A Momentous Visit at Fregenet School
June 7, 2016 By Dr. Hawani Negussie We called the school principal to inform her that we were going to be a bit late and she gave the driver land marks on how to find the school, nodding his...
VIVA – Nubia Wilson For Fregenet
March 17, 2016 Dear Friends and Supporters, From our Volunteers, Interns and Visitors page, please take a look at Nubia Wilson’s experience at Fregenet Kidan Lehitsanat School. My name is Nubia Wilson; I am seventeen years old and currently...
VIVA – Impressions from a college volunteer
October 6, 2014 Hello. My name is Eden Ashebir and I am currently a sophomore at Duke University in North Carolina. About three months ago now, I travelled to Ethiopia with my parents, my aunt, and my little...
Juliadele Male, a high School student in Colorado writes sequel of her summer voluntary work at FKL in Addis Abeba
In 7th grade I wrote a research report on Ethiopia. I’m not entirely sure why I had such an interest. Maybe because it is one of the poorest countries in the world. Or maybe because of the short life...
Viva – Impressions from a teenage volunteer
Below is an article from Sofia Elias, about her volunteer experience at the Fregenet Kidan Lehitsanat in Addis Ababa this summer. My name is Sofia Elias; I am fifteen years old, and currently a sophomore attending Viewpoint School in...
Viva – a high school volunteer’s visit to the Fregenet School
Below is an article from Juliadele Male, about her volunteer experience at the Fregenet Kidan Lehitsanat in Addis Ababa this summer. Juliadele currently attends high school in the US and traveled to Ethiopia this summer to visit and volunteer....
Viva – Chris Kurtz and group visit the Fregenet School
Read below for an update from a group of American educators on a tour through Ethiopian schools and historic sites. Led by Fregenet Foundation board member Chris Kurtz, shop the group is reporting regularly on their experiences on their...
Viva – Carol Settgast
The 2010/11 school year has ended for me, in Junction City, Kansas, on a high note. I can honestly say that out of my 20 years of teaching, this was my best year ever! It must be so, because...
Viva – Jennifer Costa
Dear Friends and Family, I came back from a volunteer trip to Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, about six weeks ago. It’s going to take a long time for me to weave everything that I saw and...
Viva – Dr. Luisa Del Giudice
Dear Friends and Supporters, Since we started our Viva page not long ago, we are receiving write-ups from our Volunteers, Interns and Visitors, sharing their thoughts, impressions and experiences about our work, the students, the school and the surrounding...