Amharic School in the United States

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.

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Team Ethiopia Beijing 2008 Schedule

By Hewot Teruneh



It's on! Get out your pom poms and start cheering! :o)

The Ethiopian Olympic Committee announced its strong squad of 36 athletes for Beijing 2008, which is due to begin on Friday. You can find out the list of athletes below and the schedule for Team Ethiopia. All times are local time in Beijing which is 12 hours ahead of EDT. For instance 8 AM in College Park, Maryland is 8 PM in Beijing. Click here for the official schedule from Beijing 2008 Olympics official website.

Team Ethiopia Beijing 2008 Olympics Schedule
Date Time Event
Friday,August 15 19:10-19:35 Men's 1500m Round 1
20:25-21:10 Women's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1
22:45-23:20 Women's 10000m Final
Saturday, August 16 09:20-10:00 Men's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1
Sunday, August 17 07:30-11:20 Women's Marathon Final
21:30-21:46 Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final
21:55-22:15 Men's 1500m Semifinals
22:45-23:20 Men's 10000m Final
Monday, August 18 21:10-21:25 Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final
Tuesday, August 19 10:00-10:30 Women's 1500m Round 1
19:35-20:41 Women's 5000m Round 1
22:50-23:00 Men's 1500m Final
Wednesday, August 20 20:15-21:15 Men's 5000m Round 1
Thursday, August 21 19:00-19:20 Women's 1500m Semifinals
Friday, August 22 20:40-21:02 Women's 5000m Final
Saturday, August 23 &nbs p; 19:50-20:02 Women's 1500m Final
20:10-20:30 Men's 5000m Final
Sunday, August 24 07:30-10:40 Men's Marathon Final
Ethiopia announces squad of 36 for Beijing 2008
A ddis Ababa, Ethiopia- The Ethiopian Olympic Committee (EOC) announced its strong squad of 36 athletes for the Olympics Games in Beijing, China
Bekele and Dibaba to double
The pick of the announcements is the selection of Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba to both the 5000m and 10000m squads. After weeks of speculation, distance running star Haile Gebrselassie's place in the 10,000m has now been confirmed, while Gete Wami and Berhane Adere, veterans of previous Ethiopian Olympic teams, make a historic return after missing the 2004 edition.
A star-studded squad is hopeful of matching or surpassing the country's best medal tally in the Olympic Games - eight medals (4 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze) - set in Sydney 2000. Long Distance Men

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Ethiopia's squad for Beijing 2008
MEN
1500m: Derese Mekonnen, Mulugeta Wondimu, Mekonnen Gebremedhin, Demma Daba
3000m Steeplechase: Nahom Mesfin, Roba Gari, Yacob Jarso
5000m: Kenenisa Bekele, Tariku Bekele, Abraham Cherkos, Ali Abdosh
10,000m: Kenenisa Bekele, Sileshi Sihine, Haile Gebrselassie, Ibrahim Jeylan
Marathon: Tsegaye Kebede, Deriba Mergia, Gudisa Shentema, Gashaw Melese
WOMEN
1500m: Gelete Burka, Meskerem Assefa
3000m Steeplechase: Zemzem Ahmed, Mekdes Bekele, Sofia Assefa
5000m: Tirunesh Dibaba, Meseret Defar, Meselech Melkamu, Belaynesh Fekadu
10,000m: Mestawet Tufa, Tirunesh Dibaba, Ejegayehou Dibaba, Wude Ayalew
Marathon: Gete Wami, Berhane Adere, Bezunesh Bekele, Dire Tune