HELP US BUILD A CENTER FOR CIRCUS IN ETHIOPIA
Showcase and Celebrate Ethiopian Culture
Provide training and employment opportunities for the youth of Ethiopia
Highlight Ethiopia’s extraordinary circus artists
Entoto Park is a stunning cultural precinct in a large national park within easy access of the capital, Addis Ababa.
The Circus Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has pre-approval for a circus village within Entoto which will feature a 500 seat performance venue based on a unique design concept which merges traditional Ethiopian architecture with the classic European cabaret venues known as Spiegeltents. It will also house a community training center, a place where School children will be offered free workshops.
This enterprise will be a critical first step to providing an ongoing source of income and funding for the initial set up of the Circus Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
It will continue long term as an adjunct facility, providing additional employment for the young people involved.
Our inspiration and the driving force behind the Circus Center is Sosina Wogayehu, one of Ethiopia’s greatest circus expatriates
Sosina Wogayehu
A message from the director
Circus provides great opportunities for the youth of Ethiopia.
1t protects young people from being on the street and vulnerable to substance abuse.
It will keep young people healthy. It teaches discipline.It creates jobs. It supports many to further education and training, and when circus artists are contracted abroad, they are able to help their younger sisters and brothers to attend better schools. They support their family, community and the country. They build self-esteem, learn a language and travel the world and...
