FEBRUARY 2006

Investor Trip to Ethiopia

February 9 through February 13, 2006

Investors gather on a hillside en route to the Jaldu Epicenter.

Click here to view the March 2006 newsletter, which features the investor trip to Ethiopia!

Jaldu Epicenter committee chairperson addressing the investors and other dignitaries in attendance at the Epicenter inauguration.	Jaldu Epicenter AWFFI chairperson addressing the investors and other dignitaries in attendance at the Epicenter inauguration.

 

Investor Jennifer Hunter from the Santa Monica Zen Center addresses our partners at the Jaldu Epicenter.	Investor Dorothy Stingley arriving at the Jaldu Epicenter.

 

The Jaldu Epicenter Committee, with Dr. Fitigu Tadesse and Miss Almaz, THP-Ethiopia's director of the AWFFI program.

 

Jaldu Epicenter chairperson, a representative from the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Fitigu Tadesse, and investors Greg Skyles and Nicky Ball cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Epicenter, as thousands of Epicenter partners look on!

Thousands of Jaldu Epicenter partners watch as the ribbon is cut.

Investors Nancy Sobel and Trudy Anderson, along with 2001 Africa Prize laureate Sister Tibebe Maco, sit in one of the classrooms at the Jaldu Epicenter.

 

The pharmacy at the Jaldu Epicenter.	The Millennium Development Goals are prominently posted on the wall of the Jaldu Epicenter.

 

Swedish investor Barbo Esbjornsdotter with a participant in the AWFFI program who had just received her first loan.

The brick-making machine at the Jaldu Epicenter.

 

Members of the food production committee stand in the demonstration farm of the Jaldu Epicenter.

Investors are treated to a special visit with villagers inside the home of AWFFI participant Mulu Erku.

 

AWFFI participant with her livestock and other villagers at her home near the Jaldu Epicenter.

 

Investors and staff gather in front of the HIV/AIDS clinic operated by 2001 Africa Prize laureate Sister Tibebe Maco.

Investor Paul Marcus leads the traditional breaking of bread at the HIV/AIDS clinic. 

Sister Tibebe Maco shows our investors the pharmacy at her HIV/AIDS clinic.

Colorado investor Geta Asfaw (originally from Ethiopia) with Wayne and Dorothy Stingley and Nancy Sobel.

Investors and staff gather in front of THP-Ethiopia's office.