Gareth and Vivienne Nutt have been fund-raising over the past couple of years to do a Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) placement.

They are in Aksum, Northern Ethiopia, where Gareth is working at the university to improve the standard of teaching. Vivienne is doing some work in general English improvement.

They have both been busy writing some stories and blogs about their stay in Ethiopia describing their experiences, the colours and aromas.

Ross Gazette readers might be interested in reading their musings. If so please visit http://gandvinethiopia.blogspot.com">http://gandvinethiopia.blogspot.com. They will be updating it regularly.