Meron Dagnew is our current day young hero. She is the director of Meqdela NYC, which is an educational organization. Meqdela NYC provides Amharic and Ethiopian culture, history, folklore, music, and dance lessons for young students in New York City.
According to the organization’s web site, www.meqdela.org, “Meqdela NYC is an Ethiopian school that teaches children about different aspects of Ethiopian culture in a fun, informative, interactive and supportive manner.” Additionally, the web site states, enrolling students in this very special school, provides young adults the “opportunity to become immersed in many aspects of Ethiopian life without leaving the United States.”
Meron is originally from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She attended The City College of New York and several others while serving under the US AIR FORCE. She holds a degree in Religion and African Studies.
Meron has worked many years teaching children. She is heavily involved in the New York Ethiopian community and travels frequently to Ethiopia.
Meqdela NYC provides children (4-10 years old) the opportunity to learn about their culture through an Amharic language emersion program of history, folklore, music, dance, vocabulary building, reading and writing.
4 comments:
Hi Selam:
I like this story. Thank you.
Yours,
Bibi
Meron, You're doing a great job in teaching the Ethiopian language and culture to children. My question is, I have an adult family member in NYC who was born and reared in the US. Do you teach adults also? Keep up the good work and good luch with Maqdela NYC. Thanks
Do you know of any schools on the West Coast preferably in Washington that are comparable to yours?
We will get back to you with the answer soon.
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