The 1st Australian Oromo Youth Forum successfully completed
Australian Oromo Community Association - May 4, 2008

The first Oromo Youth Forum held on April 27, 2008 in Melbourne successfully completed. The forum was attended by a good number of Oromo youth representatives, invited guests from Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Community Liaison officer, Multicultural Affairs.

The forum was marked by keynote speeches delivered by Prof. Jemal Abawajy and Mr. Tarekegn Chimdi. Prof. Abawajy informed the youth that they should be prepare to be future leaders. He stated that educational qualifications, in an increasingly professional society, to be an important part of defining them. He urged the youth to stay in school and through graphs and charts, Prof. Jemal showed how education and training increases their chances of getting better jobs in the future. Mr. Chimdi discussed the gross human rights violations and incalculable material destruction inflicted by the Ethiopian government against the Oromo people. He told the youth that, as we speak, many Oromo youth and elderly are being killed, forced to quite schools simply for being Oromo. Read More.