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August 5, 2012 Chicago; Los Angeles, August 6, 2012: The Awassa Children’s Project (ACP) and Faye Foundation (FF) have recently teamed up to work together in addressing the orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) crisis in southern Ethiopia! “With the prevalence of HIV/AIDS currently rising and the urgent need for life-saving anti-retroviral medication, organizations need to unify around finding sustainable solutions.” said Jamie Lynne Grumet, Founder, Chief Executive Officer of the Faye Foundation. Members of FF and ACP will visit the Children’s Center and other parts of southern Ethiopia in late August to examine areas where they can work together. “This partnership is exciting for several reasons,” said Paul Chadha, President of the Awassa Children’s Project, “together we can bring change to so many kids that need simple things like food and medicine.” The Fayye Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the orphan crisis in the Sidama region of Ethiopia

Abstract For the past years increases in population pressure, government policy and external influences have caused a consistent change in the land cover of the Lake Awassa catchment. The change has come about mainly due to deforestation as is the case in many other areas of Ethiopia. The effects of land cover changes have had an impact on the water balance of the catchment by changing the magnitude and pattern of runoff, peak flow and ground water levels. This study is mainly focused on the assessment of the hydrological response of the catchment in relation to the land cover data of 1965 and 1998 using a Geographic information system (GIS) integrated with the hydrologic modeling. The result of the remote sensing assessment on the land cover of the catchment indicated that natural vegetation decreased by 11,768 ha or 9.06 % between years 1995-1998. This was mainly due to the expansion of agriculture and urban area. Plantation expansion was 20,661 ha or 13.56 % and also urbanizati

ሐምሌ ፳፰ (ሀያ ስምንት) ቀን ፳፻፬ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና:-ባለፈው ማክሰኞ የክልሉ ፕሬዚዳንት የሆኑት አቶ ሽፈራው ሽጉጤ ከሲዳማ ዞን የተለያዩ ወረዳዎች የተውጣጡ የአገር ሽማግሌዎችን ሰብስበው “የሲዳማ ጥያቄ ፣ ወቅታዊ አለመሆኑንና አብዛኛውን ህዝብ የማይወክል መሆኑን” ተናገሩ በማለት ለማግባባት ሞክረው እንደከሸፈባቸው መዘገባችን ይታወሳል። ከኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቪዥንና ከሌሎች የመገናኛ ብዙሀን የተወከሉ ጋዜጠኞች በስፍራው ተገኝተው “የሲዳማ ጥያቄ  የጸረ ሰላም ሀይሎች ጥያቄ ነው” በማለት ይዘግባሉ ተብሎ ሲጠበቅ፣ ስብሰባው በውዝግብ ተደምድሟል። ይህን ተከትሎ ፕሬዚዳንቱ የዞኑን እና የወረዳዎችን ከፍተኛ ባለስልጣናት ትናንት ሰብስበው፣ ህዝቡን የማሳመን ስራ በበቂ ሁኔታ ባመለስራታችሁ ተጠያቂዎች ናቸው ብለው ሲናገሩ፣ የዞኑ አፈ ጉባኤ የሆኑት ሴት ” የህዝቡ ጥያቄ በህገመንግስት የተቀመጠ ጥያቄ ነው ይህንን በህገመንግስት የተቀመጠ መብት፣ አይገባህም ብለን ልናሳምን አቅሙም የለንም፣ አንችልምም፣ ይህ ጥያቄ እኮ የኔም ጥያቄ ነው።” በማለት መልሰዋል። የአፈ ጉባኤዋን መልስ ተከትሎ አብዛኛው የምክር ቤት አባላት ” እኛ ጥያቄው የህዝብ ነው፣ ከህዝብ ጋር የምንጣላበት ነገር አይኖርም ፣ ህዝቡን መብታችሁን አታስከብሩ በማለት አንቀሰቅም” በማለት በሀይለቃል መናገር በመጀመራቸው ስብሰባው ያለውጤት እንዲበተን ተደርጓል። ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ ሰሞኑን በዞኑ በርካታ ተነሱ የሚል ይዘት ያላቸው ወረቀቶች በብዛት እየተሰራጩ ነው። የዞኑ ባለስልጣናት እርስ በርስ መከፋፋላቸውን ጉዳዩን በቅርብ የሚከታተለው ዘጋቢያችን ገልጧል።

Fishing boats on the side of Lake Hawassa, Awassa in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Opening with a view of lake from a park next to the shoreline where fish is allowed to be landed, we move to the beach where about twenty 20' wooden rowing boats were landing their catch. People were taking the fish caught in the nets into the boat, the nets were carefully folded back onto the back of the boats, and the boatmen were selling the fish (a very fast transaction). Fish gutting took place while standing in the water (with the storks enjoying the guts), then taking the fish to a hall above the beach where they were filleted and the fillets skinned. Some fish were taken straight to the shops and deep-fried over wood fires for immediate consumption. Only two species appeared to be caught: tilapia in large numbers, and a few catfish. The size of the catch seems to be restricted firstly by the size of the nets, and all the tilapia appeared to be very similar in size, sugges

Lake Awassa lies to the west of Awassa town, approx. 275 km south of Addis Abeba, the capital of Ethiopia. The lake supplies Awassa with all its water, and supports a thriving local fishery. Many earn their living either through fishing or related tea and food businesses along the shore. More and more fishermen, though, nets with too small mesh, where already small fish gets caught, fish and other waste thrown back into the lake and soil erosion are leading to an increased environmental stress and ecological damage to the sea of which the local population is not yet cognizant of. ተጨማሪ ፎቶ ለማየት