For Immediate Release

Vancouver Based Hibret Amharic School Presents Ethiopian Food Tasting Event on October 13, 2018

The food tasting event is part of the Vancouver Sustenance Festival on Saturday, October 13, 2018 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre

VANCOUVER, BC – October 7, 2018 — Vancouver based Hibret Amharic School, in cooperation with Sustenance Festival, invites you to join your friends and family at the Ethiopian Food Tasting Event, featuring the finest Ethiopian vegetarian foods, as it celebrates two years teaching Amharic on, Saturday, October 13, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre in Vancouver, BC.

The event offers a variety of Ethiopia food favourites, and entertainment, in a relaxed indoor setting. Guests can sample many different Ethiopian foods, and enjoy home-cooked foods, using local and imported ingredients.

Admission will be by donations.

All proceeds from this food tasting event will go to support Hibret Elementary School in Debre-Zeit, Ethiopia.

In June 2018, Hibret Amharic School raised more than $3,600 CAD, which was sent to its namesake school in Debre-Zeit for desperately needed desks. Read more about this fundraising event here: https://hibretschool.wordpress.com/2018/09/24/hibret-amharic-school-supports-a-school-in-debre-zeit-ethiopia/

Check our Calendar page to save the date, and automatically add it to your own calendar by clicking here and go to October 13, 6pm in the Calendar: https://hibretschool.wordpress.com/calendar/

Hibret Amharic School will have its second annual fundraising event on May 25, 2019 at Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre.

About Hibret Amharic School (HAS):
Vancouver, British Columbia based Hibret Amharic School was founded by Mekdes Gete in 2016 on an effort to give back to the community and support Debre-Zeit (Ethiopia) based Hibret Elementary School, a school she attended as a child. Mekdes teaches weekly Amharic language (National language of Ethiopia) classes to Vancouver area children on a volunteer basis. For more information on HAS, visit: https://hibretschool.wordpress.com/about/

For more details, visit: https://hibretschool.wordpress.com/

Contact:
Mekdes Gete, Founding Teacher
778-996-0590
mekdesgete@gmail.com

Source: HAS