Kids playing in Meskel Square

Olympic gold medalist Haile Gebrselassie

Desalin as a young boy in Ethiopia

Millennium night celebrations

The Great Ethiopian Millennium Run

Desalin praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

Traditional dancing millennium eve

The Great Ethiopian Millennium Run

Desalin's father, mother and youngest sister

Ethiopian musicians

Girma Wolde-Giorgis President of Ethiopia

Desalin visiting his childhood village

Millennium eve celebrations

Reggae musician Luciano

Desalin reliving his youth