Today has been quite the busy day for the Change Your World Team. In the morning we had the opportunity to tour SSCM; a vocational training centre for youth ages sixteen to twenty-five. This program enables young people to develop skills in woodworking, metalworking, and hairdressing through in class instruction and internships. At the end of the program there is nearly one hundred percent placement in the workforce. This program is incredibly empowering for the youth by allowing them to become self-sufficient young adults. In the afternoon we fought our way through the rain to the Canadian`` home-away-from-home`` in Ethiopia; the Canadian Embassy. We met with Stuart Lane from CIDA to learn a little more about International Development and the challenges and successes in Ethiopia. I think it’s fair to say that we could have spent all day talking with him because there was just so much to learn, and we returned to the Guest House with many questions we just didn’t have time to ask in our two hour discussion. For dinner we had the privilege of dinning in the home of Dr. Mesfin from Rainbow for the Future who is involved in the project we visited yesterday in Didimintu. This was our first visit to an Ethiopian home, and what the experience this was! The food was definitely better than any restaurant we`ve been to, and the company even better! With only a few more days to go we`re all really looking forward to experiencing everything we can here in Ethiopia, and maybe fitting in a little sleep if we can find the time.
Cheers from Addis,
The Change Your World team
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