My 10 months living in Awassa, Ethiopia as a VSO volunteer was an unforgettable insight into a fascinating and proud nation. This talk will look at one of the most amazing weeks of my life when I travelled across the country with a children's circus to perform for the 16,000 people of Sherkole Refugee Camp. It should be a relaxed and, hopefully, engaging chat about my time in the country, in particular the intense emotions of arriving in a refugee camp the day after their leaders signed a peace accord that meant for the first time in over 10 years they could start thinking about returning to their homeland.

All welcome. Free entry, voluntary donation towards the cost of the hall greatly appreciated. Wednesday 29th March 6:30pm.

Diarmaid McDonald