Travel Guide | May 29, 2004 Shire High School Fundraiser Fest: May 29, 2004; Toronto, Canada If the affable Harar people are to Eastern Ethiopia, there is no doubt the affable Shire people and the romantic Raya are to northern Ethiopia. For years, the students of Shire Endaselassie have followed their classes in make-shift shelters made of tree branches. The Toronto Fundraiser is to help build a school of modest facilities. The May 29th Fest is sponsored by a chain of Toronto-based Ethiopian restaurants: Nazaret, Paradise, Zimbabwe, Kokeb, Alem. Ethiomedia.com expresses its best wishes for the success of the event.(The poster, which features Ethiopian artistes Rishan Gebre, Aziz Hagos, Abebe Araya, and lead guitarist Mulu Hailu, was designed by Ethiomedia.com) ETHIOMEDIA.COM – ETHIOPIA’S PREMIER NEWS AND VIEWS WEBSITE © COPYRIGHT 20001-2003 ETHIOMEDIA.COM. EMAIL: [email protected] Eritrean dictator declares himself ‘president for life,’ scoffs at UN peacekeepers as “jobless tourists” Ethiopia: a promised land of broken promises
