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East Africa Trip

 
Nine ELCA communicators traveled through Uganda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia to visit programs and churches supported by the ELCA World Hunger Program.  This trip highlighted the Stand With Africa emphasis (an ongoing emphasis of ELCA World Hunger).

On this Web page, you will find writings, photos, music, and presentations produced by trip participants.

 Stand With Africa map

East Africa trip staff photo
(left to right)—Bob Fisher, Aaron Cooper, Deb Bogaert, Paul Edison-Swift, Sue Edison-Swift, Eric Shafer, Nathan Ruby, Mark Holman, Marcia Holman
Stand With Africa links

 



Photos

View hundreds of photos taken by group members at this Web site: http://globalpix.smugmug.com/Africa 
(NOTE: Photos from other events/trips are posted here, so select East African countries to see images from this trip).

(Pictured right is a large water tank provided by an ELCA World Hunger-supported project that now brings safe drinking water locally in a Uganda community to  10,000 people.)

 East Africa water tank

PowerPoint presentations


Related articles


Music

Enjoy some music from East Africa!  The following selections were compiled by Paul Edison-Swift.

1.    amrefsong  1:31
2.    amref1  0:53
3.    amref2  1:31
4.    ugandaanthem  1:08
5.    natomasong  0:55
6.    tanzaniahymn1  2:15
7.    tanzaniahymn2  1:58
8.    tanzaniahymn3  1:35
9.    tanzaniahymn4  1:07
10.  bishops1  2:44
11.  bishops2  2:35
12.  bishops3  3:46
13.  bishops4  0:30
14.  ethiopiahymn1  5:27
15.  ethiopiahymn2  8:36
16.  ethiopiahymn3  2:55
17.  ethiopiahymn4  5:12
18.  ethiopiahymn5  5:53
19.  ethiopiahymn6  9:45


Make a contribution to Stand With Africa

Do you want to stand with your brothers and sisters in Africa?  One way is to make a contribution to this effort, to help provide much needed food, clothing, shelter, animals, and supplies that can improve the quality of life of Africans living with hunger and poverty.

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