Growing Up In The Eritrean Community

Growing up in an Eritrean household has put a lot of obstacles in my life especially living in the U.S., but has also given me so many opportunities as well. Being able to learn about the culture and history of where I came from has truly been an amazing lesson to my life. Without the support and efforts of the Eritrean Dallas community, many of my fellow Eritreans and I would have not gotten the knowledge and skills that we have now. With my involvement in the Eritrean community, I have been able to learn and accomplish so much, but also has guided me to my future goals. The Eritrean community made it a priority to instill the values of their culture into their children. This goal for them to make sure that even though we did not live in

The Eritrean youth group called HIDRI was created and the accomplishments that have been made by this group continue to grow. HIDRI is an organization formed as a training ground to create strong, conscious, and patriotic youth that can play leadership roles in their respective communities- locally and abroad in Eritrea. Its mission is to educate young Eritreans about community organization, civic duty, and social responsibility. I have been an active member since I started high school and successfully ran for secretary my junior year. I am currently serving as the vice-president having been elected by alumni and current members. Since the organization is centered on bettering the community, I have earned over 300 community service hours throughout high school. Being a part of this organization has taught me that I love giving back to the community in whatever way I can. In order to be a health care professional you have to be willing to give up countless hours to help others and HIDRI has helped me realize

With the help of HIDRI, we as an organization have been able to work to get closer to our goal of an ECC to have an easier way of bringing the community all together. Without an ECC, we have had a hard time to find places to hold so many people for things such as Tigrinya and history lessons, dance practices for Eritrean Independence Day performances, and many more functions that we hold in the year. As an officer of HIDRI, this is my personal duty that I constantly have to deal with, which does come with some hassle, but with patience and dedication, I am able to make our situation work until the ECC is finished being