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- RT @FTFederation: "Don't use fair trade to promote your business. Use your business to promote fair trade." -Monika Firl #FTFConferenceRal…
- Kalamazoo friends, tomorrow there is a FREE concert with Joshua Davis and his latest album "A Miracle of Birds",... http://t.co/nm5gzRwVnn
- Next Saturday, April 6th, FREE!!! https://t.co/qu2ocZAA8Z http://t.co/XVIYA81DUP
- A lot of visitors this month for Canaan Fair Trade, including the owners of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps!... http://t.co/HqUEagyMJD
- Kalamazoo here's an opportunity for you to enjoy a concert of "A Miracle of Birds" by Joshua Davis from Run Across... http://t.co/ulMsksgsXb
Category Archives: Run Across Ethiopia
PLANTING A SEED OF HOPE THROUGH EDUCATION IN ETHIOPIA
April 4, 2013 by coffeechris Think about it, coffee roasters purchase coffee from some of the poorest people in the world. Many coffee growers don’t even have a market for their coffee. Yet, roasters, grocers, and cafe owners make a large percentage … Continue reading
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Pizza with Purpose!
Pangea’s Pizza Pub is helping On The Ground reach our fundraising goal for the Hasa Gola Library! For most of us, the site of a Library is common – even ordinary – and we may or may not access it … Continue reading
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Update from Hase Gola: What does 60% of a library look like?
As reported last month, our next project in Hase Gola is building a library for both academic & community use. This is the essential next step in ensuring that the recently-finished school facilities can have the best possible impact, since … Continue reading
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New Library to be Built at Hase Gola
The most recent update we’ve given on Project Ethiopia was the completion of the school at Hase Gola. And if you’ve ever been to school yourself, you can probably guess the most basic resource (aside from teachers) needed for a … Continue reading
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Beyond Bricks & Mortar: Continuing our Mission in Ethiopia
The Hase Gola school serves students through grade 8. Only about 10% of students in Hase Gola move on to high school each year. The nearest high schools are in Dila or Yirgacheffe, several miles away. Because of the difficult … Continue reading
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More Work to do in Hase Gola
Thanks to support from many of you & the success of the Run Across Ethiopia, over 700 children (grades 1-8) are now attending the two newly-constructed school blocks in Hase Gola. Where before they sat in puddles on a cement … Continue reading
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School #3 is nearly completed!
Here’s some exciting news: the construction of the third Ethiopian school, in Kololo (funded in part by last year’s Run Across Ethiopia), will soon be complete. We’ve received word from Cien, our partner coordinating the building project there along with … Continue reading
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” THE ROTARIAN” article: Run Across Ethiopia
Great article in the Rotarian Magazine about the Run Across Ethiopia and featuring Board Chair of On The Ground, Norm Plumstead. Thanks Jacob Wheeler for the excellent coverage! http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/TheRotarian/Pages/Plumstead1201.aspx Up and running by Jacob Wheeler The Rotarian — January 2012 … Continue reading
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Project Ethiopia: Video Update
In January of 2011, the non-profit On The Ground organized the Run Across Ethiopia. 10 American and 6 Ethiopian runners ran 250 miles in 10 days across southern Ethiopia to raise over $200,000 to build schools in Ethiopia. Nine months … Continue reading
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New Flower album Release Show at Higher Grounds!
The album “New Flower” drops on October 28th, 2011 at a Album Release Show at Higher Grounds in Traverse City Continue reading
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