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Great Ethiopian Run - Running Tour</h1>
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‘Discover the ultimate travel destination for runners’</h2>
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9th - 19th November, 2019<br />11 days • 10 nights</h3>
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<b><i><u><span style="font-size: 1.3em;">Introduction</span></u></i></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzwh1mPMhlsOTfcdW12NgbokCPn2aAeoRlgPMInMlziA-qTHYnkmqWr82T-zcR3p2Stxat1dUxcBf98cvKQf5TlvxtOgEe-BnIYWek5iuBfNW49ttdvJgAgd4HNGn_xSEmORVTmGJY1M/s1600/Ethiopia-group-running-in-the-Great+Ethiopian-Run.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Ethiopia-group-running-in-the-Great Ethiopian-Run" border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzwh1mPMhlsOTfcdW12NgbokCPn2aAeoRlgPMInMlziA-qTHYnkmqWr82T-zcR3p2Stxat1dUxcBf98cvKQf5TlvxtOgEe-BnIYWek5iuBfNW49ttdvJgAgd4HNGn_xSEmORVTmGJY1M/s320/Ethiopia-group-running-in-the-Great+Ethiopian-Run.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a>Our running tour is organized in conjunction with our local partners, 'Ethiopia Xperience', and the Great Ethiopian Run in Addis Ababa, the largest running event of Africa. The tour is organized in cooperation with local Ethiopian athletes, which organize training sessions and show you their country. In addition to running with local athletes, you will get the chance to explore Ethiopia's spectacular natural environments and intriguing local cultures.<br />
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Everybody is welcome on our tour. Our runner-guides will adapt to your level. whether you are an occasional runner or experienced. If you are looking for a physical challenge then you can train at a high level with local athletes and run the race with elite runners. If your partner is more interested in traveling than running then we can organize alternative activities and excursions. Each day will begin with optional yoga and stretching sessions before breakfast.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #0b5394; color: white;">Friday 9th November:</span></b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU6AzzADH6ij-KnnbVBqgQ7ZRkqPnlO64plC0wsi4vb7XX3xBjmXdD4JISfy7hjoJtqvIu5lAEyZwPzr5ARSqtR4qqUIMjMKF4kIiAbVQLWJhYCmrzi9N4uuXnG01t7A3zE4AJk5r1hM/s1600/Orange-Lion+Guesthouse-Addis-Ababa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Orange-Lion Guesthouse-Addis-Ababa" border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="510" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU6AzzADH6ij-KnnbVBqgQ7ZRkqPnlO64plC0wsi4vb7XX3xBjmXdD4JISfy7hjoJtqvIu5lAEyZwPzr5ARSqtR4qqUIMjMKF4kIiAbVQLWJhYCmrzi9N4uuXnG01t7A3zE4AJk5r1hM/s200/Orange-Lion+Guesthouse-Addis-Ababa.jpg" title="" width="200" /></a>You arrive in Addis Ababa, the Capital of Ethiopia. We will welcome you at the airport and take you to the Orange Lion Guesthouse, our comfortable base in the city. If there is time we will show you some of the city.</div>
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<u><b>Accommodation:</b></u> Orange Lion Guesthouse</div>
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You'll start the day with a training session with our Ethiopian running buddies. They are professional and semi professional athletes who will introduce to the lively Ethiopian running culture. Just behind the guesthouse there is a forest that is used by many Ethiopian athletes as a training circuit. Don’t be surprised if you come across an Olympic Champion!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwQ-syOw_9N3np0jhtngmq4_njDijV6CaYI-kYp0M3NSAHJgyLaLUB8VD1ph0eM-yN1mST1KUGpSBSL4H9k8PXkCuPzRTp30j8J_arUk1WP31Pqkjr7C_4KpHd_BF71srSb1b9Mvtp5As/s1600/Ethiopian-group-training-for-the-Great+Ethiopian-Run.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Ethiopian-group-training-for-the-Great Ethiopian-Run" border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="554" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwQ-syOw_9N3np0jhtngmq4_njDijV6CaYI-kYp0M3NSAHJgyLaLUB8VD1ph0eM-yN1mST1KUGpSBSL4H9k8PXkCuPzRTp30j8J_arUk1WP31Pqkjr7C_4KpHd_BF71srSb1b9Mvtp5As/s200/Ethiopian-group-training-for-the-Great+Ethiopian-Run.jpg" title="" width="200" /></a>After breakfast we will visit the facility of Dires for Development, our local partner organization. Dires is an NGO that organizes social programs for people who have a disability, especially focused on children. Yopu will be welcomed with a traditional coffee ceremony and learn about their activities.<br />
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The rest of the day we will explore Addis Ababa. We visit several sites of interest, including the National Museum where you will meet Lucy, humanity’s common ancestor. On the way we'll eat the best fruit smoothie of the city and we end the day with a visit to Entoto Mountain, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view over the city. Our runner/guides will lead you in a light running practice.<br />
<b><u>Accommodation:</u></b> Orange Lion Guesthouse<br />
<u><b>Meals:</b></u> Breakfast and lunch</div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #0b5394; color: white;">Sunday 11th November:</span></b><br />
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In the morning we go to the town of Sululta, just outside Addis Ababa. It is a well-known training center for many local and international athletes, the circumstances for running are perfect here. Our runner-guides will lead a running practice, and don’t be surprised if you bump into an Olympic champion! They often train here. We take a shower and have breakfast in a local resort and then we head back to Addis Ababa. There we continue with our exploration of the city.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGsTN_mNQgYZ-_pncdpOcGglkRKuD6OJ54DMFoyjrWOnEu-_tnpznKpi-e1LTRhtdffxZrPeK_qjYoOFDM4yh5ED-ptRcXdGOzA_OteAPlX7wl5t2DHEO5SV-qWealqw3XIA8HjBONHw/s1600/merkato-skyview-in-addis-ababa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="merkato-skyview-in-addis-ababa" border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="628" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGsTN_mNQgYZ-_pncdpOcGglkRKuD6OJ54DMFoyjrWOnEu-_tnpznKpi-e1LTRhtdffxZrPeK_qjYoOFDM4yh5ED-ptRcXdGOzA_OteAPlX7wl5t2DHEO5SV-qWealqw3XIA8HjBONHw/s200/merkato-skyview-in-addis-ababa.jpg" title="" width="200" /></a>A lunch is provided and in the afternoon our runner guides will lead you in a whole other kind of physical exercise: an Ethiopian dancing workshop! In the evening you can dine and relax in our guesthouse.<br />
<b><u>Accommodation:</u></b> Orange Lion Guesthouse<br />
<b><u>Meals:</u></b> Breakfast and Dinner</div>
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<span style="background-color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Monday 12th November:</b></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaWpeaphyrEcZWrQ_FxZ6VcvOmHtj-IfWrQglDuv1kqvZBcoZFDfLOpI14VRMJ8OZsu07mim26VOa_QaGZ-ltCuCfr8HjvxgquZ46zMunSVck7AHCdAyulejH3F6RSgLo0Yjt0Omvwb0/s1600/Page-4-Image-33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="internationals-running-with-Ethiopian-kids" border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="530" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaWpeaphyrEcZWrQ_FxZ6VcvOmHtj-IfWrQglDuv1kqvZBcoZFDfLOpI14VRMJ8OZsu07mim26VOa_QaGZ-ltCuCfr8HjvxgquZ46zMunSVck7AHCdAyulejH3F6RSgLo0Yjt0Omvwb0/s200/Page-4-Image-33.jpg" title="" width="200" /></a>If you want you can participate in a running practice in the morning with our runner-guides. After breakfast we will visit a local school where our parner NGO carries out a sports project: sports teachers who have a disability give sports lessons to children with a disability. We have been carrying out this project for more than 10 years and it has been life changing for many Ethiopian children with a disability. Right after that we leave the city and drive south towards the Southern Ethiopian highlands, a region where many Ethiopian runners are from. We have lunch in Asella, the birthplace of the famous Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie. Then we continue further south to the town of Bekoji, also known as the ‘Town of Runners’. Many Ehtiopian champions are from this village!<br />
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On arrival we go by local taxi to a training center in the village, the next generation of Ethiopian running talent lives and trains here. We meet coach Sinteyahu, a famous coach who has trained many generations of Ethiopian athletes. He is already retired but is still involved with the youth of Bekoji and coaches them every day. We spend the night in a simple but proper guesthouse in the village, do not expect any luxury, but it is safe and clean. We eat together in a local restaurant.<br />
<b><u>Accommodation:</u></b> Bekoji Guesthouse<br />
<u><b>Meals:</b></u> Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner<br />
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<b style="background-color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: white;">Tuesday 13th November:</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYhR84Qh_pbPSnIYid6ZBQ91aZlpl8XO3k6rk9PiMGrFIvb7q0E1l8Wzmij1gq1EqoMr-b19uDI02jXtgWzrtXAz-vCz2RbSTdsRpC9AupiuSSSQkjpym1RZxH1e5F9Uhc44n_2gtBIQ/s1600/village-and-nature-in-Ethiopia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="village-and-nature-in-Ethiopia" border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="558" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYhR84Qh_pbPSnIYid6ZBQ91aZlpl8XO3k6rk9PiMGrFIvb7q0E1l8Wzmij1gq1EqoMr-b19uDI02jXtgWzrtXAz-vCz2RbSTdsRpC9AupiuSSSQkjpym1RZxH1e5F9Uhc44n_2gtBIQ/s200/village-and-nature-in-Ethiopia.jpg" title="" width="200" /></a>In the morning we participate in a running practice with the youth of Bekoji. With our runner-guides, and led by coaches of Bekoji, we are part of an intensive training in the forest. It will be a physical challenge, but also a beautiful experience. After breakfast there is time to see more of Bekoji. <br />
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We visit young runners at their homes, most of them live together in small sheds far away from their families. They will share their dreams and ambitions with us. After lunch we leave Bekoji and drive further south to the Bale Mountains, one of the spectacular mountain ranges of Ethiopia. On the way we enjoy the beautiful scenery and we make a short walk in a forest. We spend the night a simple but decent hotel on the foot of the mountains.<br />
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<b><u>Accommodation:</u></b> Goba Wabe Shebele hotel<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #0b5394; color: white;">Wednesday 14th November:</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-3_H3urO_jwgaI-iqq48es1i8CXQJ6jV_fmngUf0cLaE4QcjWhPhiZExvD5Z6Bqr7K4KKjepGeXNNbvngYQkEnFelPKfggjmB0JCUBMVQBSH24wnVIKnPsf4i8DR1hkUAKvXszRLXq4/s1600/Ethiopian-landscape.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Ethiopian-landscape" border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="606" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-3_H3urO_jwgaI-iqq48es1i8CXQJ6jV_fmngUf0cLaE4QcjWhPhiZExvD5Z6Bqr7K4KKjepGeXNNbvngYQkEnFelPKfggjmB0JCUBMVQBSH24wnVIKnPsf4i8DR1hkUAKvXszRLXq4/s200/Ethiopian-landscape.jpg" title="" width="200" /></a>We spend a full day in the Bale Mountains. This National Park is is concentrated around a big mountain plateau that is located on more than 4000 meters altitude. The nature has adapted to the high altitude with strange vegetation as result. The area looks like a moon landscape! The valleys however are covered with dense rainforest and is teamed with life. This is also the habitat of the Ethiopian Wolf, a very rare canine, but chances are good we will see them. We bring lunchboxes and spend a full day in the mountains. In the evening we dine in the restaurant of the hotel.<br />
<u><b>Accommodation:</b></u> Goba Wabe Shebele hotel<br />
<b><u>Meals:</u></b> Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner</div>
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Local Rastas will prepare a vegan lunch for us (most Rastas don’t eat animal products) and a local musician will come to perform for us. In the afternoon we continue to Hawassa where we stay in a luxury resort with a swimming pool and views over the lake. You can relax and dine at the resort.</div>
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<b><u>Accommodation:</u></b> Lewi Resort</div>
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<b><u>Meals:</u></b> Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">In the morning we explore the lively fish market of Hawassa and we make a boat ride looking for hippos and other animals. There is an 80 % chance we see hippos from close by. The rest of the day there is no program, you'll be on your own for lunch and can spend the afternoon relaxing or exploring.</span></span><u><b><br />Accommodation:</b></u> Lewi Resort<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #0b5394; color: white;">Saturday 17th November:</span></b></div>
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<b><u>Accommodation:</u></b> Orange Lion Guesthouse</div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Early in the morning we provide a light breakfast and then we head to the start/finish line of the Great Ethiopian Run. Probably more than 43 thousand people will participate this year. It is the biggest road race of Africa, that runs straight through the heart of the capital city Addis Ababa. For most participants, it is not only a sports event, but also a celebration of national pride and joy. It is a festive event with music and cultural acts along the way. Those who want to run fast can start in the fast lane. If you wan to run with official time registration we can register you with the elite runners. But you have to be able to complete 10 kilometers in 43 minutes. After the run we bring you back to our guesthouse where a lunch is provided. The rest of the day you are free to relax or explore the city further. Our cars and guides are available to assist you.</span></div>
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Our journeys combine classic touring of Ethiopia's magnificent resources, with meaningful cultural experiences and 'giving back' to the communities we visit. Together with our Ethiopian partners we have a supportive relationship with the Dires House of Sport. The organisation benefits from our tours, and most of our groups visit the facility in Addis Ababa, some to volunteer their time and skills.<br />
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Responsible and just forms of tourism offer communities opportunities to share their cultures, tell their stories, request solidarity and foster tolerance and greater understanding.<br />
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Social tourism also means giving back to the communities that are visited. Green Olive Tours benefit local NGOs and charities through their involvement in our programs, volunteering, and making souvenir purchases from local craftspeople and small family run businesses.<br />
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Both our tour company and the individual tourist have a responsibility towards their host community.<br />
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Adopt a considerate attitude towards the people you encounter, the environment, and host communities in Ethiopia.<br />
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Interact and spend time with local people. Be aware that your cultural values may differ from theirs. They may, for example, have different concepts of time, personal space, communication and society. They are not wrong or inferior, just different.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fred Sc</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5vKz1fD9kryxrJXbHc2UhIQaI0Q7n_DWgsDrkUxV_kSZPRO7MmMgODZHF1hKVrf-Oj07XJa_VPkZGsPXlqexETC7ybXbYGTm_JqH6C5BCdsFLNS-rmbEWdLCmLk4fx8z0r5TCvVUU5s/w171-h228-p-no/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163080710285827570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5vKz1fD9kryxrJXbHc2UhIQaI0Q7n_DWgsDrkUxV_kSZPRO7MmMgODZHF1hKVrf-Oj07XJa_VPkZGsPXlqexETC7ybXbYGTm_JqH6C5BCdsFLNS-rmbEWdLCmLk4fx8z0r5TCvVUU5s/w171-h228-p-no/" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 140px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 108px;" /></a><b>hlomka - Managing Partner</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Fred founded Green Olive Tours in 2007 and has overseen the steady growth of the company ever since. In addition to being responsible for the overall administration he manages the website, internet marketing and guides the occasional tour.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Fred as been involved professionally with Israeli/Palestinian relationships for fifteen years. In addition to managing the </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Green Olive Collective</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> he is active in the Israeli peace movement, is an avid cyclist and a 2nd degree black belt in Shotokan Karate. Fred was awarded a Social Entrepreneur Fellowship from the Echoing Green Foundation in New York for his work in advancing relationships between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel. He has lectured on Israeli/Palestinian issues in Europe and the USA, and his articles have been published widely </span></div>
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Jehanne is a Partner in the Green Olive Collective, and manages all the day-to-day operations of Green Olive Tours. She is often the first point of contact for clients.<br />
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Prior to joining the Collective, Jehanne managed Murad Tours with her husband Yamen, who is also a guide at Green Olive Tours. Both of them bring many years of experience in tourism to Green Olive Tours, and continue to work together as a team. Jehanne was born and raised in Toronto, Canada where she studied Education, Psychology, and Accounting. She has two children, and lives most of the year in a suburb of Bethlehem, spending summers with her extended family in Canada.<br />
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Ras Ibi is one of our local tour leaders. He is originally from Sweden but living in Ethiopia for almost 20 years. Ras Ibi is a devout Rastafarian and worships the former emperor of Ethiopia as a divine being. Over the decades he has been very active in Ethiopian society. <br /><br />Ras Ibi is a businessman, farmer, teacher, and much more. He has developed a profound understanding of Ethiopia and its people. Now he dedicates his time to receive visitors and introduce them with Ethiopia and its people. Ibi will make sure your stay in Ethiopia will be comfortable and smooth. He will provide you with detailed information about Ethiopian history, culture and contemporary life. <br /><br />In addition to his work as a tour leader he is one of the leading Moringa experts of the country. Moringa is a herb that grows abundant in Ethiopia and is these days recognized as 'super food' in the West. Ras ibi is also a yoga practitioner.<br />
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Jos Wesemann is originally from The Netherlands and now living in Ethiopia. He manages all the logistics for Green Olive Tours on the ground, and ensures the satisfaction of all our guests.<br />
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In addition to organising tours throughout the country, Jos emphasises social benefit to the wider Ethiopian community. He has partnered with a local NGO, Dires for Development, which provides services and programs for physically and mentally challenged Ethiopians, including deaf people.<br />
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Jos comes from a deaf family and was raised by deaf parents although he and his brother can hear normally. Sign language was his first language and he was raised within the Deaf community. Since 2010 Jos has travelled the world, involved in development programs with local deaf communities. He has organised countless travel programs for deaf people, bringing together communities from different countries. This has included working with Green Olive tours in Israel, Palestine, and Ethiopia. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Yahav </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-WgYqyswTo3Q/TeTGMTpraYI/AAAAAAAABkQ/MKKtXmFIqN0/s288/Jerusalem-old-city-Yahav.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166476463740456162" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-WgYqyswTo3Q/TeTGMTpraYI/AAAAAAAABkQ/MKKtXmFIqN0/s288/Jerusalem-old-city-Yahav.gif" style="float: left; height: 116px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 108px;" /></a></span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Zohar - Partner & Senior Guide</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After working as a freelance guide for many years, Yahav joined the staff of Green Olive Tours in the Spring of 2011 and became a Partner shortly after. He continues to be the tour leader for many tours, develops new itineraries, has translated the entire Green Olive Tours Spanish website, and is active in developing new markets.</span></div>
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Yahav was born in Jerusalem and has lived in the city all his life. He has been a journalist, a translator, a political activist and a spokesperson for human rights and a sustainable political solution in Israel-Palestine. He currently works as a guide through out Israel, combining historical and religious knowledge with a firm grasp of the political situation, gained through years of involvement with Combatants For Peace, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions and other peace and human rights initiatives.</div>
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Yamen is a Green Olive Partner and has been guiding visitors to Palestine since 2009. He quickly gravitated to ‘alternative tours’ and soon began working for Green Olive Tours. Yamen has studied at The Tourism Research Institute-Palestine and has been involved with many Organizations and Programs in Bethlehem, bringing together Foreign visitors, Israelis and Palestinians who are trying to make a difference<br />
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Born in Beit Sahour Palestine, Yamen lived several years in Canada, but eventually returned home with his wife and children to be with his family. He has organised the Gift4Giving Program which collects funds to purchase toys and clothes for distribution to Palestinian Refugees. As a strong believer in peace, he believes that one person’s voice or action can make a difference!<br />
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Yaniv is a Green Olive Partner and has worked as a Park Ranger at the En Gedi Nature Reserve at the Dead Sea, and at the Tel Aviv airport conducting security screenings on commercial shipments. He served as a tank commander in the IDF during the second Intifada.<br />
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Yaniv came to realise that his former 'patriotism' was a product of Israel's militarised society and education system, and in 2012 was imprisoned for 20 days for refusing to serve in the military reserves. He is involved as an activist and can often be found at joint Israeli/Palestinian activities in the southern West Bank.</div>
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Rotem Mor declared his refusal to serve in the army after a year and a half of service, a decision for which he spent time in prison. He then led seminars for youth contemplating their army service, guiding groups of young Israeli conscientious objectors, organizing an alternative summer camp for youth and delegations of young objectors to France and the U.S. He has also been an active member of the movement against the Separation Barrier, taking part in joint protests with a focus on his hometown of Mevaseret Zion (near Jerusalem) where he took part in organizing joint resistance to the wall together with the neighboring Palestinian villagers. Rotem is currently a student of Middle Eastern classical music at the Center for Middle Eastern Music in Jerusalem where he is also running a project to promote Middle Eastern culture in Israeli society.</div>
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<b>History</b><br />
<b>Green Olive Tours</b> was established in 2007, originally called 'Tours in English', then rebranded as Green Olive Tours in early 2010.<br />
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In 2012 a Company was registered and a charter was drafted that transformed the enterprise from a private business into a hybrid cooperative. The new company, Green Olive Collective is managed democratically by the people working in the organization, and has a broad mandate. <b>Green Olive Collective Inc.</b> is registered in the USA, has Palestinian and Israeli working partners, and over 120 Investors and Members from 22 countries around the globe. Membership is open to everyone.<br />
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<b> Green Olive Tours </b>Green Olive Tours was the first project of the Collective, and now conducts tours in four countries. Other projects include <a href="http://madeinpeace.com/">Madeinpeace.com</a>, a fair trade merchandising enterprise which markets products from the underserved or oppressed populations in the regions where the tours operate. Our <a href="http://volunteers.greenolivecollective.com/">Volunteer Program</a> offers many opportunities for our clients to give back to communities in the countries where we operate.<br />
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<i>Green Olive Collective accepts Members and Partners regardless of gender, sexual preference, ethnic background, religion, national identity, citizenship, and any other markers of personal identity that are irrelevant to a person’s essential humanity, talents and aspirations.The Collective binds itself to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.</i><br />
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<i>The organization is a Social Enterprise and a Workers Collective. Our function is to generate economic benefit for the Members, and social, cultural and political activity that cultivate humane and just societies.</i><br />
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<i>As a Social Enterprise, the organization’s role in society is to provide information, services and products that help heal and repair the rifts that cause oppression and dysfunction between people, and between human activity and the planet that hosts us. This includes educational, creative, and pro-active projects that both illuminate the issues, and provide tools for progressive change.</i><br />
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<i>As a Workers Collective, we provide a democratic governing framework, nurture the relationships among the members, and provide a working environment that is supportive and sustaining, enabling the members develop both professionally and personally. </i><br />
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<b>Mission Statement of Green Olive Tours</b><br />
Green Olive Tours is a social enterprise tour agency providing tours that cover the history, culture, and political geography of the countries in which we coperate. The tours provide benefit to the indigenous population through the hiring and training of local tour guides, overnight stays with families & small guest houses, and encouraging visitors to purchase local crafts directly from producers and Fair Trade outlets. In addition many of our tours include volunteer opportunities with disadvantaged groups in the same areas that the tours visit.<br />
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Some tours are more cultural and emphasise people-to-people contact, while others have more political content.<br />
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Many of the tours also visit sites of historical, cultural and religious interest, placing them within the context of the ongoing analysis provided by the guide.<br />
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Green Olive Tours in Ethiopia aims to provide our guests with:<br />
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<li>A cultural, historical and political understanding of the country</li>
<li>Visits to cultural, historical and religious sites.</li>
<li>Visits to mountains, forests and farms</li>
<li>Interaction with Ethiopians on a personal level</li>
<li>Opportunities to 'give back' to the community through volunteering</li>
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12 days / 11 nights<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">2017 - </span>Friday 14th October - Tuesday 25th October<br />
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<b>HIGHLIGHTS</b><br />
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<li>Daily yoga session - plus running & cycling</li>
<li>Volunteer work with local charity</li>
<li>Visit Rastafarian village</li>
<li>City tours of Addis Ababa</li>
<li>Tribal villages</li>
<li>Awesome landscapes</li>
<li>Local music & dance</li>
<li>Moringa farm</li>
<li>Vegetarian and Vegan friendly</li>
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Your tour leader is Maya Schlomka, an Ashtanga Yoga practitioner, who is currently training in Naturopathy at the Wingate Institute. Maya's tour will help you keep fit during your Ethiopian adventure. Daily yoga sessions, short cycling tours, and optional running sessions with Ethiopian Olympic-level runners will provide a fitness program for all levels.<br />
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You'll visit a wide variety of local people, see some great natural landscapes and wildlife, and help the sports development of local disabled people. You'll assist Maya with a 3-session introductory yoga program for a group of deaf people through our local partner, <a href="http://www.direshouseofsport.com/">Dires House of Sport</a>. Part of your fee will help pay for yoga mats to be left with the participants.<br />
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Your fitness level should be healthy. The daily yoga sessions can be accomplished by beginners to advanced levels. The level will be adjusted depending on the experience of the group.<br />
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<b>Day 1 - Arrival - Addis Ababa</b></div>
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You arrive in Addis Ababa and will be picked up from the airport and transferred to the Orange Lion Guesthouse. <br />
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If there is time you'll be taken on an orientation tour through the city.<br />
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You’ll have a discussion and training review with your group leader regarding the yoga program that the group will use in the training of the youngsters during your volunteer work. <br />
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You do not need to have experience in Yoga or training - only the willingness to learn and help.<br />
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<i>Dinner & overnight - Orange Lion Guest House</i><br />
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<b>Day 2 - Addis Ababa</b><br />
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We start the day with an early morning Yoga session, either on the rooftop of the guesthouse or in the forest behind it. The forest is also a popular training circuit for Ethiopian runners.<br />
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After the breakfast there will be an optional early morning short bicycle trip with a local Biking professional.<br />
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Running training with a semi‐professional Ethiopian runner who competes internationally and who would be happy to train with you and introduce you to the lively Ethiopian running culture.<br />
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Mid-morning we head into the city to the office of <a href="http://www.direshouseofsport.com/">Dires House of Sport</a>, our local partner in Ethiopia. Dires is a local charity ( NGO) that develops social & sport programs for people with disabilities. You will enjoy a traditional coffee ceremony and the director of the organisation, Mr Mulugeta Asmelash, will give a presentation about their work and ambitions.<br />
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Then the group will explore the city of Addis Ababa. You will visit the national museum where you can meet Lucy, humanity’s common ancestor, and drink the best fruit smoothie of the city.<br />
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<i>Dinner at local restaurant - </i><i>Option to explore nightlife. O</i><i>vernight - Orange Lion Guest House</i><br />
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<b>Day 3 - Addis Ababa</b><br />
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The day will start with a sunrise yoga session on Entoto mountain, the highest point of Addis where you can enjoy spectacular views over the city. After a picnic breakfast you'll go to an Orthodox Christian church on the mountain and meet an Ethiopian orthodox priest who will show the group around the church.<br />
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Then you'll head over to the Deaf School to conduct the first of three yoga sessions with the students. You'll assist Maya in introducing these youngsters to the art of Yoga.<br />
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Lunch will be at the ‘sign language restaurant’, where most of the staff are deaf. The group will have a sign language translator along, who will also explain about the restaurant and its development. After lunch there will be an Ethiopian Dance and music workshop at the same location. Ethiopian dance is a great work out. One of the projects of Dires is a dancing group that consists of people who have physical disabilities. Under leadership of a famous Ethiopian dancer they have set up a dance group and they perform regularly in and around Addis. We have a talk with the dancers and they share their stories with us. Then they teach us some Ethiopian dancing styles and explain about the typical kind of music.<br />
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After the dance workshop you'll go to a spa where you can enjoy a sauna/steam bath and a good shower.<br />
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<i>Dinner and Overnight - Orange Lion Guest House</i><br />
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<b>Day 4 - Addis Ababa</b><br />
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The day starts with an early morning Yoga session. After breakfast there will be an optional running training session or bicycle ride.<br />
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Then we go to the school for the second session of your Yoga workshop.<br />
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After lunch, we’ll visit Merkato, the largest and busiest market of Africa. One of the shopkeepers will walk around the market with the group. He is very familiar with the market and knows everyone. You will also shop for this evening's dinner which your group will prepare. Guests from the Dires Sport project will be invited, and your running and biking trainers.<br />
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<i>Late afternoon dinner prep and a festive evening dinner. O</i><i>vernight - Orange Lion Guest House</i><br />
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<b>Day 5 - Addis Ababa – Shashamane</b><br />
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After early morning Yoga and breakfast, the group will conduct the third and final yoga session at the school.<br />
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Then you'll leave Addis and drive south into the countryside towards the town of Shashamene, past some big lakes and beautiful aerial views. Lunch will be on the shores of Lake Langano, also a good place to take a swim. <br />
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At the end of the day we arrive in Shashamene, known as a Rastafari enclave. Rastafarians are a highly spiritual group of people who worship the former emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, as a divine being. Rastafarians from all over the world have settled in this town, which holds the largest Rastafari community of the world outside Jamaica. In the evening you will meet some of the Rasta community and they will give the group an introduction to their movement, philosophies and practices. There will also be an acoustic music session by one of the most distinguished musicians from the community.<br />
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<i>Dinner and overnight - Lilly of the Valley Hotel, Shashamane</i><br />
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<b>Day 6 - Shashamane - wondo Genet</b><br />
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There will be two yoga sessions today. One in the early morning and another later in the day, in the forest. After breakfast you'll explore the ‘Rasta Village’ and visit the Nyabingi camp, the oldest and most orthodox Rastafari community. <br />
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After we have enjoyed a (vegan) Caribbean lunch we go to Wondo Genet, an area of natural beauty not far from Shashamane. Emperor Haile Selassie loved to come here to meditate.<br />
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Yoga session in the forest. The day concludes with a visit to natural hot springs where you can take a refreshing plunge.<br />
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<i>Dinner & overnight - Lilly of the valley hotel, Shashamane</i><br />
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<b>Day 7 - Shashamane - Lake Awassa</b><br />
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Very early in the morning, at sunrise, the group will go to the Rastafarian Bobo Shanti camp. The Rastas pray at sunrise and the group can join them and conduct the morning Yoga session there.<br />
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Then off to Awassa, a town located at the shores of a lake with the same name. It is known as one of the most beautiful lakes of Ethiopia. There will be a boat ride looking for hippopotamus and crocodiles. You'll walk through the largest fish market of Africa and visit a monkey sanctuary. We can eat fresh fish for lunch and at the end of the day we return to Shashamane. <br />
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<i>Dinner & overnight - Lilly of the valley hotel, Shashamane</i><br />
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<b>Day 8 - Shashamene – Arba Minch</b><br />
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After the early Yoga session and breakfast, the group will leave Shashamane and drive 4-5 hours to Arba Minch, a city in the very south of Ethiopia. There will be stops at scenic areas en-route.<br />
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The Arba Minch area is known because of its tribal life. Dozens of tribes live in the area, each with their own language, culture, religion, etc. Before we enter the city we visit one of the tribes; the Dorze tribe. The Dorze tribe are famous for their weaving practices. We take a genuine look in their community, meet some people, and visit the weaving workshops and enjoy beautiful views over the area.<br />
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<i>Dinner & overnight - Paradise lodge, Arba Minch</i><br />
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<b>Day 9 - Arba Minch and surroundings</b><br />
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After early morning yoga and breakfast, you'll visit the moringa farm of one of our Rasta guides, Ras Ibi. <br />
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Moringa is one of those 'magic' foods and is rich with protein, calcium, vitamins, minerals and amino acids in much greater quantity than most plant foods. The leaves are cured, dried and ground to a fine powder that can be mixed with other foods. Ras Ibi will tour the group around the farm and explain all the lore about Moringa.<br />
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After lunch your take a light hike through the Nechisar National Park that surrounds the city. The park is over 500 square kilometres and home to herds of zebra, kudus, and haartebeests and lots of smaller animals<br />
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<i>Dinner & overnight - Paradise lodge, Arba Minch</i><br />
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<b>Day 10 - Arba Minch - Konso</b><br />
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After early morning yoga and breakfast, the group will drive about 2 hours to Konso. The 55 square kilometre Konso Cultural Landscape has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. <br />
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It constitutes a spectacular example of a living cultural tradition stretching back 21 generations (more than 400 years) adapted to its dry hostile environment. <br />
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The landscape includes stone walled terraces and fortified settlements that demonstrate the shared values, social cohesion and engineering knowledge of its communities.<br />
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<i>Dinner & overnight - Paradise lodge, Arba Minch</i><br />
<b>Day 11 - Arba Minch - Addis Ababa</b><br />
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After early morning yoga and breakfast, the group will drive back north to Addis Ababa.<br />
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The trip will take all day and will take a scenic route with a number of stops to view villages and the natural landscape.<br />
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In the morning we organize a showcase event at the schools where you presented the Yoga workshops. The families of the children will be invited, in addition to local media, newspapers and possibly television, for a little publicity. <br />
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The goal is to show Ethiopian society what the workshops were about and to demonstrate the relationships between local development and this type of participation from internationals such as your group. This will also help the development of our partner NGO, Dires.<br />
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If you have an early flight then arrangements will be made to take you to the airport in a timely fashion. Those of you not flying in the afternoon will go to a traditional restaurant for dinner and enjoy Ethiopian food, dance and music.<br />
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עם המדריכה מאיה שלומקה, מתרגלת אשטנגה יוגה ולומדת נטורופתיה במכון וינגייט. מאיה תעזור למשתתפים לשמור על כושר תוך כדי הרפתקה אתיופית עשירה. תכנית הכושר מתאימה לכל הרמות וכוללת שיעורי יוגה יומיים, סיורי אופניים קצרים וריצות אופציונליות עם רצים אתיופים ברמה אולימפית.</div>
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נפגוש מגוון רחב של דמויות מקומיות, נראה כמה מהנופים ואתרי חיות הבר המפורסמים של אתיופיה ונתמוך בהתפתחות הפיזית של בעלי מוגבלויות מקומיים. המשתתפים יסייעו למאיה לנהל קורס מבוא ליוגה בן שלושה מפגשים לקבוצה של חרשים/חרשות מקומיים דרך השותף האתיופי שלנו, <a href="http://www.direshouseofsport.com/">מכון דייר לספורט</a>, ובחלק מהתשלום שלכם נרכוש מזרוני יוגה שיישארו אצת המשתתפים.</div>
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הטיול מיועד לבעלי מצב בריאותי תקין. שיעורי היוגה היומיים מתאימים למתחילים ולמתקדמים ויותאמו לרמת הקבוצה.</div>
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שיחת היכרות לגבי תוכנית היוגה של הקבוצה והכנה לשיעורים שתעביר הקבוצה לבני הנוער המקומיים. <br />
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נפתח את היום בתרגול יוגה, על גג בית ההארחה או ביער שמאחוריו. היער משמש גם אתר אימונים פופולרי לרצים אתיופים.</div>
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אחרי ארוחת הבוקר יתקיים סיור אופניים עם רוכב מקצועי מקומי או ריצה עם רץ אתיופי התחרה ברמה הבין לאומית שיישמח לאמן אתכם ולהציג בפניכם את תרבות הריצה האתיופית. </div>
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בהמשך הבוקר נבקר במשרדים של מכון דייר לספורט, השותף המקומי שלנו. דייר הוא ארגון ללא מטרות רווח המפתח תכניות חברתיות וספורטיביות לאנשים עם מוגבלויות. כאן ייערך לנו טקס קפה מסורתי ותערך מצגת על פעילויות הארגון על ידי המנכ"ל, מר מולוגטה אסמלאש.</div>
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לאחר מכן נבקר במוזאון הלאומי ובו שרידיה של לוסי, מהאמהות הקדומות של האנושות ונשתה מהמיצים הסחוטים המעולים של העיר.</div>
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נתחיל את היום בתרגול יוגה בזריחה בהר אנטוטו, הנקודה הגבוהה באדיס אבבה עם נוף מרשים של העיר. אחרי ארוחת בוקר בפיקניק נבקר בכנסייה המפורסמת שעל ההר בהדרכת כומר מקומי.</div>
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לאחר מכן ניסע לבית הספר לחרשים לערוך את תרגול היוגה הראשון עם התלמידים. חברי הקבוצה יסייעו למאיה להכיר לתלמידים את אומנות היוגה. </div>
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ארוחת צהריים ב'מסעדת שפת הסימנים', שבה רוב המלצרים חרשים. לקבוצה תתלווה מתרגמת לשפת הסימנים שתסביר על המסעדה והמבנה שהיא מצויה בו. לאחר ארוחת הצהריים תערך במקום סדנאת מוזיקה וריקוד אתיופי.</div>
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ריקוד אתיופי הוא התעמלות מצוינת. אחד הפרויקטים של דייר הוא קבוצת מחול המורכבת מבעלי מוגבלויות, בהנחייתה של רקדנית מפורסמת נבתנתה קבוצה המופיעה לעתים קרובות בסביבות אדיס. ניפגש עם הרקדנים ונשמע את סיפוריהם. לאחר מכן הם ילמדו אותנו צעדי בסיס בריקוד האתיופי ויסבירו על המוזיקה המקומית. </div>
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לאחר הסדנא ניסע לספא ונהנה מסאונה ומקלחת טובה.<br />
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<i>לינה- בית הארחה Orange Lion</i></div>
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נפתח את היום בתרגול יוגה מוקדם. אחרי ארוחת הבוקר אימון אופציונלי בריצה או אופניים.</div>
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נמשיך לבית הספר לשיעור היוגה השני בסדרה.</div>
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אחרי ארוחת הצהריים נבקר במרקטו, השוק הגדול והפעיל באפריקה. אחד מבעלי החנויות יערוך לנו סיור בשוק ויכיר לנו רבים מחבריו הסוחרים. במהלך הסיור נערוך קניות לארוחת הערב שנבשל יחד לקבוצה יחד עם אורחים ממכון דייר ומאמני הריצה והאופניים.</div>
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אחר הצהריים – הכנה משותפת וארוחת ערב חגיגית. </div>
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אחרי תרגול יוגה וארוחת בוקר תעביר הקבוצה את השיעור השלישי והאחרון בבית הספר לחרשים.</div>
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לאחר מכן נצא מאדיס דרומה, נחלוף על פני אגמים ונופים הרריים בדרך לשאשאמנה. ארוחת הצהריים על חוף אגם לנגאנו תספק גם הזדמנות מצוינת לשחייה.</div>
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בסוף היום נגיע לשאשאמנה, מרכז הרסטפארים. הרסטפארים הם קבוצה רוחנית הסוגדת לקיסר לשעבר של אתיופיה, היילה סילאסי, כישות אלוהית. רסטפארים מכל העולם התיישבו בעיירה, שהיא הקהילה הרסטפארית הגדולה בעולם מחוץ לג'מאייקה. נפגוש כמה מחברי הקהילה שיציגו בפנינו את התנועה, הפילוסופיה והמנהגים שלהם. מוזיקאי בכיר בן המקום יערוך לנו הופעה אקוסטית.</div>
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היום נערוך שני תרגולי יוגה, אחד מוקדם בבוקר ונוסף בהמשך היום, ביער. אחרי ארוחת הבוקר נסייר ב'כפר הראסטה' ונבקר בניאבינגי, הקהילה הרסטפארית הותיקה והמסורתית ביותר באתיופיה. </div>
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אחרי שנהנה מארוחת צהריים קריבית (טבעונית) נמשיך לוונדו גנט, אזור נוף יפהפה סמוך לשאשאמנה. הקיסר היילה סילאסי נהג לבוא לכאן להתבודד בטבע.</div>
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נערוך תרגול יוגה ביער. היום יסתיים בטבילה מרעננת במעיינות חמים טבעיים.</div>
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מוקדם מאוד בבוקר נבקר בקהילת בובו שאנטי והמעוניינים יוכלו להצטרף לטקס הזריחה הרסטפארי ולקיים במקום את תרגול היוגה של הבוקר.</div>
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מכאן ניסע לאווסאנה, עיירה על חוף אגם באותו שם, הידוע כאחד האגמים היפים באתיופיה. ניסע בסירה לחפש היפופוטמים ותנינים.<br />
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נבקר בשוק הדגים הגדול באפריקה ובמקלט לקופים. בארוחת הצהריים תהיה אופציה לדגים טריים ובסוף היום נחזור לשאשאמנה. </div>
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בערב נרגע עם הקהילה הרסטפארית.</div>
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אחרי תרגול יוגה וארוחת בוקר נצא משאשאמנה וניסע 4-5 שעות לארבה מינץ', עיר בקצה הדרומי של אתיופיה. בדרך נעצור בנקודות נוף מרשימות. </div>
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אזור ארבה מינץ' ידוע בחיים השבטיים שלו. באזור חיים עשרות שבטים, שלכל אחד מהם שפה, תרבות ודת משלו. לפני שנגיע לעיר נבקר אצל שבט הדורזה הידוע באריגה שלו. נזכה למבט אמיתי בחיי הקהילה, נפגוש מקומיים, נבקר בסדנת אריגה ונהנה מהנופים היפהפיים באזור. </div>
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אחרי תרגול יוגה וארוחת בוקר נבקר בחוות מורינגה עם מדריך רסטפארי מקומי, ראס איבי.</div>
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מורינגה נחשבת למזון 'פלא' עשיר במיוחד בחלבון, סידן, ויטמינים, מינרלים וחומצות אמינו. העלים מיובשים ונטחנים לאבקה שניתן להוסיף למזון ומיצים. ראס איבי יערוך לנו סיור בחווה ויספר על המורינגה.</div>
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אחרי ארוחת הצהריים נסייר ברגל בפארק הלאומי נצ'יסר הסמוך. שטחו של הפארק מעל 500 קילומטרים רבועים וחיים בו עדרי זברות, קודו וחיות רבות נוספות.</div>
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האתר כולל טרסות אבן וכפרים מבוצרים המדגימים את הערכים המשותפים, הלכידות החברתית והידע ההנדסי של הקהילות המקומיות. </div>
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בבוקר נערוך מצגת בבתי הספר שבהם קיימנו סדנאות יוגה. יוזמנו משפחות הילדים ותקשורת מקומית.</div>
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המטרה היא להראות לחברה האתיופית את מהות המפגשים ולהדגים את היחס בין פיתוח מקומי להשתתפות בין לאומית כמו שלנו. כך נסייע גם לשותפים המקומיים שלנו במכון דייר. </div>
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משתתפים שייצאו בטיסת בוקר יוסעו לשדה התעופה, בעלי טיסות מאוחרות יותר יצאו לארוחת ערב במסעה מקומית בליווי מוזיקה וריקודים. </div>
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היוצאים בטיסת הערב יוסעו לשדה התעופה</div>
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