As we all know, the year 2020 is a year like no other. A year that threw up a health challenge which brought the whole world to its knees. The pandemic precipitated the lockdown of social and economic activities across the world.

At this very moment, it feels especially important to express our hopes and dreams for the better days ahead in 2021. in light of this hope, Hibret school presented a new year’s eve zoom talent show program on Dec 31, 2020. In addition to the show , we also had an opportunity to pay a tribute to the late W/ro Tsehay Megerssa and Ato Bahitha Mellese.

Hibret school students enthusiastically participated in various aspects of group and individual talent show performances. The students shined with their presentations that include, Cultural Ethiopian dance, playing Modern musical instruments, poem reading, exhibiting gymnastics and soccer skills, group and individual singing, solving the Rubik’s cube and other which was suitable to our audiences. The show was an exciting display and showcase of our students’ talent, and also was a great opportunity to share any cultural tradition or talents our kids may have. I am so proud of all your accomplishments this year, and I just can’t wait to see what you do in the next.

In addition to the talent show, respected members of the Ethiopian community of Vancouver and other invited guests, shared a very insightful thoughts that made the event a truly memorable experience.

On behalf of Hibret school, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all our students and their parents for showing such a commitment for the success of the show.

Mekdes Gete

Teacher and Founder of HAACSS

https://gofund.me/20b92fa5

Dear Hibret School Library project supporters;

As all of our Vancouver based Hibret Amharic school members and our library project supporters know, we have been tirelessly working to build a desperately needed Library to our namesake Hibret Primary school, which is located in Debrezeit, Ethiopia.

As a child I received my primary education (Grade 1 through 8) at Debrezeit  Hibret Elementary school. A few years ago, when I had a chance to visit this school and obtained firsthand knowledge of its current situation, I felt that I have an obligation to do my part to the school as well as to the students in improving their learning experience.

Currently there are 3000 students attending the shift based day program, and 600 young adults, who work to support their parents / family during the day and attend the evening school program.

We know that School Library is an integral part of the teaching and learning process. It facilitates the work of classroom teacher and helps each student to make them understand and gives a lot opportunity of access the resource of desired information.

In 2019 – 2020 academic years, Hibret Amharic  and Cultural School annual fundraising event, one of our main sources of revenue, was canceled because of the pandemic. But, with the money we collected from Vancouver Amharic school parents’ donation and the supporters of our Library project, we have started the construction of the library on April 2020. So far, we were able to build the foundation of the Library

( Please click on the link below to view some images )

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Uj6dSN3IcDEYkz1wp9kliruFZS6Dty-j?usp=sharing

I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all of you who are part of this noble cause and urge you to stay connected and continue your support. Every kind of help you provide to this project, you are changing the life of a child back in Ethiopia. We have still long way to go to reach to our desired result, and the fulfilment of this project is completely relying on you support.

Thank you;
Mekdes Gete,
Founder of Vancouver Hibret Amharic School

 

 

Hibret Amharic School to Hold its Annual Fundraising Event on May 30, 2020

 

VANCOUVER, BC – Feb 14, 2020— Hibret Amharic School invites you to its third annual fundraising event, scheduled for Saturday, May 30, 2020 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre in Vancouver, BC.

The event will feature the finest Ethiopian vegetarian foods. All foods will be freshly prepared by volunteer parents in support of Hibret elementary school in Debre-Zeit, Ethiopia.

This year’s event offers a variety of great, homemade and delicious Ethiopian vegetarian foods, and entertainment, in a relaxed indoor setting. Guests can sample many different Ethiopian foods from the buffet, and enjoy home cooked foods, using local and imported ingredients and spices.

Many activities are planned for the evening, including: art and crafts, face painting for children, video presentation, silent auctions, raffles tickets, and much more.

Admission will be by donations. Minimum donation is $20/person. All proceeds from this event will support Hibret Elementary School in Debre-Zeit(also known as Bishoftu), Ethiopia in building a school Library.

Check our Calendar page and save the date, and automatically add it to your own calendar: https://hibretschool.wordpress.com/calendar/

 

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 as well as  to support the Debre-Zeit based Hibret Elementary School. Mekdes teaches Amharic language (National language of Ethiopia), Ethiopian cooking and Traditional Ethiopian dances to Vancouver area children on a volunteer basis.

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

Contact:
Mekdes Gete, Founding Teacher
+1-778-996-0590
mekdesgete@gmail.com     OR   Schoolhibret@gmail.com

Source: Hibret Amharic School