The Ethiopian Students Association, international (ESAi) is sponsoring a literature contest among high school students in Ethiopia and is inviting Ethiopians from arround the world to read the ten finalists of the submitted writings (in Amharic) and vote for their favorite piece online starting January 5, 2009 on their web site. A portion of the statement from ESAi reads as follows:
ESAi invited one hundred Ethiopian high schools to participate in a Literature Contest. Students were invited to choose from many topics that range from social and economic issues to politics, or choose their own topic. Three winners were to be selected from the entrants and be awarded a total of $1000 depending on their ranks.
We received entries from high schools in the different regions of the country over summer 2008. Judges selected from the ESAi membership have read each one and selected ten finalists. The next and final step is putting these finalists up for two rounds of public vote to select the three winners.
This project was initiated, funded and managed by members and friends of ESAi, most of who are young students. As such, we are very proud of it. And we would like to share this achievement with the global Ethiopian community.
Sharing our achievement, however, is not the only reason we are extending our invitation. We want to showcase the works of those students to the world. We believe that they have poured their hearts into sending us these entries and the least they deserve is to be heard.
Kudos to ESAi for organizing such an event! Please help them out by reading the literature and by voting for your favorite one.
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Thank you for your support, sir.
Mihret
No problem, Mihret.
I commend the members of ESAi for taking on such a wonderful project. I look forward to reading the writings this evening.
I read in ESAi's magazine, Gizeyachin, that you had held a similar contest in Afaan Oromo for students in your hometown last year, and that pet project of yours may have been the inspiration to this project. You are the kind of role models that Ethiopian kids in the Diaspora and at home need these days! Keep it up.