Thank You

   Over ten years so many people have assisted One Love that we only have room to thank a few. Without the continuing
support of Blue Man Group in Chicago One Love Theater would not be in existence. Our mothers, Sunnait Bekele and Aster Dabels who took us in when
we were children, who fed us and paid our school tuition, deserve our eternal gratitude. Thanks to SOS Enfants Ethiopies for their initial support and to Sesame Mengistu and the City of Awassa for getting land for the Debub Nigat Vocational Training and Circus Center. Thanks to Hermann Hunzinger, Solomon Mengistab, Berreket & David Schein for their work with Aster to establish the Awassa Children's Center (ACC) which was our first home. Thanks to the citizens of Beverüngen Germany whose donations built the first buildings at ACC. Big thanks to   Girma Melesse of the Children's Center for managing our Circus and putting up with our adolescence as we grewup. Thanks to Zenache and Kevin at Ras Dashen Restaurant for holding our first fund-raisers and to Zeleke at the Wild Hare Reggae Club for hosting subsequent events, to John McKay for taking us to the next step and to the McKay Family for all their support.Thanks to the founders of the Awassa Children's Project in Chicago, the   Viets-Van Lear family, Monika Neuland,  Alan Kimrey, Tom Jansson, Amanda and Nina Lichtenstein, Fasika Alem and John Lefan. Very special thanks to
Laurie Viets & Don Levine. Thanks to the SF Dance Coalition, Charlie Rizzo & Skyline Studios,  Kris Lefan, Paul Chadha & Ada Dolph, David Howard, & Tim Connelley, for support over the years. Thanks to the UNHCR  and the   American Embassy-Ethiopia for touring grants, to Rebecca Pohlad & Dudley Rood, Anne Lurie, Whoopi Goldberg, Lou
Boxer & Noircom, Nisbet & Carol, Dana Block & Aurora Schein. Thanks to Renée Rosensteel   for fabulous photos, &
to Ymer Erku at the Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago for your support. Danke to   Circesteemfor their
  benefit performances over the years. Merci - Chuck Meese, Anna Blackmer and Summer Brenner. Huge thanks to Viviane
  Clement, Ben Sota, Alex Jewel, and other volunteers who came to Ethiiopia to lend
  a hand. Special thanks to   AIKI EXTENSIONS.