The Public Relations Department of the Amhara Development Association (ADA), Jeddah, organized a meeting last week to pay condolence to late Beeshir Ali Seed, who was the founder and secretary of the AMA. The ADA is an organization that works for the welfare of and developmental activities regarding the Amhara ethnic community of Ethiopia. Seed passed away on Oct. 23, 2009 at the age of 42 in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. He was suffering from a protracted disease, and was being treated at an Addis Ababa hospital. Several people attended the condolence meeting held by the association, which expressed its “heartfelt sympathy and condolence to the bereaved family” of Seed, as also to those who closely worked with him since the inception of the ADA.“Mr. Besheer Ali was a living legend in the Association. He was a prominent person, who organized and was active in all activities of the association,” said Bashir Ibrahim Saleh, chairman, ADA. According to Bashir, the Association, which has currently 2,000 members in Jeddah, “imparts education mainly in computer science to its Amhara members, besides taking care of the Amhara orphans.”
