Ethiopia

Projects in Ethiopia

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Conservation of the Late 19th-Century Aba Jiffar Palace in Jimma

This project includes urgent structural interventions and training in the conservation of wooden buildings.

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Documentation and Grammatical Description of Komo

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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Documentation of Baskeet song, verbal art and ceremonial language

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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Placing the Dead and Nurturing the Living: Documentation of house- construction and terrace farming in Zargulla, an endangered Omotic language

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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Guraferdan Sheko: linguistic treasures of a forgotten dialect

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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Pilot project for Koegu, a highly endangered language of the Lower Omo Valley, Southwestern Ethiopia

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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Survey of Paintings in Rock-Hewn and Constructed Churches in Tigray, Ethiopia

The EHF, with local heritage bodies, aims to build a comprehensive database of painted churches, serving as a tool for their future monitoring, conservation and protection. A …

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Training Course for Tour Guides in Gheralta, Tigray

The EHF works with local communities, guides and tourist agencies to encourage sustainable tourism to Tigray’s painted churches. In subsidising rural economies, this plays a v…

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Wall Paintings of Tigray - Conservation Programme

In 2013, in collaboration with its Ethiopian partners and with the assistance of the Courtauld Institute, the EHF, carried out a survey of 9 painted churches in Tigray, Ethiop…

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