Following the very interesting and successfully August Monthly Meeting on this topic a spontaneous collection was taken from those attending and over £300 was raised to help fund the projects being run in Ethiopia.  We have had a letter of appreciation from the speaker and his wife who have established the developments in health, education and water provision which we heard about in the talk.  There is a weblink provided here for anyone who may wish to find out more  http://www.lalibela.org.uk  this is a combination of small charities our speaker reports under the Norman and Carole heading.