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COFFEE MEETS WATER IS a new campaign organized by Good Neighbors, an international humanitarian organization to fix broken water wells in Sidama . Photo from Goodneighbors To read more:  http://blog.goodneighbors.org/our-new-campaign-coffee-meets-water/

Nowadays, sexuality at most government universities is widely discussed in the public domain though this subject is taboo in the Ethiopian psyche. It is viewed taboo in most Ethiopian cultures. Sexuality is not discussed in public. It is widely believed that open discussion of sexuality with children within families will arouse their sexual drive. In most instances, the issue of sexuality are hidden. Accordingly, children particularly girls may grow up without the proper understanding of the subject. As a result of such traditional beliefs and sexual disorientation, perhaps not all sexual assaults, harassment, and intimidation which girls and women undergo are revealed. Relatively, rural women and girls are more vulnerable to this peril. In contrast to rural women and girls, girls who are born and grown up in cities and towns are in a better position to know more about sexuality. They can have good exposures of the subject from multiple sources: from family background, student cl

አዲስ አበባ መስከረም 15/2007 ኢትዮጵያ ካሏት ቅርሶች መካከል በተያዘው ዓመት አንዱን በመንግሥታቱ ድርጅት የትምህርት፣ የሳይንስና የባልህ ድርጅት (ዩኔስኮ) በቅርስነት እንደምታስመዘግብ የቅርሥ ጥናትና ጥበቃ ባለሥልጣን አስታወቀ። የባለሥልጣኑ የባህላዊ ቅርስ ጥናትና ምርምር ዳይሬክተር አቶ ደሳለኝ አበባው ለኢዜአ እንዳስታወቁት አገሪቷ በድርጅቱ በጊዚያዊነት ካስመዘገበቻቸው አራት ቅርሶች መካከል አንዱን በዚህ ዓመት በቋሚነት ለማስመዝገብ እየተንቀሳቀሰች ነው። ዩኔስኮ በጊዚያዊነት ከመዘገባቸው መካከል የመልካ ቁንጡሬና የባጭልት የቅሪት አካል አካባቢዎች፣ የጌዲኦ ባህላዊና ተፈጥሯዊ መልከአ ምድር እንዲሁም የሶፍ ዑመር ዋሻና የድሬ ሼክ ሁሴን መንፈሳዊ፣ ባህላዊና ታሪካዊ ቅርሶች እንደሚገኙበት ገልጸዋል። ድርጅቱ ከየአገራቱ በየዓመቱ አንዳንድ ቅርሶች እንዲመዘገቡ በሚፈቅደው መሰረት ኢትዮጵያ ከእነዚህ አራት በጊዚያዊነት ከተመዘገቡት ቅርሶች አንዱን በተያዘው ዓመት ታስመዘግባለች ብለዋል። በቅርስነት ይመዘገባሉ ከሚጠበቁት ቅርሶች አንዱ የሆነው በላይኛው የአዋሽ ሸለቆ የሚገኘው የመልካ ቁንጡሬ ከግማኝ ክፍለ ዘመን በላይ የቅሪተ አካል ምርምርና ጥናት የተካሄደበት አካባቢ ነው። በአካባቢው ከ80 በላይ የቅሪተ አካል ንብርብሮች የተገኙ ሲሆን 30 ያህሉም በቁፋሮ መውጣት የቻሉ እንደሆነ ዳይሬክተሩ ገልጸዋል። በአካባቢው የሆሞ ኢሬክተስን ጨምሮ በአሥር ሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ የድንጋይ ቁሳቁሶች፣ የሰውና የእንስሳት ቅሪት አካላት በቁፋሮ የተገኙበት እንደሆነም ተናግረዋል። ከእነዚህ ቅርሶች በተጨማሪ ሦስት የማይዳሰሱ ቅርሶች በዩኔስኮ ጊዜያዊ መዝገብ ላይ በቅርስነት እንዲሰፈሩ ውሳኔ ይተላለፋል ተብሎ እንደሚጠበቅ አቶ ደሳለኝ አመልክተዋል። በማይዳሰስ ቅርስነ

Adding butter to coffee isn’t a recent invention, it appears I’m sure that you have heard about  Bulletproof® Coffee , the drink that really isn’t a drink but is one part of a wider ‘lifestyle’ brand that promotes weight loss and increased cognitive functions. As the story goes, Dave Asprey, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, learned about the “power of butter” in hot drinks when climbing Mount Kailash in Tibet and was given a cup of yak butter tea. We imagine at this moment that the discovery was played out in a comical cartoon fashion that featured lots of cogs whirring before he ran out into the snow shouting ‘Eureka!’ As he explains: “[I] was literally rejuvenated…This bio-hacker in me asked, ‘why?’” Well, he apparently found the ‘why?’ out and released his product after some time spent tinkering. But he may have been beaten by a few hundred years, as  Susan Wong  explains for Kenya’s Capital FM. The writer says that the trend of adding butter to coffee has been practi

By Keffyalew Gebremedhin A former colleague from my previous life, who still runs strong, recently called me to share nail-biting occurrence that he learned about in his office. It was regarding an invitation extended to a renowned Ethiopian expert in Addis Abeba to participate in an international forum on video/Skype, in tandem with other experts from other regions of the world. The organization was inviting the Ethiopian because of his expertise so that he could share his insight in the light of Ethiopia’s experiences in poverty reduction and growth and development; it boils down whether, after all, poverty is defeated or still remains daunting and, if so, the problem has its origin in vision, policies, institutions or politics. The expert’s brief response, I was told, was “heartrending.” His letter thanked the inviting agency for the honor it has bestowed on him. But he simply said he could not be a part of that important undertaking for three reasons: a.   Where he li