Debre Berhan, Ethiopia

Debre Berhan, Ethiopia

Other spellings, other names: Debra Berhan, Dabra Berhan, Debre Birhan

Province, region: Shoa

Location: @ 120 km NE of Addis Ababa on the main road to Dessie. The bus ride from Addis to DB took 5 hours. MORE

About the community:
In the '60s, Debre Berhan was a town of approximately 5,000. It was said that the population doubled each Saturday for "market day."

There were two secondary schools in the town — which account for the large number of Volunteers working there. The schools were Haile Mariam Mammo Secondary School and the Debre Berhan Teacher Training Institute.

Photos:

from Marian Haley Beil
- The school day begins at Haile Mariam Mammo Secondary School. Headmaster Ratniswami at left.
- Class 10C, Haile Mariam Mammo, 1962–63
- Ethiopian Coptic priests celebrating holiday.
- Tukels
- Chika (mixture of mud, dung and straw) houses with tin roofs.
- House where female Volunteers lived - 1962–64

NOTE: Every RPCV is invited to send to the webmaster information about the community, plus photos of the community, its people, and its PCVs. For photos, please include date taken and description.

Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Debre Berhan:

Kay E. Aylor	1962-64
Marian Haley Beil	1962-64
Gerald K. Bieler	1962-64
Kay E. Aylor Black	1962- 64
Camilla Chickering	1962-64
Raymond T. Donaldson	1962-64
J. Bruce Engle	1962-64
Frances Fisher	1962-64
Marian Haley	1962-64
Ron P. Kazarian	1962-64
Frances Fisher LaCroix	1962-64
Lynn C. Linman	1962-64
Mary Lou Linman	1962-64
Carol Miller	1962-63
Russell Misheloff	1962-64
Camilla Chickering Moore	1962-64
Rev. John Rex	1962-64
Carol Miller Reynolds	1962-63
Robert L. Savage	1962-64
Joseph H. Gulvas	1963-65
Joseph Wood	1963-65
Allan R. Brandhorst	1964-66
Rita Dianne Donnelly Brandhorst	1964-66
Alice Euler Czech	1964-66
Rita Dianne Donnelly	1964-66
Betty S. McLaughlin Hagberg	1964-66
Charles W. Johnson	1964-66
Patricia A. Johnson	1964-66
Betty S. McLaughlin	1964-66
Mary (Dusty) Quinn Penta	1964-66
E. David Seal, III	1964-66
Linda J. Scanlon Seal	1964-66
Joyce N. Bray Wyanski	1964–66
Michael Edward Glatte	1962-64, 1965-67
Lee Atkins	1966-68
Lee Atkins Desta	1966-68
Annette Dickinson	1966
Martha Ann Joyce	1966-68
Annette Old	1966
Joe Old	1966
Terese L. Condon	1967-68
Gerald R. Jones	1967-71, 1972
David Moonitz	1967-68
Terese Moonitz	1967-68
Michael W. Cupp	1968-70
Patricia S. Cupp	1968-70
Stevann J. Hoffman	1968-69
Thomas Allen Hoffman	1968-69
Otto H. Koester	1968-69
David P. Landes	1968-70
David Sleeter	1968-70
Mark W. Melrose, Ph.D	1972-73
Bruce C. Hoffman	1972-75
Warren Barrash	1973-74
Cavit McCormick	1973-74
Edward P. McCreanor	1995-97

If you served in this community and are not listed, please send your name and years of service to the webmaster.

For more about the PCVs check the alphabetical listing:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
and the training group listings.

Please note: All maps and borders are approximate; likewise, distances listed for location.

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