Announcements


  1. Cultural Treat on the occasion of the 18th Eritrean Independence Anniversary Celebration. Click on the link below for more details:
    Eritrean 18th Independence Anniversary celebration flyer


  2. Cultural Treat on the occasion of the 16th Eritrean Independence Anniversary Celebration. Click on the link below for more details:
    Eritrean 16th Independence Anniversary celebration flyer

  3. AEFM press release on EIT book drive. Please click the following link to open and read the press release ...
    EIT book drive press release

  4. Joe Asghedom , from Lansing, has been elected as the new president of AEFM by the general membership in a meeting held on February 18, 2007. According to the by-laws of the association Joe will be serving as President for two years term. Congratulations Joe!

  5. AEFM's former president, Dr. Eyassu Habte-Gabr, spent a month from mid November to mid December for a volunteer work at the Orotta School of Medicine and also to participate in other related activities. Click on the link below for his trip report, with lots of beautiful pictures attached ...
    Eyassu's volunteer work in Eritrea in Fall 2006

  6. The second AEFM News Bulletin presenting news articles of the activities in the second half of the year 2006 is released. Click on the link below to open and read it.
    AEFM News Bulletin 1-2

  7. The first AEFM News Bulletin released at the 2006 Eritrea's Independence Celebration in Flint, Michigan. Click on the link below to open and read it.
    AEFM News Bulletin 1-1

  8. AEFM invites you to come join us on Saturday, May 6, 2006 for this year's Celebration of Eritrea's Independence Anniversary. Meet all welcoming people with plenty of traditional food, music, and fun. The program will be held at the International Institute of Flint. Click on the link below to view a flier of the program.
    15th Independence celebration flyer

  9. The second major shipment of a large container full of books collected by AEFM for the EIT book project was shipped from the storage place in Flint on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 on its way to Eritrea for the Eritrean Institute of Technology (EIT). Click on the link below to see pictures of some of the volunteers working in the cataloging, packing and loading of the books. There are a lot more volunteers not captured in these pictures who tirelessly worked to make this project a success.
    Volunteers working on books
    More pictures ...

  10. AEFM and the Eritrean Community in Michigan invite you and your family for a picnic on Saturday, June 17, 2006 from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM at Lake Lansing South Park. Save this date and join us for lots of fun! Details, flyer and driving directions will follow...stay tuned!Click on the link below for details and directions to the lake.
    Picnic flyer and driving directions

    Saturday, June 17th from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM: At Lake Lansing South Park Address: Lake Lansing Park South (the same as past years). 1621 Pike Street Haslett, MI 48840.

  11. On Thursday, February 17 from 5-8 p.m. AEFM in collaboration with the University ofMichigan Flint, the International Institute of Flint and the FlintInstitute of Arts will host a lecture on "US and Africa - a Global Perspective", by Professor David Wiley of Michigan State University. This is part of the African American heritage month celebration. The program will also include display of African Artifacts and Tasting of African food. It will be heldat the International Institute of Flint. Click on the following link to view the program's poster: Understanding Africa.

  12. AEFM and the Eritrean Community in Michigan invite you and your family for a picnic on Saturday, Spetember 10, 2005 at Lake Lansing. Save this date and join us for lots of fun! Click on the link below for details and directions to the lake.
    Picnic flyer and driving directions

  13. All Eritreans and Friends of Eritreans are invited for the second college day fair organized by AEFM. The program will be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, December 3, 2005. Click on the link below for the details.
    2005 College Day Fair flyer

    Here is the address to the place where the program is to be held:

    Berkley Hills Wesleyan Church
    1670 Ball Ave., N.E.
    Grand Rapids, MI 49505

    Driving directions (for those going on I-96):
    -- From I-96, exit on Leonard St/Road (pass the I-196 branching off);
    -- Make a right on Leonard
    -- Pass Perkins (light) and then Plymouth;
    -- Then comes Ball Ave. and make a right there;
    -- After about 0.75 miles, you will see the church on your right.
    NOTE: if you go a steep down hill and find Knapps St., you have gone too far.

  14. College Day Planning for Students and Parents on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006

    COLLEGE GOAL SUNDAY - February 12, 2006 College Goal Sunday, now in its third year inMichigan, is part of a nationwide annual event wheremore than 200 Michigan Financial Aid Associationprofessionals and others volunteer to help familiescomplete their Free Application for Federal StudentAid (FAFSA). The event takes place from 2:00 PM - 4:00PM on February 12, 2006. There are 23 sites locatedthroughout the state (listed below). Students andfamilies may attend any site. You do not need toattend the site where you are planning to go toschool. For more information visit: www.MICollegeGoal.org

  15. Hurley Medical Center and The International Institute of Flint Present A Multi-Cultural Lunch & Learn SeriesFeaturing Eritrea, on Wednesday February 15, 2006. Dr. Eyassu Habte-Gabr, AEFM's president will be giving a seminar about Eritrea. The program starts at 11:30 a.m. and finishes at 1:00 p.m. It is free and open to the public. But the organizers appreciate those who would like to attend to give them a call at (810) 257-9885 and leave on the answering machine name and number of people who are coming, so that it helps them in planning.

    The location is:

    Hurley Medical Center
    Merliss Brown Auditorium
    Flint, MI

  16. Understanding Africa 2006.

    AEFM in collaboration with the University of Michigan, Flint and the International Institute of Flint is co-sponsoring a celebration of the annual African-American Heritage month on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the International Institute of Flint. There are lots of activities scheduled for the program, please click on the following link for details of the program: Understanding Africa 2006

  17. Opportunity to Help Send Books to Eritrea.

  18. May 14th, 2005 is when we will celebrate this year's Eritrea's Independence Day. It will be held at the International Institute of Flint. Click on the link below to view a flier for the program details.
    14th Independence celebration flyer