© Eric Lafforgue 2009 www.africancradle.org Welcome As I sit down to write this welcome page I am filled with a great deal of gratitude. I am grateful to all the families attending this year’s camp. Whether it’s your first time or you have been attending this heritage camp for many years, your presence shows your desire, as parents of Ethiopian adoptees, to keep your children connected to their birth culture. I am grateful for Dr. Janet Helms and Dr. Maryam Jemigan for coming to dialogue with us about race and our racial identity through a series of workshops. This is a topic that isn’t much talked about. The more we understand our own racial identity, which encompasses our prejudices, the better friends, parents and citizens of the world we will be. My hope is with the knowledge and the tools we gain from these two presenters we will begin to have meaningful dialogue with our children, their teachers and friends. If you look at the program booklet closely, this year more than ever we have many Ethiopian volunteers. A few, such as Dr. Adu, who at the end of camp last year humbly asked me to invite him again next year, Habtu, who only has missed one camp in six years, and our childcare givers, Zenebech and Zinash, are familiar faces. The rest are new friends. They come with willing hearts to share and teach about the culture and the country they love. And of course I am grateful for the children. I look forward to getting to know the new little ones and hearing about how the older ones are doing. Amber Stime, MSW Director, African Cradle, Inc. “I love the Ethiopian Heritage Camp and can’t wait to be a part of this special gathering. I feel like the whole year I am lost in my own mind until I come to Camp. The Heritage Camp reminds me of where I came from and to be proud of my Ethiopian brothers and sisters. We are beautiful people seeking education, love and family so we can better help our homeland. We all have come a long way and yet have endless miles ahead of us in a far away place. God bless.” - A young adult 2 Heritage Camp 2009 All About Tes’ Life By Tesfaye Meles Johanson, written at age 10 When I was a kid – I know that I am still a kid, but I mean when I was smaller than I am now, I lived in Ethiopia in a place called Elowaha. It is a little village about one thousand miles from the capital city, Addis Ababa. There are about 200 people consisting of the Afars and the Amharas. I am an Amhara. My dad was from Tigrey and my mom was from Bati, so she is an Amhara too. I had so much fun growing up in the village. There were so many things to do with my friends We used to go deer hunting a lot. And sometimes we’d be gone for days. We would make a bed out of leaves and sleep on the ground. We could hear the hyenas and the lions growling. We would make a fire, which would keep them away from us. My friends and me would lie on our backs and look up into the sky to see thousands of bright stars and talk about what we are going to do when we grow up. I always wished that I would go to school or travel to America. I would think about America because my dad would talk about it. I used to sing songs with my sister. I also used to play soccer with my friends a lot. We had a competitive team and we used to play other kids living in the village. We did not have a real soccer ball so we make it out of socks and plastic. We also blew up balloons and used old strings from blankets and wrapped them around the balloon. It worked perfectly. But, sometimes because of the rocks in the desert the balloon would pop. I bet it would work okay here because we have soccer fields with grass. We played a game called hiding and seek, but it is different than the hide and seek game here. There are about fifty kids that play this game at night. We play at night because it is dark, but we have the moonlight, which helps us see very well. Hadi-hadi is another game we played, kind of like tackle football, but you don’t have a ball. You run fast and tackle the person down. So, half the kids would run and the other half would chase and try to tackle and then we would fight. It was so much fun. We never hurt each other, but we played pretty rough. We played rough in soccer, too. But we didn’t have shoes. Our feet were really tough and could take the rocks and hard dirt. We celebrated many holidays and my favorite was Christmas. My friends and me would go from house to house and sing for the people. Sometimes they would give us money. And then we would split up the money and spend it on food and toys. My dad was a great man. One of the many things that he did was to buy and sell goats. I would help him by watching over the goats and make sure that they were okay. I would take them to find water for a drink, and then go back to the nearest tree where I would take a rest in the shade. The goats would also rest in the shade. My dad and I would take the goats to another town when they were ready for sale. I liked going with my dad. We would have lots of fun and eat at the local restaurant. I have many memories of my childhood. I miss my village and my family. I plan to go next summer to visit them. www.africancradle.org 3 Janet Helms, Ph. D. Keynote Speaker Dr. Janet E. Helms is the Augustus Long Professor in the Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology and Director of the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture at Boston College. She is President of the Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17 of the American Psychological Association [APA]). Dr. Helms is a Fellow in Division 17 (Counseling Psychology) and Division 45 (Ethnic Diversity) of APA. In addition, she is a member of the Association of Black Psychologists. Dr. Helms serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Psychological Assessment and the Journal of Counseling Psychology and is on the Counsel of Research Elders of the Journal of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. She has written over sixty empirical and theoretical articles and four books on the topics of racial identity and cultural influences on assessment and counseling practice. Her Books include A Race Is a Nice Thing To Have (Microtraining Associates) and (with Donelda Cook) Using Race and Culture in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theory and Process (MA: Allyn & Bacon). Dr. Helms’ work has been acknowledged with awards that include an engraved brick in Iowa State University’s Plaza of Heroines, and the “Distinguished Career Contributions to Research” award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, awarded at the APA convention. In 1991, she was the first annual recipient of the “Janet E. Helms Award for Mentoring and Scholarship in Professional Psychology.” Columbia University Teachers College inaugurated this award in her honor. Dr. Helms was the recipient of the 2002 Leona Tyler Award awarded by Division 17 in recognition of an outstanding research career, the American Psychological Association’s Awards for “Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology” (2006) and the Award for “Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy” (2008). She was a recipient of the Association of Black Psychologists’ 2007 Award for Distinguished Psychologist. 4 Heritage Camp 2009 Professor Adugnaw Worku Speaker Adugnaw Worku writes, “My name is Adugnaw Worku and I was born and brought up in northwest Ethiopia. My parents were peasant farmers like everyone else in the area and I was destined to continue the family tradition as a country farmer. From age six to ten, my assignment was taking care of goats, sheep, and cattle. And from age ten to fourteen and half, I worked side by side with my father preparing and plowing the family farm and growing various crops we needed to live on. We also cultivated cash crops in order to buy some necessities. We had to buy salt, shirts and pants, and some farm equipment in the open market and crops like oil seeds, cotton, and spice made it possible for us to do so.” Professor Worku received his elementary and high school education in Ethiopia and his Bachelor’s Degree in History and Education from Avondale College in Australia. Mr. Worku earned an M.A. in History and an M.A. in Education from Andrews University in Michigan, and a M.L.S. (Masters in Library Science) from University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Professor Worku is currently Library Director and Professor at Pacific Union College in Northern California. He is married to Zewuditu Yimer, a nurse. They have two boys – Daniel, age 23, a college graduate with a finance major now working for New York Life, and Tadele, age 22, who graduated from college as class president with a marketing degree and who currently looking for a job. Both of Mr. Worku’s sons have agreed to present with their father and will perform for us. Mr. Worku has written two books and numerous articles in Amharic. He has recorded three CDs and one DVD. He plays three Ethiopian musical instruments and speaks and performs to Ethiopian audiences around the United States. We are very happy to have Professor Worku with us! www.adugnawworku.com www.africancradle.org 5 Dr. Getie Gelaye Speaker Dr. Getie Gelaye is a professor in the Department of African and Ethiopian Studies, Asia-Africa-Institute, at Hamburg University We are truly honored to have a scholar of Dr. Gelaye’s stature sharing with us his research on the significance of Amharic oral poetry traditions among the rural peoples of Ethiopia. For over 15 years, Dr. Gelaye has been collecting, translating, and analyzing these important oral documents of events in Ethiopia’s history, including resistance to the Italian occupation of 1936. In addition to sound recordings of local performances, Dr. Gelaye has interviewed the singers and poets who preserve Ethiopian heritage in their praise and historical poems. Dr. Gelaye received his BA in Ethiopian Languages and Literature and his MA in Social Anthropology from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia where he also taught for over 7 years. His PhD is from Hamburg University where he currently teaches. Dr. Gelaye has studied all over the world, with visiting fellowships in Leiden, The Netherlands, Rome, London, Zurich, Paris, Cape Town, Banjul, etc. and has done anthropological fieldwork among the rural Gojjam in northwestern Ethiopia between 1992 and 2000. “What I like most about the Ethiopian Heritage Camp is that it makes me feel at home. I think the camp is good for all people, especially those who do not live near lots of African people, so they can learn the culture.” - A Child “Thanks again for such a fabulous camp experience last week! Our family is still talking of little else (as well as singing “Old McDonald had a Farm” in Amharic whenever anyone will listen!)” - A Parent 6 Heritage Camp 2009 Dr. Maryam M. Jernigan Speaker Dr. Maryam M. Jernigan obtained her Bachelors degree in Psychology from Fisk University, Masters from Vanderbilt University, and is a recent graduate of the Counseling Psychology program at Boston College. As a student Dr. Jernigan was recognized and rewarded for her numerous academic accomplishments, which include graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Fisk, the Aubrey Award for most promising counseling student from Vanderbilt, and the Donald J. White Teaching Fellow Excellence Award at Boston College. As a doctoral student Ms. Jernigan worked consistently with the Institution for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture (ISPRC) under the direction of Dr. Janet Helms. Currently, Dr. Jernigan is the Director of the Jernigan Sankofa Program – Youth Empowerment Groups. The Jernigan Sankofa Program utilizes group intervention techniques to help Black and Latina girls in predominantly White schools develop their social and political awareness of threats to their academic achievement and to promote positive racial identity development in null or hostile racial environments. Dr. Jernigan’s development of the Sankofa Program earned her the Ford Foundation Diversity Dissertation Fellowship 2007. Additionally, her development of interventions dedicated to facilitating the positive racial identity development of adolescents of Color has been recognized through her award as the 2008 APA/APAGS Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology and 2008 Many Faces of Counseling Psychology Honor. In 2008 Dr. Jernigan founded Jernigan & Associates Psychological and Educational Consulting Firm, LLC in an effort to expand the development and implementation of culturally appropriate psycho-educational youth interventions. In the fall Dr. Jernigan will serve a Post Doctoral Fellow at Children’s Hospital Boston in Adolescent Medicine. “Camp is incredible and my children have lifetime memories; thank you so much for allowing us the opportunity to participate!” - A Parent www.africancradle.org 7 Frew Tibebu Speaker Frew Tibebu was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. His father was a military officer under Emperor Haile Selassie. His mother worked for the telephone company. Frew had what he considers a normal childhood. In 1974 the Emperor was overthrown. Shortly after that, the Derg launched a mandatory National Literacy Campaign along with a land reform program; all university students and high school students from 11th grade up were required to participate. At the time, he was a senior in high school and was sent about 300 km south of Addis Ababa to a place called Seqoru, in Jima province. This was his first encounter with farmers, peasants and life in the countryside. He remained there roughly seven months before returning home, after which, Frew joined a youth resistance group against the military regime. His group stayed active in organizing and passing anti-government literature for a short while until four of them were arrested. About this time (1977-1978), in order to crush the resistance, the military government led by Mengistu Hailemariam conducted what was known as the Red Terror. This operation resulted in the killings and disappearances of half a million people, thus marking the worst atrocity in Ethiopian history. Frew was freed from prison after being detained for 1½ years. His father, however, began serving a 10 year prison sentence around this time after a military court martial. Within 3 months of Frew’s release, he rode a train to Dire Dawa, a southeastern town bordering Somalia & Djibouti. From there, with the help of a paid escort, he fled on foot to Djibouti disguised as a local person and wearing a makeshift pair of rubber sandals. He was granted political asylum by the government of Djibouti government and he remained in that country for 18 months. With the help of UNHCR, the Catholic Charity, and the U.S. consul, Frew immigrated to the United States as a refugee in September of 1980. He settled in the Washington, D.C. area and began taking classes at the University of District of Columbia while working several part-time jobs. He became a citizen of the United States on July 3, 1986 and graduated that August with a major in Business Management and a minor in Economics. In September of 1989, Frew left Washington, D.C. and moved to Fremont, California. He married Debbie in 1998 and together they have three kids-two boys and a girl. His passion for reading and a recent visit to Ethiopia led him to get involved with Ethiopia Reads. This organization strives to engender a reading culture in the children of Ethiopia by connecting children with books. He recently became a board member for Ethiopia Reads and remains active in fundraising activities and the establishment of new chapters in the Bay Area. Among the many blessings Frew describes, he is most thankful for finding God, having a family, and his two most recent visits to his home country. 8 Heritage Camp 2009 Sewasew Meaza Artist in Residence Sewasew Meaza came to Chicago from Ethiopia and has lived on Chicago’s North side for 28 years. She holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Sewasew has worked on murals as commissioned artist for the city of Chicago and as a graphic designer in the advertising industry. Among her other studies she found herself drawn to research her Ethiopian heritage. She is fascinated with the works of Ethiopian Talisman and the beauty of ancient scripts. In her art works she applies Ethiopian motifs and traditional alphabets that tells a story or evoke a mood to help introduce the Ethiopian culture. At the present time Sewasew resides in Cupertino, CA. She teaches art and operates Ethiopian Cultural Institute a¬†non profit organization that teaches Amharic language and culture in San Jose. Elsa Yacob Ethiopian Cooking Demonstration Elsa Yacob came to the U.S. in 1971 where she lived in New York for two years before moving to Washington D.C., Virginia and Maryland. She got a B.S.C. in Business in 1979 from Bowie State University in Maryland. Elsa studied art at De Anza, Foothill and Canada Colleges in California. She takes great pride in Ethiopian art and, in particular, the intricacies of Ethiopian crosses. Elsa paints in watercolor and oil. She does ink line drawing and some sculpting. Elsa has worked with special needs kids at Cupertino High School for the past 8 years and she loves it. And she loves life in the U.S.A.! “We so appreciate your commitment to our Ethiopian children and the hundreds of others benefited by the camp over the years.” - A Parent www.africancradle.org 9 Elias Negash Musician Elias Negash is an accomplished musician who has combined his native Ethiopian music with his jazz education, and influences from the world music segment. He played throughout the seventies and became one of the pioneering figures to have brought Reggae and African music to the Bay Area with smash hit groups including Obeah, Axum, Caribbean All Stars and the Rastafarians. In addition to his role as a musician, Elias dedicates his time in multiple humanitarian efforts such as fundraising HIV/AIDS research and treatment, and building schools and water-wells in the rural areas of Ethiopia. Further, Elias was serving as a board member and treasurer for Ethiopian Arts Forum that strives to accomplish its objectives through the presentation of Ethiopian music, dance, poetry, drama and visual arts to the community. Currently Elias serves as president of “Anbessa Foundation” (www.anbessafoundation.org) a non-profit organization dedicated to being a bridge connecting Ethiopia and The United States. Elias’ dedication to community service is not surprising because he hails from a family tradition, in which community service is prominent. His grandfather, Fitawerare Tafesse Hapte-Mickael, served his country as Minister of Works and Communication, as well as being the first President and Chairman of the Board of Ethiopian Airlines. His grandfather was also the Ambassador to Iraq, Egypt, Syria, France and Saudi Arabia. His uncle Hapte-Selassie Tafesse is best known as “the father of Ethiopian Tourism”. Among the many other things he is credited for is coining the generation old marketing motto “13 months of sunshine.” Elias’s Father Betewoded Negash Bezabeh, the grandson of King Tekel-Haimanot was a resistance leader who successfully fought against the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. Given his lineage of service, Elias brings a deep sense of concern for giving back to community. “I am so overwhelmed! I do not have a valuable words that I can say to show how much the Camp had been special to me. I am so happy about the time I had in the Camp. It had been the special time I had ever had in my entire life. I felt like I had been with my Sudanese community and for sure it was my African community. I felt very happy since the beginning of the camp until the end and still up to now I am happy with memories about the camp. I had enjoyed the Dance so much. The moves in the dance were very much similar with my traditional dances. I was very surprised to see such similarities in our cultures though I always doubt there is something special and very attractive that makes life of Sudanese, Ethiopian, and Eritrean more strongly bound. I appreciate your invitation and I admire everyone I had met in the Camp. Thank you very much! - A Speaker 10 Heritage Camp 2009 Patricia Donovan Presenter Patricia adopted her daughter Sentayehu in 1998, when Senti was two years old, and her son Augustine in 2000, when Augie was two years old. The Donovans traveled to Ethiopia and Kenya in June 2008, the first return trip to Africa for Senti and Augie. The Donovan family is part of a new non-profit group called From Darkness To Light to benefit rural Ethiopian villagers in an area south of Addis Ababa. FDL is currently focusing efforts on completing an elementary school and water project in the village of Yilas. Patricia was a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Kenya from 1983-1985, where she taught at a secondary school in Kilifi, on the coast north of Mombasa. Pat has made several trips to Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia over the years. Pat is a basic mathematics professor at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California. She has a BA in philosophy from University of California, Davis and an MA in mathematics education from Columbia University. Sentayehu (13) is an eighth grade student and Augustine (10) is a fifth grade student in Roseville, California. The Donovans love attending Ethiopia Heritage Camp every year. Zenebech Dover Child Care My name is Zenebech Dover, but most people call me Zena. I was born in Ethiopia and raised in Addis Abeba. I came to the USA in February 2002. I am happily married and expecting my first baby in November. I have been coming to Ethiopian Heritage Camp for the last three years, its always so exciting to see everyone there. Zinash Chichiso Child Care Hi everyone, my name is Zinash Chichiso. My husband and I came from Ethiopia five years ago. I recently gave birth to a beautiful baby girl named Belen. I am currently a stay-at-home mom. I love being part of Ethiopian Hearitage camp because it gives me a chance to meet so many wonderful people. www.africancradle.org 11 Amber Stime, MSW Executive Director and Founder of African Cradle, Inc. At age 2 1/2, Amber was playing a game of toss with a group of kids in her native Ethiopia when she caught what everyone believed was a pumice stone. It was a grenade. The bomb exploded; Stime lost both hands. Her parents placed her in an orphanage so she would have better access to medical care. Six years later, Amber was adopted by a couple from Minnesota. “What happened to me was nothing compared to what some of the other kids in the orphanage went through,” Amber, now a social worker and mother of three, has said. “I always knew I would return to Ethiopia one day, but I didn’t want to just visit. I wanted to help.” When she finally returned, Stime found some of the same people, now adults, still living in the orphanage-including a former roommate with polio. “To see her grown up,” Stime says, “and to see myself grown up with the opportunities I’ve had, it makes you wonder, Why?” The experience inspired Stime to launch African Cradle in 1996. African Cradle is a private nonprofit agency that started by working with the Ethiopian government to find children adoptive families in the U.S. Because African Cradle was the first to place children from Ethiopia, Amber is credited by many as being the pioneer of Ethiopian adoption. Since those early days, African Cradle has also established permanency for children from Tanzania, Eritrea, Burundi, Ghana, Haiti and the US. Seeing a need to provide the children from Ethiopia with a cultural connection to their homeland, Amber and Sandra Snook started the Ethiopian Heritage Camp as a small local gathering in the Chicago area in 1997 and it has grown to the camp you see today, with over 200 people attending from all over the country and beyond. Julie Valentine Heritage Camp Coordinator Julie began her adoption quest in 1995. It was during the early stages of exploring her adoption options that she met a woman named Amber Stime who had begun an adoption program in Ethiopia. With Amber’s help, Julie brought her first daughter, Madison, home from Ethiopia in 1997. Thus began a long journey and a very special friendship. Since that first meeting, Julie has worked with Amber as a volunteer through the opening of African Cradle and the incep12 Heritage Camp 2009 tion of Ethiopian Heritage Camp. With African Cradle’s help, Julie adopted two more children; Amber, a namesake who is also from Ethiopia, and Erickson who was born in Haiti. Julie is a single mom. Julie is the founder and director of Adopting.com (www.adopting.com), one of the first adoption web sites. She specializes in web development for adoption agencies, families seeking to adopt and non-profit organizations. Once a professional performer, Julie continues to teach voice and acting in a private studio (www.valentinestudio/. com). Julie is, as always, very excited to be a part of Ethiopian Heritage Camp! Habtu Zemech Photographer Habtu Zemech was born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He attended Shemiles Habte Comprehinsive High School where he completed his high school education. Habtu spent over 10 years working in the Church of Christ Mission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Having always wanted to study the Bible, he returned to school and earned his associates degree from N.G.C.S in 1991 in Nairobi, Kenya. While in Kenya, Mr. Habtu worked with Ethiopian Refugees who were misplaced from their Country and were stationed in different parts of refugee camps in Kenya. He helped many to receive settlement in Europe and the United States. After graduating he returned to Ethiopia and was appointed assistant Director to the Church of Christ mission work. Habtu is passionate about improving the lives of children and was instrumental in the development of orphanage homes for children and equipping them with the knowledge of the Bible. Habtu came to the United States on June 23, 1996 and currently resides in Woodbridge, Virginia with his wife Meaza, son Samuel and Daughter Sophia. Habtu’s parents and extended family live in Ethiopia. Habtu works as an Assistant Project Managerfor a government-contracting agency at the United States Patent and Trade Mark Office in Alexandria, Virginia. Habtu graduated Cum Laude from Strayer University with a Bachelor’s degree in Internetworking Technology and a member of Alpha Chi National Honor Society, D.C. Gamma Chapter. Habtu is a member of the Church of Christ at Falls Church, Virginia and serves as a Deacon for Domestic Mission works. www.africancradle.org 13 African Cradle Heritage Camp Schedule of Events Thursday, July 30, 2009 Time Activity Location 4:00 - 5:45 pm Registration & Sign in Fireside Deck 6:00 pm Dinner Dining Hall/Picnic Area 7:00 pm Opening Ceremony Worship Center 7:30 pm Ice Cream Social / Family Games Picnic Area / Field 8:15 - 10:00 pm Bonfire - folk songs & story time Firepit “For the first time I don’t have to explain who I am.” - A Child 14 Heritage Camp 2009 Friday, July 31, 2009 Time Activity Location 7:30-9:00 am Breakfast 9:00-10:15 am “White People & Their Racial Identity” Dr. Janet E. Helms, Keynote Speaker (18yrs & up) Dining Hall/Picnic Area Worship Center 9:00-10:15 am Amharic Name Art / Tie-dying (ages 5-17) Fireside Hall / Field by Redwood Deck Alternating art projects with Sewasew Maza & Amber Stime t-shirts are available for purchase 10:00 - 11:00 am Coffee Ceremony Firepit 10:45-12:00 pm Music and Poetry in Ethiopian Culture Dr. Adu Worku and Dr. Getie Gelaye (ages 12-Adult) Worship Center 10:45-12:00 pm Children’s Dance Workshop 1(5-11 years) Recreational Center 10:15-12:00 pm Merkato Open Worship Center 12 noon Lunch Dining Hall / Picnic Area 1:00-2:15 pm Ethiopian Cooking Demonstration Elsa Yacob and Botanesh Nehash Creekside Lounge 1:00-2:15 pm “Let Us Play”Traditional Ethiopian Games Dr. Adu Worku (ages 5-11) Worship Center 1:00-2:15 pm Teen / Young Adult Dance Workshop 1 (12-25 years) Recreational Center 1:00-3:00 pm Merkato Open Worship Center 2:30-3:45 pm “People of Color and Their Racial Identity” Dr. Janet E. Helms, Keynote Speaker (Adults) Worship Center 2:30-3:30 pm Ethiopian Children’s Songs (ages 2-4) Worship Center Side Room (Children in the nursery will be escorted to and from this activity) 2:30-3:45 pm “Talking about Race and Me” Dr. Maryam Jernigan (ages 12-17) Fireside Lounge 2:30-3:45 pm Basket Weaving (ages 5-11) Sewasew Maza Fireside Hall 4:00-5:00 pm Swimming / Free Time Courtyard / Pool 4:00-5:00 pm Coffee Ceremony 5:30 pm Dinner Firepit Dining Hall / Picnic area 6:00-7:00 pm Family Games Field 7:00-8:30 pm Bonfire - Ethiopian folk songs & story time Firepit 8:30-10:00 pm “Our Homeland Trip” (All) Patricia Donovan Worship Center www.africancradle.org 15 Saturday, August 1, 2009 Time 7:30-9:00 am Activity Location Breakfast Dining Hall / Picnic area 9:00-10:15 am “My American Experience: Worship Center A refugee’s Odyssey to make it in America” (ages 12-Adult) Frew Tibebu Realtor, e-PRO, BBA 9:00-10:15 am Children’s Dance Workshop 2 (ages 5-11) 9:00-10:00 am Ehtiopian Songs for Pre-schoolers (ages 2-4) Heritage Lounge (Children in the nursery will be escorted to and from this activity) 10:15-12:00 pm Merkato Open 10:00-11:00 am Coffee Ceremony 10:45-12:00 pm Amharic Children’s Songs Dr. Getie Gelaye (ages 5-11) Recreational Center 10:45-12:00 pm Discussion –“What Would You Do?” (All) Dr. Janet E. Helms & Dr. Maryam Jernigan Worship Center 12 noon Lunch Dining Hall/Picnic area 1:00-2:15 pm Teen / Young Adult Dance Workshop 2 (12-25 years) Recreational Center 1:00-4:30 pm Free Time - Options: 1:00-4:30 pm Swimming Pool 1:00-4:30 pm Field Games, Demozie Stime Field 1:00-2:15 pm Hair Care Demonstration, Andrea DuPre (All) Fireside Lounge Recreational Center Worship Center Firepit 1:00-3:00 pm Amharic Name Art (All) Fireside Hall Parents can try their hand at this or kids can finish up projects from yesterday 1:00-3:00 pm Silk Screen T-shirts Fireside Hall Bring your t-shirts (tie-dyed or not) to Sewasew during this time for silk screening (t-shirts are available for purchase) 1:00-3:00 pm Coffee Ceremony Firepit 1:00-3:00 pm Merkato Open Worship Center 4:30-4:50 pm Dress in your Ethiopian clothes or T-shirts!! (Available for purchase at the Merkato) 5:00-5:45 pm Group Photo Courtyard 6:00 pm Ethiopian Banquet Dining Hall / Picnic area 7:00-9:30 pm Bonfire - Coffee Ceremony Firepit 7:30 pm Dance and Song Performance Redwood Deck Featuring the young people of Ethiopian Heritage Camp 2009 16 Heritage Camp 2009 Sunday, August 2, 2009 Time Activity Breakfast 7:30-9:00 am Location Dining Hall / Picnic area 9:00 am All rooms must be vacated PLEASE turn in KEYS and NAME TAGS at Worship Center! There is a $5 fee for all lost keys. Closing Ceremony Worship Center 10:00 - 11:00 am Merkato Open Worship Center 11:00 am Lunch Build Your Own Sack Lunch Picnic area 11:30 am Final Check Out All keys and name tags must be turned in. There is a $5 fee for all lost keys. Worship Center 10:00 am SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!! www.africancradle.org 17 Program Descriptions Amharic Name Art (ages 5-17) Learn basic Amharic words and how to write your name. Then turn your name into a beautiful framed piece of art. This will alternate with tie-dyeing on Friday morning. At the second session on Saturday afternoon, parents and others can try their hand at this and kids can finish up projects from Friday. Led by our resident artist, Sewasew Meaza, and Ethiopian languages expert, Dr. Getie Gelaye. Tie-dyeing (ages 5-17) Tie-dye a shirt or other garment. Then, if you like, you can have it silk-screened Saturday afternoon. Led by Sewasew Meaza and Amber Stime, this will be an alternating project with the Amharic Name Art so everyone will get a chance to do both. (White t-shirts are available for purchase.) Dance Workshops (different age groups) Kids and young adults will have an opportunity to learn traditional Ethiopian dances and will demonstrate what they’ve learned Saturday night. Basket Weaving (ages 5-11) We’ve all admired Ethiopian baskets. Now our kids will have an opportunity to learn how to make them! After the session, we will move the basket weaving to the craft table outside of the Worship Center where - hopefully - our kids can teach the rest of us how to do it! Sewasew Meaza will guide this project. Ethiopian Cooking Demonstration (all ages) Elsa Yacob and Botanesh Nehash will teach us how to prepare traditional Ethiopian food. Come learn how to make that wonderful food you only enjoy when you go to a restaurant or come to camp! Hair Care Demonstration (all ages) Many Caucasian parents of Ethiopian children experience challenges with the differences in hair texture and styles. Hairstylist Andrea DuPree will guide us through the basic techniques of caring and styling our children’s hair. Silk Screen T-shirts (all ages) Drop off your t-shirts (tie-dyed or not) with Sewasew for silk screening from 1:00 – 3:00 on Saturday. She will silk screen them with the Ethiopian Lion of Judah and have them ready for you to pick up later in the day. (T-shirts are available for purchase.) 18 Heritage Camp 2009 Merkato The Merkato is regarded as the commercial center of Addis Ababa and is one of the largest markets in Africa. To visit the Merkato in Ethiopia is to have your senses awakened. The pungent smell of spices, the sound of car horns and the voices of young merchants selling their products fill the air. The beautiful faces of young and old, the colorful baskets and intricate patterns of tapestry provide a kaleidoscope view. While our Merkato does not offer the authentic experience of the Merkato in Ethiopia, we do offer some tastes of Ethiopia. In our Merkato you will find : Heritage Camp sweatshirts & t- shirts Heritage Camp mugs & tote bags New & gently worn authentic Ethiopian clothing Ethiopian & African gifts Ethiopian jewelry Authentic Ethiopian coffee Ethiopian spices Ethiopian cookbook See the daily schedule for Merkato hours www.africancradle.org 19 General Information Pool Hours Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 12 noon – 3:45 pm 12 noon – 3:45 pm 12 noon – 5:00 pm 12 noon – 5:00 pm Sign Out Sheet A daily sign out sheet will be located in the Nursery. We ask that anyone leaving camp to sign out upon departure and sign in upon your return. First Aid Supplies for minor bumps and bruises will be located in the Nursery. Check Out Time Although we aren’t required to be off campus until noon, all rooms must be vacated by 9:00 A.M. Sunday. Please turn in your keys and name tags at the Worship Center and join us for the Closing Ceremony at 10:00 am. Child Care Available in the Nursery Friday & Saturday 9:00 am - 12 noon & 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Hair Braiders Braiders will be available to braid hair in the Heritage Lounge. There will be a sign up on the door to make an appointment. Contact Information In an effort to protect the privacy of families attending camp, we will only provide contact information for families requesting to be included in the list. This list will be available for download from a password protected area of the African Cradle “I want you to know that I want to be a part of this noble project and would like to help in anyway, I can.“ - A Guest 20 Heritage Camp 2009 web site (www.africancradle.org) a few weeks after camp. If you would like to be included in the Contact list and did not do so at check-in, please fill out the Contact Information Agreement form found in this booklet. A Child Waits … African Cradle has created a plastic bracelet to show the world we support adoption. The colors are familiar – the green, yellow and red of Ethiopia and many other African countries. The message is universal and tells the world that we embrace the formation of families through adoption. You can purchase these bracelets, available in youth and adult sizes, for $3.00 each, plus $1.00 shipping and handling. Send your orders, with check or credit card information and sizes needed, to African Cradle, 4043 El Camino Way, Palo Alto, CA 94306. For special pricing of large orders, please contact [email protected]. Questions? If you have any questions, please talk to Amber Stime or Julie Valentine. “Weeks later our family is still talking about what a wonderful time we had!” - A Parent www.africancradle.org 21 22 Heritage Camp 2009 www.africancradle.org 23 Ethiopian Coffee… Good to the last drop! Coffee Ceremony The best coffee in the world comes from the highlands of Ethiopia. To drink coffee the Ethiopian way is a ceremonial experience. At a coffee ceremony the coffee is roasted on an open fire, brewed in a hand crafted clay pot and served in beautifully decorated finger size cups. The coffee is dark and rich with an exquisite aroma. Traditionally a coffee ceremony is a time for women to gather, discuss family issues, and provide support for one another. Our coffee ceremony is also designed as a time for sharing, socializing, and drinking delicious coffee. 24 Heritage Camp 2009 www.africancradle.org 25 Amharic Word Search W S A F A M R U G E S T P Y Q J A A B Q Y O R A X B O D V D K E A T I S I X E Q S O E K O S N J T T E I D O N E E U Y E O L N W G T I S B R I W Q B H K G B F V K D W B O S C F S N N U A D K E S M G T A B B A V V E I S I I A W S T E G E Z I J M K I L R G U A A C T N G N O D G F S R H G E C T F N A S O E Q Q N I I E M L N G G W X W D I H C C M G M Y E X H O K H T L A X F D G F W U A D J E L A T E E H N Z U R B E N J S S E T L I D J J E L N Z T N D K W I S H A Y I Z R S A X D A U G B G L V K E L Y J A D A K E G Z A W T G C E T Y T K A B A N R A Z U M E M Z T I S H N Y S L P J K I O E I V E L L A B A A T I T E S T A M Z C T I N I T N I W B W K W L R O E B T T V K A I J X W S A W K I I B I V A Q A E I A D U R V W A P T A L J Z E E S H A R N L B H E L P E S W L D I W I Z U O S G A D W P H G S H R E R E G A J D I L I N J E R A B C T L P C M K N C L I D J C M S W L E O C U I R A J V Z B V C K J ABABA ABBAT ADDIS ALGA ASHANGULLEE BET BETESEB BILA BIRR CHEWATA DESTA DESTEGNA DJELATEE ERAT FEGEGTA FIKIR 26 Heritage Camp 2009 FITSUM GIBJA GWADDEGNA HITSAN INJERA INNAT KAI KELD KONJO KWAS LIDJ LIDJAGERER METEGNAT MISA MISGANA MUZ MUZEEKA SEFER SETLIDJ SHAYI TSEGUR TSEHAI TSETITA WELADJ WENDIM WENDLIDJ WIKIYANOS WOT YEGIRKWAS YEKIRCHATKWAS Draw a Line to match the English and Amharic words birr beteseb keld gwaddegna abbat fun dollar father family friend chewata wend lidj wissha muzeeka abbabba music play son dog dad ashangulleet tsegur lidjagered bet destegna happy home doll hair girl kwas hitsan gibja yekirchat kwas muz baby banana ball banquet basketball konjo wendim alga kirchat lidig bed beautiful boy brother basket desta misa fikir lidj djelatee kid joy ice cream lunch love www.africancradle.org 27 Notes: 28 Heritage Camp 2009 Notes: www.africancradle.org 29 30 Heritage Camp 2009 www.africancradle.org 31 Dedicated to building and nurturing adoptive families for African and African American children African Cradle, Inc. is a non-profit adoption agency licensed in California. We have placed children from: • Ethiopia • Burundi • Haiti • Tanzania • Eritrea • Ghana • United States We provide home study services throughout California. We encourage and assist Africans to adopt from their Homeland. We specialize in adoption counseling and postadoption support for families raising children of African heritage. Main Office 4043 El Camino Way Palo Alto, CA 94306 (850) 461-9192 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.africancradle.org
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