Dire Dawa American Corner

📢 Program Update Announcement Dear Summer Camp Participants, Please be informed that today afternoon’s Full Stack Web Development with AI program has been postponed. Thank you for your understanding and continued enthusiasm.

🚀 Create with AI in One Day! Turn your ideas into posts, essays, messages, and eye-catching visuals using practical AI tools. 📅 August 8, 2026 ⏰ 3:00 LT Morning 📍 Dire Dawa American Corner 👩‍🎓 Students | 🎓 Graduates | 💼 Employees ✅ No experience needed 📱 Bring your phone 🆓 Free to attend 🤝 Hands-on session Create. Design. Impact. — Join us! 🚀

Freedom 250 National Finale & Closing Ceremony 📚 Are you an educator, artist, or English language enthusiast? The U.S. Exchange Alumni Association of Ethiopia, in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, invites you to join us on August 11, 2026, at 1:00 PM. If you’ve never attended an Embassy event before, we especially want to hear from you! Join us for an afternoon of live art, student-led presentations, networking, and creative dialogue. 🔗 Apply here: https://forms.gle/72WRHpxT9Ry4nXXZ9 Access to the Satchmo Center is by membership only, please register at https://jazzio.land/register . Screenshot your QR code and present it along with your ID.

Dear English Club participants: Join us on at the Dire Dawa American Corner at 3:00pm (9:00 LT) on Saturday, August 1, to receive your English Club certificate! 🇺🇸 We are delighted to welcome Adrienne B. Nutzman, Counselor for Public Diplomacy from the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, who will make a special appearance to present the certificates. Get ready to celebrate your hard work, commitment, and achievements!

Dear English Club participants: Join us on at the Dire Dawa American Corner at 3:00pm (9:00 LT) on Saturday, August 1, to receive your English Club certificate! 🇺🇸 We are delighted to welcome Adrienne B. Nutzman, Counselor for Public Diplomacy from the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, who will make a special appearance to present the certificates. Get ready to celebrate your hard work, commitment, and achievements!

🚀 DISCOVER YOUR CAREER IN SPACE! 🌌 Are you fascinated by the universe and curious about how to build a career in space science, technology, and exploration? Join us for an inspiring Panel Discussion featuring world-renowned space leaders and pioneers! 🎙 Meet Our Featured Panelists: Pamela Ann Melroy: Former Astronaut & Former Deputy Administrator of NASA Yeshurun Alemayehu, Ph.D.: Deputy Director General, Space Science and Geospatial Institute (SSGI) 🎤 Moderated by: Kirubel Menberu: Managing Director, Ethiopian Space Science Society (ESSS) Whether you are a student, young professional, or STEM enthusiast, this is your chance to gain firsthand insights from experts shaping the future of aerospace, robotics, and space exploration—both globally and here in Ethiopia. 📅 Date: Thursday, July 30, 2026 ⏰ Time: 2:30 PM – 4:05 PM 🔗 Register Here: https://forms.gle/J8spyiyCXRdG4u549

🎉 A massive congratulations to the Dire Dawa American Corner students on this phenomenal achievement!

Our session on GenAI happened today as part of Digital Future for Dire Dawa Project. The session is led by our volunteer Mastercard scholar Beza Hailu.

Important Announcement: Saturday and Monday Programs Postponed Please note that all programs scheduled for Saturday, July 25th and Monday, July 27th at the Dire Dawa American Corner are postponed. This includes all regular and special camp sessions (AI, Microcontroller, Robotics, and Scratch).

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📢 Announcement: Apply for Your English Language Course Certificate! To all students of the Regular English Language Session with Melissa Harr: If you have successfully attended 70% or more of the classes, you are now eligible to apply for your official certificate! How to apply: Fill out the short certificate request form. https://forms.gle/mpyNHvWEdJGWbfNL9 📅 Deadline to apply: [Insert Date, e.g., Monday, July 20 Don't miss out on getting official recognition for your hard work and dedication. Congratulations to all who qualified!

Session 2: Prompt Mastery is coming up. Last session we covered AI fundamentals. This time it's all about prompting: how to actually get good, useful results instead of vague or generic answers. We'll go through how to write clear prompts, use context and examples to guide the AI better, and test/refine your prompts until they actually work. You'll also build your own set of go-to prompt templates you can reuse for school, work, or personal projects. Trainer: Kaleab Haile Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026 Time: 3:00 to 6:00 (Ethiopian time) / 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Venue: Dire Dawa American Corner Open to students, professionals, entrepreneurs, or anyone who wants to get better at working with AI.

Digital Future for Dire Dawa project session one kicked off with one of the project component Digital Literacy. We would like to appreciate Kaleab for the incredible delivery.