Belete Worku
Belete Worku | |
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| NSA member | Ethiopia ???? - ???? |
| ABM | Africa ???? - ???? |
Ato Belete Worku is an Ethiopian Bahá’í who served as an Auxiliary Board member for Africa.
Background[edit]
Worku was serving as an Auxiliary Board member as of 1966 and attended that years National Convention for North East Africa,[1] and in 1967 he participated in a Bahá’í Intercontinental Conference for Africa held in Kampala, Uganda.[2]
In April 1969 he addressed the North East Africa Convention in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, speaking on aspects of teaching the Faith and the need for mutual encouragement,[3] and in June he participated in a twelve day gathering of Counselors and Board members for Central and East Africa held partially in Addis Ababa and partially in Nairobi, Kenya.[4] In October Worku and his wife accompanied Rúḥíyyih Khánum to a meeting with a daughter of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.[5]
In 1979 the National Spiritual Assembly of Ethiopia appointed Worku, who was no longer serving as Board member, to a delegation it tasked with presenting a Bahá’í inspired literacy teaching aid to the Ethiopian Minister of Education and United Nations officials in Ethiopia.[6] As of 1980 he was serving on the National Spiritual Assembly of Ethiopia as treasurer.[7] In November 1983 he represented the Bahá’í International Community at the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders held in Addis Ababa.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ Baha'i News (1967). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 438, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1967). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 441, Pg(s) 29. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1969). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 460, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1969). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 463, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 468, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1980). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 589, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (February 1981). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 599, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 31. View as PDF.
