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Buy Nic Madge's Book one world, one view
Where ALL the purchase price comes to A-CET. Contact David at dgs@a-cet.org or send a cheque for £10 (or more) with your address to A-CET, PO Box 8390, LE5 4YD
Buy Dr Claire Bertschinger's book"Moving Mountains"
Published by Transworld Books -ISBN 0385 65801X is still available and where a pproportion of the royalties come to A-CET. Claire was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Social Sciences from Brunel University, London. Holder of the Florence Nightingale Medal (1991), Bish Medal (1985) and Woman of the Year (2005),International Human Rights & Nursing Award (2007) - Claire was the Red Cross Nurse in Mekelle (A-CET's base) during the Ethiopian famine interviewed by BBC's Michael Buerk in 1984. Bob Geldof was motivated by this interview to launch Band Aid/Live Aid.
Pledge an "ethical" gift for your special friends
For £20 you can donate a double desk-set. This is a gift that will last over 10 years - better than expensive goats or unsolicited "shoe-boxes"! Contact David atdgs@a-cet.org and he will send a "thank you" gift certificate and photograph to your friend.
Donor visits to sponsored students/projects
We are happy to welcome and host small groups of up to 3 or 4 who wish to visit their sponsored students/projects, but please make your own travel/visa arrangements to Mekelle. We regret that we lack the capacity or infrastructure to host larger groups.
On arrival we can make hotel bookings & travel arrangements for your visits. Most of our activities are in poor remote rural non-tourist areas. Please be aware that the culture clash by the sight of over-seas visitors - so rich by local standards - can be a discomforting spectacle. Bisrat, our EYES Manager at ras@ethionet.et is an experienced independent Tour Operator and, given prior warning, can arrange tourist trips for you. He can advise you generally both before and during your visits and fix transport, accommodation and a guide/interpreter.
Ethiopia doesn't have a highly developed "tourism" infrastructure. Some services are quite basic and medical facilities for foreigners may not always be available. All this is compensated for by a beautiful historic country with absolutely charming, cultured, highly intelligent and welcoming people whose smiles will melt your hearts. Be assured, any visit you make will be unforgettable - and probably change your life.
