Final Presentation

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By ሚስጥረ ክፍሌ

Mistire Kifle

Where I come from

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

Ethiopia

● Was not colonized, though

Italians occupied it for at

least five years.

● The Ethiopian Calendar has

13 months and it is 7 ½

years behind the Gregorian

calendar.

● 105 million (2017), 2nd

most populous country(190)

● Ethiopia is the only

country to use a time

system with a 12-

hour clock counting

from dawn to dusk,

and from dusk to

dawn.

● Official working

language is Amharic

and the two other

main ones are

Tigrigna and

Oromigna.

James Madison University

Family

Friends

My time in Cape Town

My Time with Africa Unite

Why South Africa ?

● Wanted to visit a country

in Africa aside from

Ethiopia

● South Africa was the only

option available with

CIEE

● I wanted to do grassroots

work and not just in

some office in DC

Why Africa Unite ?

● Last minute blessing with

AU

● I chose it because of the

human rights work I saw

on the website

● To help me gain

intercultural

communication skills

with people from

different backgrounds

My time with Africa Unite

What I learned

● Deeper understanding of Post-

Apartheid South Africa

● The importance of educating

individuals about human rights

● Seeing the economic differences

between races

● Understanding the lives of those in the

townships

● Understanding what it’s like to be part

of an NGO in S.A.

What I worked on

● Creating posters for events

● Helping out with event

planning/attending meetings

● Working on concept notes

● Creating a task tracker for the office

● Making the handbook for school club

● Compiling info for the AR

Recommendations

● Making interns create more

fundraising events just like 30

seconds.

● Communication

● Creating a cloud or online drive

where information can be

accessed for interns

● More on the ground work for

interns … *depending on the

season

● Intern team building

opportunities outside of office

THANK YOU AFRICA UNITE