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| portrait by George Kokas |
e-mail: student.fikre@yahoo.com
Fikremariam studies at Lalibela Secondary School doing his last year.
He is one of the best of his class( of 92 students). He showed me his school certificates in their home, that is his older brothers home ,
shared with a sister and an aunt. Two tiny rooms where you walk in with head bent. Banches for sitting and sleeping around the smoky walls.
Fikremariam is starting his studies at Bahir Dar University at department of Nature and Computitational Sciences in October, 2012. He needs a sponsor to help him for 4 years to get his degree "to become a man".
MISGAN ESHETIE GEDAMU
age 19 years
e-mail: misganeshetie@yahoo.com
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| photo sent by the applicant |
Misgan was lucky to have a sponsor, an American lady who helped him to
get a guide certificate to enable him to work with tourist.
But he is not satisfied. " Guides on foot are numerous and tourist are
not enough" he says. Here we quote parts of his letter about his early
obligations toward the family:
Misgan is looking for someone who is able to buy him a Jeep so that he
can take tourists to sites in the country.
A young man's dream...
HABTAM
age 9
e-mail: see Fikremaria's or mine
Habtam is Fikremariam's niece. She lives in a village near Lalibela
with her parents, brothers and sisters. They live in poverty but her
big problem is her illness.She was born with serious heart disorder.
Habtam attends school but she lives on pain killers.
Heart surgery would help but the queue at the Black Lion Hospital in
Addis Abeba is hopelessly long.Lalibela lies at 600 kms from the
capital, regular check ups are out of reach for the family.. Parentsd
decided to offer hrrt for adoption abroad.
Her medical file is here with us but the past two years we have not
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