difference in Ethiopia is bleak. My understanding of what a big issue this is has been developing throughout the year I’ve been here. As Cluster Coordinator, I’ve brought the issue of inclusion up in workshops throughout the year; next year, it will be a workshop topic on its own. But the trouble is that by the time the Cluster programme gets involved, it’s very late: we’re working with teachers who are working with children 7 and up. As there is no public kindergarten in Tigray region, most children don’t get any early years education. Most children with serious special needs don’t even attend grade one, let alone kindergarten. Children with milder problems might go to school, but, get very little support, and often don’t make it very far.
Intervention in the early years can have a big impact in terms of minimizing disability, but for most children in Adwa (or in Ethiopia, or Africa) this intervention doesn’t exist. Most children are hidden at home. Muscles, and brains, atrophy from neglect, and so much potential is lost.
My colleagues and I have been mulling this problem over for a few months, and after a while the impossible didn’t seem so impossible anymore. We have decided to start an Inclusive Kindergarten at the college.
We have gotten permission to repair and renovate two abandoned buildings as classrooms. We have developed a proposal and have the support of the town administration and the college. We have the children, and we’re pretty sure we’ve got our first teacher.
What we need now is the money to make this happen. Our first priority is the renovation of the old buildings and the construction of an outdoor play area from local materials, which is estimated to cost approximately 70 000 birr (or Canadian $8274).
So now I’m embarking on a fundraising journey, and I’m asking for your help. If you would like to support our project, give a child a chance to have an education that can make the difference between hope and despair, and create a model of inclusive education in Ethiopia, please email me (email is the best option, but you can also post a comment on this blog) about how to make a donation to Adwa’s Inclusive Kindergarten. If you would like more information, would like to read our full proposal, would like information on some of the children with special needs who will attend the Kindergarten, or would like to help plan a fundraising event, also please email me." More on the writer
Tadelech Hailu backs ESDP implementation in Adwa
In what can be described as worthwhile contributions, an Ethiopian woman residing in Italy has got a secondary school construction in the pipeline in the historic town of Adwa with more than a-million-birr she had set aside from her purse. Town residents had also mobilized their resources to have kicked in a similar project.
The philanthropist, Tadelech Hailu said the school she is having constructed in the town comprises 15 classrooms. "The fact that I have financed a school project designed to enrol as many students as more than 1,000 pupils gives me great satisfaction," said Tadelech in an interview with the Ethiopian News Agency.
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Ethiopian environmentalist to speak about biosafety
A much-honored internationally known scientist and diplomat, will speak on "The Politics of Biosafety" at noon, Wednesday, Sept. 27, in room T-101 of the Food Science and Human Nutrition Building.
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Woman finances school for her home village after girl killed by hyenas.
In downtown Washington, D.C., the villager's death shook manicurist Lidia Schaefer. She was from Feres Mai,Adwa - Ethiopia, too. She'd made that long desert trek for years, before an aunt brought her to the United States in 1979. No more animal attacks, Schaefer thought. She had to find a way to build her home village a school. But how? Schaefer had massaged, clipped and painted nails at a Washington salon for the past 15 years. Manicurist gives all for Ethiopian school
4th Annual Queen of Sheba Alumni Reunion Reception
The annual get-together event will be celebrated on September 09, 2006. This is a wonderful opportunity for Queen of Sheba alumni and friends to reconnect with classmates and old friends. Do not miss it! There will be cultural music, food and entertainments and much more... Come and enjoy the event while helping the school.
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 Doctor Desta Asayhgn Donated $30,000.00
A member of the Queen Sheba school Alumni, from San Rafael, California, Professor Desta Asayhgn and his wife Wezero Elsa Berhe donated US $30,000.00 to build a vocational school for wood Work and Metal work in Adwa. The construction has started and we are hopping it will be ready for fall 2005. On behalf of the Queen Sheba School and the students, The Alumni is very grateful and thank you for your generosity and thoughtfulness.
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Iyassu Made Queen of Sheba one of the most fully equipped schools in Tigray
Mr. Iyasu Gorfu, a former student of Queen Sheba School donated 34 computers and accessories to Queen
Sheba Sec. School. The computers will be used for students in the computer lab. Many students at QSS will be benefited from this gift. We thank
Ato. Eyassu for the donation and we hope that other capable individuals will make similar donations to Queen Sheba School.
Thank you Ato Iyassu for making our old school one of the most fully equipped schools in Tigray. Previously, Ato Eyassu donated hospital equipment,
such as gloves and ambulance to the Adwa Hospital. The ambulance were however taken away by the provincial government and allocated to
another killel inside Tigray, a typical misallocation of resources exhibited in the name equalization. We hope Uncle Sam of Tigray will not discourage local investment under a perverted equalization program. Local citizens should be able to put their money where they think it makes a big difference and not what others think it should be. Kudos to Ato Iyassu
Japanese Ambassador lays cornerstone for construction of 16 mln Birr Secondary school in Adwa
Axum, 12/21/2005
Japanese Ambassador to Ethiopia Kenjiro Izumi laid a cornerstone for a secondary school due to be constructed with an outlay of 16 million Birr in Adwa town.
Ambassador Izumi has granted some 800,000 Birr for the construction of the school, while residents of the Adwa town will contribute the balance. The two storey building school, due to be constructed on 53,000 square meters of land will enroll over 3,500 students in two shifts, it has been indicated.
Speaking at the ceremony, Ambassador Izumi said Ethiopia and Japan have been closely undertaking development activities, and pledged to speed up construction of the school with residents of the town.
Adwa town Mayor, Araya Merid on his part expressed appreciation for the support the Japanese government is providing for the construction of the school.
Ambassador Izumi visited the Adwa potable water dam, Almeda Garment and Saba Marble factories.
Buxton Initive Donatated $20,000.00
Buxton Initiative, Washington DC, made a donation of $20,000.00 to Queen Sheba School, of Adwa, Ethiopia. The money will be used to revamp the old School and build new classes. Buxton has had a continuous relationship with Queen Sheba and had made similar donation last year. The Queen Sheba Alumni of North America is very appreciative of the much-needed help and we thank Buxton for its continuous support.
Additionally, we thank Ato Abraham Fiseha for contacting Buxton. His hard work paid off and we’re sure that the thousands of Queen Sheba Students who are going to be benefited of this generosity will be much appreciative of the tireless effort of Ato Abraham Fiseha
Atlanta successfully finished its project for the year
The Queen Sheba Alumni Atlanta Branch successfully finished its first
project for the year. With a firm determination of its members, they have
brought thier project plan to fruition.
For the year, as per plan, they have managed to replace the whole Queen Sheba
Sec. School black boards. This may be an easy task looking into it from here
(North America), but for the people who are in Adwa it's really a big thing.
Thank you all for your help, especially those of you who helped us in this
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Alumni Awarded 11 Outstanding Students
Thanks to Queen Sheba Alumni Seattle Chapter, the 1995 (e.c) academic school calendar has completed successfully on June 30. At the school's annual closing ceremony, the Queen Sheba Schools Alumni had the opportunity to award 11 outstanding students for academic achievements and 1 student for his excellence in poetry. Below are the links to the list of winners:
Ninth Grade Winners
Tenth Grade Winners
Eleventh Grade Winners
Twelvth Grade Winners
Poetry Winners
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