Last night was fantastic with a large turnout to hear Dr Alice Roberts talk about her BBC series 'The Incredible Human Journey'.
Alice was inundated with requests to sign copies of her book and then received a sponsorship cheque from Dr Elaine Lunts who had run the Bristol Half Marathon on behalf of For-ethiopia
Alice will also be attending the next For-ethiopia event, 'A Taste for Ethiopia' on Saturday 17th October at Woodlands, Clifton (tickets available by email).
A big thank you to Dr Alice Roberts for this event as half of the proceeds are to be donated to For-ethiopia.
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
Monday, April 14, 2008
An award of sorts
We have just heard that our sister organisation 'For Ethiopia Association' have been selected as a model NGO (non governmental organisation) by the regional government in Ethiopia.
Based on completing projects on time and under budget, we have been listed with several others to receive a certificate at a presentation attended by Federal and Regional authorities, Ambassadors, etc.
This is a great position to be in as it highlights that despite being small, we are efficient and have successfully achieved a lot with a relatively small budget. It may help to raise our profile and put us in the position to seek funding from Embassies and other international bodies.
The For Ethiopia Association is basically run by Worknesh Daba as a volunteer and guided by the For-ethiopia team in Bristol. While we raise the money, select the projects and chase the progress, it is poor Worknesh who has to do the running around in Ethiopia, appointing contractors, chasing payments, purchasing equipment and dealing with the various Government offices. A big thank you to Worknesh from all in Bristol!
We would also like to thank everyone in the UK and abroad who has donated money towards our projects and hope that this award shows that your money has been well spent.
Based on completing projects on time and under budget, we have been listed with several others to receive a certificate at a presentation attended by Federal and Regional authorities, Ambassadors, etc.
This is a great position to be in as it highlights that despite being small, we are efficient and have successfully achieved a lot with a relatively small budget. It may help to raise our profile and put us in the position to seek funding from Embassies and other international bodies.
The For Ethiopia Association is basically run by Worknesh Daba as a volunteer and guided by the For-ethiopia team in Bristol. While we raise the money, select the projects and chase the progress, it is poor Worknesh who has to do the running around in Ethiopia, appointing contractors, chasing payments, purchasing equipment and dealing with the various Government offices. A big thank you to Worknesh from all in Bristol!
We would also like to thank everyone in the UK and abroad who has donated money towards our projects and hope that this award shows that your money has been well spent.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Art Exhibition
Jacqueline Conradie-Faul, Carrie Hill and Claire Loder will be presenting a show in which they celebrate the 3 different art forms of painting, sculpture and printmaking.
The exhibition is open from Saturday 14 - Friday 20 June, 11am - 5pm at Widcombe Studios Art Gallery in Bath. You can print an invite here.
Jacqueline Conradie-Faul has helped For-Ethiopia , advising on and creating a range of art-related projects. 3 will be another opportunity for Jacqueline to contribute to the amazing work that For-Ethiopia is involved with. 20% of all Jacqueline’s sales will be donated to For-Ethiopia.
The exhibition is open from Saturday 14 - Friday 20 June, 11am - 5pm at Widcombe Studios Art Gallery in Bath. You can print an invite here.
Jacqueline Conradie-Faul has helped For-Ethiopia , advising on and creating a range of art-related projects. 3 will be another opportunity for Jacqueline to contribute to the amazing work that For-Ethiopia is involved with. 20% of all Jacqueline’s sales will be donated to For-Ethiopia.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Publicity....
As well as our recent attempt of 'viral advertising' via YouTube, Facebook and this blog, we still continue to do the conventional method of attending meetings in person!
On Monday 28th January, Rob will be visiting the Keynsham Lions at the Fry Club for an after-dinner talk. He will be talking about how and why the charity was set up as well as what we have done.
On Thursday 7th February, John and Tigist will be attending the AGM of CLinC at Cromhall village hall to talk about the charity. Roy Greenhalgh had attended our AGM and was very interested in what we were doing. He had previously been on the same course as Tigist which is where he got to know us.
Last bit of news is that Sue is organising a raffle for a lovely hand sewn quilt made by Lisa Hamblin at Bradgate Surgery. Tickets will be 50p each or 3 for £1 and can be bought from Sue or via the For-ethiopia website soon.
On Monday 28th January, Rob will be visiting the Keynsham Lions at the Fry Club for an after-dinner talk. He will be talking about how and why the charity was set up as well as what we have done.
On Thursday 7th February, John and Tigist will be attending the AGM of CLinC at Cromhall village hall to talk about the charity. Roy Greenhalgh had attended our AGM and was very interested in what we were doing. He had previously been on the same course as Tigist which is where he got to know us.
Last bit of news is that Sue is organising a raffle for a lovely hand sewn quilt made by Lisa Hamblin at Bradgate Surgery. Tickets will be 50p each or 3 for £1 and can be bought from Sue or via the For-ethiopia website soon.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Online updates
As well as our website, For-ethiopia now has a Facebook and a YouTube page. At the YouTube page we will try and keep adding videos of events and projects. Currently there are two videos on there so take a look...
The Facebook is a bit different. I signed up as an organisation and now cannot find out how to invite people to look at it. You don't seem to be able to have friends and the way to notify people is a mass mailing to Facebook users. Now, I don't really like receiving mass mailing myself so I really do not want to go down this route! If anyone knows how to invite people please let me know!!!!! Ideally I want people to add it and then their friends see it, visit and add if they like it....at the moment there are a few general photos of Addis Alem on there but I will add more. I cannot put the link to it as I am blogging from work and they have banned access to Facebook!!!!!
Almost forgot, we now have a Buy.At site which means people can search for shops and products and anything they purchase using the site will pass on a commission to go towards our projects!
Oh well, more soon.
The Facebook is a bit different. I signed up as an organisation and now cannot find out how to invite people to look at it. You don't seem to be able to have friends and the way to notify people is a mass mailing to Facebook users. Now, I don't really like receiving mass mailing myself so I really do not want to go down this route! If anyone knows how to invite people please let me know!!!!! Ideally I want people to add it and then their friends see it, visit and add if they like it....at the moment there are a few general photos of Addis Alem on there but I will add more. I cannot put the link to it as I am blogging from work and they have banned access to Facebook!!!!!
Almost forgot, we now have a Buy.At site which means people can search for shops and products and anything they purchase using the site will pass on a commission to go towards our projects!
Oh well, more soon.
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