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Before biogas came to the SOS Village in Hawassa, mums had to get up in the middle of the night just to cook breakfast. Photo from  http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/  It's easy to take fast energy for granted. But for mothers in many parts of the world, an unreliable power supply makes cooking the family meal a difficult business. For five years, the SOS Children's Village in Hawassa, Ethiopia, has been using home-produced biogas made with cow manure to take the stress out of cooking – giving SOS mothers time to help their children with homework instead! Read about their success and watch the video below ... “We really needed innovation,” says SOS mother Almas. By 2008, the Village had tried a number of energy sources and was getting desperate. Cylinder gas had proven too expensive, so the families switched to kerosene, but it smelt appalling and filled the house with smoke. In the end, they resorted to electric cookers, but a poor electricity supply meant cook

ፎቶ ከ http://www.ancorpiu.com/what-we-do/portfolio_photo/africa/tadelechs-bar?lang=en Javier Acebal  እንደጻፈው Boricha Woreda is located in Sidama Zone, in the Southern National and Nationalities Peoples’ Region (SNNPR). The livelihoods in Boricha are mixed farming that encompasses crop production and livestock rearing, and the major crops grow in the area according to its priority is maize, haricot bean, and root crop. Boricha is one of the most food insecure Woreda of Sidama Zone. In the focus group discussions carried out by GOAL Ethiopia, women commented that they ate meals around the other chores they have to carry out, and that they eat the leftover food from the husband and children. In some instances there are no leftovers. According to a nutrition survey carried out in Boricha, 71% of households gave priority to men at mealtimes, 17% to the elderly and 9% to children. Reasons given for this were initially cultural / traditional and as the husband is carrying out a lot o

This post was co-authored by Greg Randolph. When President Obama spoke to African leaders gathered in Ethiopia last year, he painted a new vision  for U.S. engagement in Africa. "Now we have an opportunity to unleash the next era of African growth together. As we work to renew AGOA in 2015 and continue integrating Africa into the global economy, we also want to make sure that the benefits of Africa's growth reach all parts of the society." The African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA -- the U.S. trade preference program granting special duty-free access for  38 African nations  -- has helped fuel high levels of growth on the continent. But this economic growth has not translated into broad-based economic opportunity for a majority of African people. As the administration seeks renewal for AGOA in 2015, the trade accord must be updated to ensure that growth is creating high-quality employment. Since its inception in 2000, U.S. imports under AGOA have increased

ኖሞናኖቶ ሾው፦ በመጪው እሁድ እንደ ሲዳማ ሰዓት ኣቆጣጠር ከምሽቱ 2 ሰዓት ተኩል ጀምሮ ለ30 ደቂቃ በሲዳማ ወቅታዊ ጉዳዮች፤ በቦርቻ ወረዳ የንጽህ ውሃ ችግር  እና በሲዳማ ዞን ባለው የኢንቨስትመንት ስራ እንቅስቃሴ ላይ ይወያያል፤ በ http://www.spreaker.com/user/kashilichu ላይ ይከታተሉን!

በሲዳማ ዞን ውስጥ በከፍተኛ የውሃ እጥረት የምታወቀው የቦርቻ ወረዳ ነዋሪዎች ለዘመናት የሚያነሱት የውሃ ጥያቄ እስከኣሁን ከምመለከተው ኣካል ኣጥጋቢ ምላሻ ማግኘት ኣልቻለም። በወረዳው ውስጥ መንግስታዊ እና መንግስታዊ ያልሆኑ ድርጅቶች የንጽህ ውሃ ለወረዳው ህዝብ መስራታቸውን በተደጋጋሚ ቢገልጹም፤ የወረዳው የንጽህውሃ ሽፋን ከ 19% ኣይበልጥም። ሪፖርተራችን ጥቻ ወራና ከወረዳ የላከልን ዘገባ እንደምያመለክተው፤ በቦርቻ ወረዳ ውስጥ ያለውን ከፍተኛ የውሃ እጥረት ችግር ለመፍታት በቀዳሚነት ተሰፋ የተጣለበት የኣዋዳ _ ቦርቻ ፕሮጄክት ሲሆን፤ የዚህ ፕሮጄክት ስራ ከተጀመረ ዘንድሮ ኣምስተኛ ኣመቱን ይዟል። እስከ ኣሁን ድረስ ባለው የሰራ ህደት ወደ 120 ሚሊዮን ብር ወጪ የተደረገ ሲሆን የፕሮጄክቱ የመጀመሪያው ፈዝ የውሃ ማመንጨት መጀመሩ ታውቋል። የውሃ ፕሮጄክቱ ሙሉ በሙሉ ሲጠናቀቅ 39  ቀበሌያት ያሉትን የቦርቻን ወረዳ ጨምሮ በኣባያ ሎካ ወረዳ ውስጥ ባሉ ቀበሌያት ያለው የውሃ ችግር ይቀርፋል ተብሎ ይጠበቃል። በቦርቻ ወረዳ የከርሰምድር ውሃ እጥረት መኖሩ ውሃን ከኣዋዳ ለማምጣት እንዳስገደደ የሚነገር ቢሆንም፤ በወረዳው ውስጥ ውሃ ኣለ ተብሎ በጥናት በተረጋገጠባቸው ኣካባቢዎች የውሃ የማውጣት ፕሮጄክቶች እየተካሄዱ መሆናቸውን ለማወቅ ተችሏል። እንደጥቻ ወራና ዘጋባ በወረዳው እየተካሄዱ ያሉት እነዚህ ወደ ኣምስት የምቆጠሩ የውሃ ፕሮጄክቶች ሲጠናቀቁ የወረዳውን የንጽህ ውሃ ሽፋን ወደ 25 % ያደረሳሉ ተብሎ ይጠበቃል። የሆነ ሆኖ በወረዳው ውስጥ በመካሄድ ላይ ያሉት እነዚህ የውሃ ፕሮጄክቶች ከመጠን በላይ የዘገዩ እና የተለያዩ ችግሮች ያሉባቸው መሆናቸው ታውቋል። ለኣብነትም ያህል፦ የኣዋዳ ቦርቻ የንጽህ ውሃ ፕሮጄክት ከምገባው በላይ ከመ