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Meet some ECF Students
A Day in the Life of a Student – Genet Wolde Mekonnen
Stories from Former Volunteers
Stories from Child Sponsors
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Biruk in class.
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Biruk Amsalu
Age 10
Grade 3
“My favorite thing is to play football. In ECF school I play football during break time. We have a football team with my friends, Birhanu, Mekbeb and Mathewos. We play with other teams in grade one. We are defeated most of the time but today we won and I scored a goal.”
“I love the meals we eat at ECF. I like ingera with wot, especially beef. When my father and mother died my grandmother came to help the family. She now lives with us. I love her like my mother and she loves me too.”
“Early this year I was able to see much better after I had my operation.”*
*Thanks to Yongbok Mayer, a supporter of ECF, Biruk received the funds to cover all his medical bills for an operation to correct his Esotropia and Hyperopia and purchase new glasses.
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Biruk with his siblings and grandmother.
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Biruk with his sister.
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Iyob
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Iyob Debebe
Age 12
Grade 7
“My favorite subject is English. I like to speak with my teachers and guests who come to visit our village. They like to speak in English with us, but before I learnt to speak English I used to communicate by gesture. I ask guests who come to tell me about their country. I like to visit Europe and America one day.”
“When I grow up I like to be a medical doctor because many people are suffering from many diseases, especially HIV/AIDS. I want to eliminate all diseases in my village and my country.”
?I live with my mother in a small house not far from school. My mother gets her daily food by buying and selling small grains and cereals on market days. I study hard and do my assignments every night. Last year when I took my exams I came 2nd in class out of a total of 33 students, and I got a special prize, my mother was very proud.?
“When I gow up I dream to have a good job and help my mother who is sick a lot.”
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