The urgent appeal which was launched to combat the food price crisis has now topped over £5,000.00 – and money is still coming in. All of this money has been raised by individual friends and supporters of the Project, and is in addition to some existing funds and recent grants which have also been earmarked [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Appeal tops 5,000 pounds
Posted in Project news, Supporters news on 14 September 2008 | Comments Off
Ancient Axum obelisk unveiled
Posted in Ethiopia on 14 September 2008 | Comments Off
An ancient obelisk at the historic site in Axum, northern Ethiopia, has been unveiled after an extensive restoration project. The obelisk had been removed by Italian troops in 1937, and was only returned in 2005. A project then began to re-assemble the obelisk in its upright position.
Axum is one of the key historic sites in [...]