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Ethiopia for Teachers

Ethiopia for Teachers. Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad grant July 1-31, 2010 17 educators from 7 states across the U.S. Co-sponsored by Kansas State University and Ethiopia Reads. AFRICA. Ethiopia. Ethiopian Flag. Ethiopia’s neighbors: Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya.

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Ethiopia for Teachers

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  1. Ethiopia for Teachers Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad grant July 1-31, 2010 17 educators from 7 states across the U.S. Co-sponsored by Kansas State University and Ethiopia Reads

  2. AFRICA Ethiopia

  3. Ethiopian Flag

  4. Ethiopia’s neighbors: Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya

  5. “Claims to Fame” • Only country in Africa never colonized – was occupied by Italy for 5 years • Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile, which joins with the White Nile to become the longest river in the world. • Lucy’s bones, hominid bones dating back 4.4 million years • Legend says the Ark of the Covenant is located in Ethiopia • Biblical account of Queen of Sheba visiting Jerusalem. Legend says son of Queen of Sheba and King Solomon founded Ethiopian empire.

  6. Ethiopia • 13 months of sunshine! • Capital city: Addis Ababa • Population: 85 million people • Area: almost twice the size of Texas • Currency: birr • 13 birr = $1 U.S. • 1 birr = about $.07

  7. Language • Over 80 languages spoken. • Official language: Amharic • English learned in school • English is the language of instruction in schools for high school and college

  8. FidelEthiopian alphabet

  9. Heard from experts on the topics of: • Health care • Public & private education • Ethiopian history • Religion • US Aid to Ethiopia • Art • Traditional music

  10. Topics… • Literacy • Filmmaking • Children’s book authorship/publishing • Agriculture/coffee export • Teacher education programs • Village life • Gender issues • Water / sanitation projects

  11. Special Highlights • Reading with Ethiopian children in Awasa using books from the Donkey Mobile Library • Conducting a bookmaking workshop with teachers from Fregenet School • Delivering books to Ethiopia Reads libraries • Visiting a rural village Water Project

  12. understanding acceptance respect diversity partnerships education peace friendship human rights tolerance health care

  13. Notable Places We Visited • Lalibela • 11 churches carved from stone, subterranean, connected by tunnels, 800 years old • Gondar • “Camelot of Africa”, castles from the 1600s • Blue Nile Falls

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