This year, we have organized 5 summer training camps for around 280 youth people from all the dioceses of Ethiopia especially Addis-Ababa and Awassa for two months.

Although the pandemic asked us to revise our projects, we decided to organize and adapt them to meet the wish and desire of many Youth to participate to these different programs.

Due to Covid-19 pandemic, this desire was more special this year: the schools were closed for the last 6 months, and those Youth have a real lack of activities. With strict rules of social distancing, we decided to stick with a camp program, but we restricted the number of people attending to them.

You can find among them teenagers, students, young workers from their Parish, but also families from Ethiopia and even Mexico. The objective of all these summer camps remains the same: to give Christian formation to young people and to help them to feed their spiritual life.

1/ Teenagers’ camp 1 (16^th-19^th July): Entoto

During 4 days in Entoto, we organized one Teenager’s Camps with 20 teenagers from Addis Abeba. Br Philippe-François, Br Lazare, Br Ermias, with help of 2 French and 3 Ethiopian volunteers, framed them.

This young people could receive formations with brothers, activities, workshops, games, sport, and prayer. The main topic of the camps was how to use faith.

 

2/ Teenagers’ camp 2 (23 ^th-26 ^th July): Entoto

During 4 days in Entoto, we organized one Teenager’s Camps with 20 teenagers from all the country including Awassa’s Youth. Br Benoit David, Br Ermias, one postulant, with help of 2 French and 4 Ethiopian volunteers, framed them.

This young people could receive formations with brothers, activities, workshops, games, sport, and prayer. The main topic of the camp was prayer.

 

3/ Children’s camp (21^th-24^th August): Entoto

Continuing our experience of last year, with 16 orphans from Kidane Mihret in Addis-Ababa, we went to the priory, accompanied by Br Athanase, Br Ermias, 2 French and 4 Ethiopian volunteers and one postulant.

For 6 days, there were brothers’ teaching and formations, activities, workshops, games, and sport. The topic of the camp was the Virgin Mary.

 

4/ Formation camp (27^th August- 1^st September): Awassa

Like the last year, we organized in Awassa a Formation Camp for students and young workers. They were 20 young who came from all the country including Awassa Youth.

We spoke about Peace in the world.

For 6 days, Br Benoît David, Br Lazare From the Mother of God, Br Yohanis, Br Paul-Clément and four volunteers Gauthier and Constance (from France) and Cisaï and Tadesse (from Ethiopia), framed them.

 

5/ Family camp (3^rd-7^th September): Entoto

For the first time, this year, we organized a Family Camp. Gathering 2 Ethiopian (one couple and one couple and 3 children) and one Mexican (one couple and 6 children) families.

We had two separate programs, one for couples and one for children, along with activities and meals in family. The goal was for the families to have a resourceful time together and  for the couples to also have couple time

For 5 days, Br Benoît David, Br Yakob, one postulant and 6 volunteers Gauthier and Constance (from France) and the others from Ethiopia, framed them.