Happy (Ethiopian) New Year!

Last Monday was the first day of Ethiopian 2010. Most people will eat "doro wat", a delicious spicy dish consisting of a sauce made mostly of onions and oil, with bits of chicken and hard-boiled eggs in it. Chris took some to a few of the poorest of her girls. Here's what happened. Remember to click the pictures for a full view.

New Year Deliveries

One of the girl's neighboursIt was a damp drizzly Sunday afternoon, the day before Ethiopian New Year’s Day. Naomi (a teacher at Bingham) phoned to say that as she was unwell could myself and Amanda (a new teacher this year) deliver the “doro wat” (a special celebratory chicken dish) that her house worker had prepared to four of the neediest Y’tesfa Birhan girl’s families.