A teacher in our school has an Ethiopian child sponsored. His name is Amitaw. Amitaw wrote a letter, we read it in class.

We wrote him back.

Hi,

How are you? We’re 6th grade student from Arteagabeitia school in Barakaldo. Barakaldo is in the Basque Country, in the north of Spain. Our flag is called “ikurrina” and it’s red, green and white. Barakaldo is near the sea and in the summer we go to the beach. There are a lot of mountains too. The typical food is fish and it can be cooked in different ways. We like football and in Bilbao there is a big stadium “San Mames”. Other sports we play are “herri kirolak” typical Basque sports and rowing.

Ethiopia, is a country located in the horn of Africa. It’s the most populated nation in Africa. It’s capital is Addis Ababa.

It’s very hot. There isn’t a lot of water. Life in Ethiopia is very hard for many people.

The traditional dish consist of different vegetables with meat. They usually eat with their hands.

Then we looked for some information about Ethiopia. This is what we found.

The kissar is one of their traditional instruments.

In some areas women’s traditional clothes are called shemma.

Ethiopia is best known internationally for its middle-distance and long-distance  runners.