The Fikadeña’s
The Fikadeña’s By T. S. Sellout --- Haile Fikadeña is a father of four and husband to the very accomplished Lucy Fikadeña. Lucy Fikadeña is actually Lucy Endeshaw, but accepted the family name in order to integrate into American lifestyle. The Fikadenya’s came to the United States of America from Ethiopia as voluntaries. Voluntaries like the Fikadeña’s live in small, rural towns in New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Massachusetts. Other parts of the U.S. are too dangerous for voluntaries. Some taught social studies, biology, and ethics at middle and high school. Some were given finance and engineering apprenticeships at Fortune 500 companies, in which they would telecommute 70-80 hours a week. Salam Gwad, the organization, sends the entire family with the voluntary. These rural townspeople usually have never lived near a black family before, so it is very exciting for them. At Deerfield Preparatory School in New Hampshire, there was only one section of social studies. Lu...
