Worancha ወራንቻ

በሲዳማ ቡና ስያሜ ላይ SPRUDGE COFFEE NEWS & CULTURE  ለተነሳው ክርክር የተሰጠ ምርጥ ምላሽ፦ Our favorite name in coffee commentary, Wondwossen Mezlekia, has recently weighed in with a fascinating contribution over on the Coffeed forums. Noted coffee gadabout Nick Cho posed a simple question: ''Sidamo or Sidama?'' የምንጭ ኮፊድ ዶትኮም When I shop, I ask for a bag of "Sidamo coffee" because that is how it is branded, notwithstanding the ongoing debate over the political history of the names. I recently read about the history behind the two terms and the complexity of the issue. The political side of this question is discussed here:  http://www.sidamaconcern.com/news2007/0810071.htm My understanding has always been that "Sidamo" is the name of the region inhabited by the Sidama people. Further, I used to think that "Sidamo coffee" was named after the region where it is grown much like Harar coffee, Yirgacheffe coffee. Apparently, this is not the case, a

Background Combining various aspects of child feeding into an age-specific summary index provides a first answer to the question of how best to deal with recommended feeding practices in the context of HIV pandemic. The objective of this study is to assess feeding practices of HIV exposed infants using summary index and its association with nutritional status in Southern Ethiopia. Methods Facility based cross-sectional study design with cluster random sampling technique was conducted in Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Bivariate and multivariable linear regression analyses were performed to assess the association between summary index (infant and child feeding index) (CS-ICFI) and nutritional status. Results The mean (±standard deviation (SD)) cross-sectional infant and child feeding index (CS-ICFI) score of infants was 9.09 (±2.59), [95% CI: 8.69-9.49]). Thirty seven percent (36.6%) of HIV exposed infants fell in the high CS-ICFI category while 31.4% of them were found

የሃዋሳ መምራን ትምህርት ኮሌጅ ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ በሲዳማ ኣፎ ያሰለጠናቸውን መምህራን ኣስመረቀ ሰሞኑን  ኣስመርቋል። ዝርዝር ዜናው የኢዜኣ   ነው የሃዋሳ መምህራን ትምህርት ኮሌጅ ከ1ሺህ 300 በላይ ተማሪዎችን አስመረቀ ሀዋሳ ሰኔ 29/2006 የትምህርት ጥራት ለማስጠበቅ የለውጥ አንቀሳቃሽ በመሆን የሚጠበቅባቸውን ሁሉ ለማድረግ መዘጋጀታቸውን የሃዋሳ መምህራን ትምህርት ኮሌጅ አንዳንድ ተመራቂ ተማሪዎች ገለጹ፡፡ ኮሌጁ ከ1ሺህ 300 በላይ ተማሪዎችን በመምህርነት ሙያ አሰልጥኖ ትናንት አስመረቋል፡፡ ከተመራቂ ተማሪዎች መካከል መሃመድ ሳኒ፣ ጥበቡ እንግዳና ዳዊት ዳንኤል እንዳሉት መምህርነት ከራስ ይልቅ ለሌላው መኖርን የሚጠይቅ ክቡር ሙያ ነው፡፡ በመሆኑም የለውጥ አንቀሳቃሽ በመሆን ብቁና ተወዳዳሪ ዜጋ ለማፍራት የሚጠበቅባቸው ሁሉ ለመወጣት ዝግጁ መሆናቸውን ተናግረዋል፡፡ ህፃናት ከመጀመሪያ የትምህርት ደረጃ ጀምሮ ባሉ ሁሉም የትምህርት እርከኖች በእውቀት፣ በአመለካከትና በስነ ምግባር ታንፀው እንዲወጡ የማድረግ ስራ ላይ ልዩ ትኩረት ሰጥተው እንደሚሰሩ ገልፀዋል፡፡ በትምህርት ተቋም ያገኙትን እውቀት በተግባር ላይ በማዋል የትምህርት ጥራት ለማስጠበቅ የተጀመሩ ስራዎች ከዳር ለማድረስ ጠንክረው እንደሚሰሩ ተናግረዋል፡፡ የሃዋሳ መምህራን ኮሌጅ ዲን አቶ አበራ አርጎ ኮሌጁ ለ16ኛ ጊዜ በመምህርነት ሙያ አስልጥኖ ያስመረቃቸው ከ1ሺህ 300 በላይ ተማሪዎች በመደበኛ፣ በማታና በክረምት ፕሮግራም ለሶስት ዓመታት በዲፕሎማና በትምህርት አስተዳደር የመጀመሪያ ዲግሪ መሆኑን አስረድተዋል፡፡ ኮሌጁ የዘንድሮን ተመራቂዎች ጨምሮ ባለፉት 16 ዓመታት በተለያዩ የዲፕሎማ መርሀ ግብር 30ሺህ 244 መምህራንን አሰልጥኖ በማውጣት  ለክልሉ የትምህርት ልማት አስተ

Fair Trade, a certification system aimed at improving working conditions for some of the world’s poorest farmers, has recently come under fire. BERNARD WEIL / TORONTO STAR  Order this photo David Pritchard and Madeleine Pengelley, co-owners of Birds and Beans cafe, support the Fair Trade movement and buy beans with the designation despite the fact that the Fair Trade symbol has come under fire recently. By:   Michele Henry   Staff reporter,   Published on Fri Jul 04 2014 When David Pritchard runs out of Fair Trade coffee beans he’ll do what he always does: Order more. The coffee roaster and co-owner of  Birds & Beans café  in Mimico, pays a premium for beans that come with the newly-controversial designation. “I think it does a lot of good,” he says, of the Fair Trade system. “It’s a work in progress — but a worthy one.” Fair Trade, a certification system aimed at improving working conditions for some of the world’s poorest farmers, has recently com

By Elise Dufief International democracy promotion is challenged by the global retreat of democracy. The case of Ethiopia demonstrates how political space can be narrowed, a hegemonic regime strengthened, and election observer missions constricted in their capacity to influence outcomes. Election monitoring can deepen the contradictions between regime practices and democratic objectives. * Why does the Ethiopian government regularly organize elections and invite election observers only to reject their findings? How did the governing party come close to losing the 2005 election yet triumph in 2010 with 99.6% of the vote? Why do international actors such as the EU Observer Mission continue to participate in these processes where their credibility is likely to be tarnished? Such questions must be answered about the manipulation of democracy promotion instruments by a non-democratic regime. Continue reading  →