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 Nothing humbles us more, we confess dear Seledawian, than ETs doing amazing and fruitful things for ET’ians. Lord knows we’ve contributed nothing to the betterment of society except for coining a few useless guramaylE terms. We digress fruitlessly... SELEDA felt it timely to feature an organization that addresses the food crisis in Ethiopia. This month, we are honored to honor EFBT - Ethiopians for a Better Tomorrow. In their own words, they are a “non-political, non-religious coalition of young Ethiopian and Ethiopian-American students, artists, businesses and many other concerned groups and individuals of the Diaspora community who have united to lend a hand in finding the answers to the challenge of the recurring famine in Ethiopia.” Wowie. They, wayyyy up there, bring the Hubble Telescope. We? We, way way down there past gehanem … hang a left by the big fire burning the souls of those who created Ma-lay Tnat and cadres who made “adhari” a bad word. Ok, so we are also non-political, but certainly not religious, sometimes young, usually ET’ian... never concerned. We digress. Again...! EFBT's motto is to preserve today, invest in tomorrow. Indeed from its early inception, EFBT has had a very positive presence and solid approach to famine awareness. EFBT declared May 19th a day of fasting and proceeds were channeled to the organization. Most recently, they organized a much-lauded Fundraiser/Hunger Awareness day under the theme of "Hoping For Solutions". Held on May 24th in Washington, D.C., the event was a daylong affair lined up with cultural shows, games and food. The evening was captured by our favorite voices from Hamelmal Abate to Theodros “Teddilicious” Tadesse. We hope some of you were a part of this very important day. EFBT announced that 60% of the funds will be used for the immediate relief and aid of the drought victims, and 40% of the proceedings will be spent on sustainable development projects.(Hey, wait. That makes… zero plus zero is .. qoi andE … zero, six plus four, asirr-- and aleN … yikes! that’s 100% of the proceeds going to a good cause… Who ARE these people??) We are amazed, nay baffled, at how selfless their math sounds. EFBT is responsible for researching recipient organizations that promote sustainable relief to the food security and poverty crisis in Ethiopia. We urge you to learn more about their upcoming projects, and find out how you can contribute: www.efbt.org Now go do the right thing! |
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