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OUr program and guests 2011
3rd Annual
BRINGING YOU A PIECE OF ETHIOPIA TO THE HEART OF VIRGINIA! WITH ALL THE MUSIC BEING PLAYED, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT, THE CAMP AMBIANCE WILL BE TRANSFORMED TO TAKE US ALL BACK TO ETHIOPIA.
Here you will find a summary of our preliminary Camp program for 2017 . Please note that this is the preliminary program summary and may be updated from time to time before it is finalized.
- The Multicultural Child: Strategies for Nurturing Emotional Health & Resilience
- Identity Awareness
- Different and Wonderful
- Growing up in America, A panel discussion: Hear it directly from the youngsters, the challenges and the opportunities of growing up in America
- Raising first generation Ethiopian-American: A discussion on how to incorporate and benefit from including cultural awareness in our daily lives: ways to utilize the best of the Ethiopian and American cultures for the benefit of our kids
- Traveling to Ethiopia
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Language session for both Adults and Kids
- Amharic Sign language
- Intensive Dance Workshop
- The Foundation of Ethiopian Cooking including Difo Dabo
- Have Fun Making Dabo Kolo
- Hair and skin care
- Krar & Masinko lesson for both Adults and Kids
Activities
- Ethiopian Field Day including Ethiopian Etiquette
- The Marvels of Ethiopia
- Ethiopian traditional art & craft
- Ethiopian children’s songs and games
- Traditional dance for entire family
- Ethiopian traditional musical instruments played by professional musicians
- Multiple Ethiopian Coffee Ceremonies: will have ice cream and more for kids
- Take the opportunity to get your hair braided
- Traditional story telling
- Discover Your Heritage at The Camp “Art Gallery”
- Map it?
- Campfire
- Ethiopian themed movie
- Expanded Gebeya
- Musical Send off with the performance of our own first
ever Dance Group
Speakers
GROWING UP IN AMERICA
ESKAT ASFAW is the Founder of COLLEGE SHUTTLE; a growing US- based College Transportation Service. A company that transportsstudents from their dorms
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THE MULTICULTURAL CHILD: STRATEGIES FOR NURTURING EMOTIONAL HEALTH & RESILIENCE
SOPHIA SOLOMON left the corporate setting to work with preschoolers in 1990 and hasn’t looked back since. Growing up in East Africa, Europe
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COLLEGE READINESS 101
An opportunity to have an open and informative discussion about college readiness with parents of chil-dren who are in 9th grade and above, and for our older groups of children at the Camp. Even with all the information readily available via the internet,
LEARN MOREGROWING UP IN AMERICA
ESKAT ASFAW is the Founder of COLLEGE SHUTTLE; a growing US- based College Transportation Service. A company that transportsstudents from their dorms
LEARN MORETHE MULTICULTURAL CHILD: STRATEGIES FOR NURTURING EMOTIONAL HEALTH & RESILIENCE
SOPHIA SOLOMON left the corporate setting to work with preschoolers in 1990 and hasn’t looked back since. Growing up in East Africa, Europe
LEARN MORECOLLEGE READINESS 101
An opportunity to have an open and informative discussion about college readiness with parents of chil-dren who are in 9th grade and above, and for our older groups of children at the Camp. Even with all the information readily available via the internet,
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THE 4 ETHIOPIAN MUSIC SCALES
is an Engineering and Management professional currently working at DC Water, the public utility responsible for distributing clean drinking water and collecting and treating
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LANGUAGE CLASSES FOR ALL – MESSAGE IN AMHARIC
Our camp has a special focus on language, as we strongly believe language is key in connecting our kids to their heritage and culture. As such, we continue to offer both children’s and adult’s language classes. This year we have language session with a bit of a twist
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ETHIOPIAN COFFEE CEREMONY
GENET ASTATKE – We are pleased to welcome GENET ASTATKE-FAISON as our resident educational specialist. She has taught in Fairfax county school system for 7 years and in Washington, DC for 6 years.
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EXPERIENCE TRADITIONAL ETHIOPIAN MUSIC
The best Masinko player and multi talented, Gezachew T/Mariam, will join us in playing and demonstrating different Ethiopian musical instruments (Masinko, and Washint) for our enjoyment and education. His talent takes center stage at the Ethiopian Banquet as he is joined by his band to entertain us.
THE 4 ETHIOPIAN MUSIC SCALES
is an Engineering and Management professional currently working at DC Water, the public utility responsible for distributing clean drinking water and collecting and treating
LEARN MORELANGUAGE CLASSES FOR ALL – MESSAGE IN AMHARIC
Our camp has a special focus on language, as we strongly believe language is key in connecting our kids to their heritage and culture. As such, we continue to offer both children’s and adult’s language classes. This year we have language session with a bit of a twist
LEARN MOREETHIOPIAN COFFEE CEREMONY
GENET ASTATKE – We are pleased to welcome GENET ASTATKE-FAISON as our resident educational specialist. She has taught in Fairfax county school system for 7 years and in Washington, DC for 6 years.
LEARN MOREEXPERIENCE TRADITIONAL ETHIOPIAN MUSIC
The best Masinko player and multi talented, Gezachew T/Mariam, will join us in playing and demonstrating different Ethiopian musical instruments (Masinko, and Washint) for our enjoyment and education. His talent takes center stage at the Ethiopian Banquet as he is joined by his band to entertain us.
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