Worancha ወራንቻ

ከ ሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ ‹‹አዲስ አበባ ገብተው እንደነበር አላውቅም››  አቶ ሽመልስ ከማል ከኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት ጋር የተቋረጠውን ድርድር ለማስጀመር መጋቢት 9 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም.  አዲስ አበባ እንደገባ የሚገልጸው በቀድሞው የኦሮሞ ነፃነት ግንባር (ኦነግ) ሊቀመንበር የሚመራው፣ የአሁኑ የኦሮሞ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር (ኦዴግ) ልዑካን ቡድን ከመንግሥት ወገን የሚያነጋግረው በማጣቱ ወደ ካናዳ መመለሱን ገለጸ፡፡ የኦዴግ ሥራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴ መጋቢት 15 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም. ባወጣው መግለጫ እንዳስታወቀው፣ ከመንግሥትና ከገዥው ፓርቲ ኃላፊዎች ጋር በስልክ ከመነጋገር ባለፈ በአካል መገናኘት ባለመቻሉ ማዘኑን ገልጿል፡፡ ነገር ግን ወደ ተነሳበት ሰላማዊ የፖለቲካ ትግል ከመጓዝ ተስፋ እንደማያስቆርጠው አስገንዝቧል፡፡  በተለያዩ የማኅበራዊ ድረ ገጾችና የተለያዩ ጦማሮች መንግሥት አቶ ሌንጮ ለታንና የልዑካን ቡድኑን አባላት ከቦሌ ዓለም አቀፍ ኤርፖርት እንደመለሳቸው ሲናፈስ ነበር፡፡ ይሁን እንጂ ግንባሩ ባወጣው መግለጫ ከፍተኛ የልዑካን ቡድኑ አዲስ አበባ ከገባ በኋላ፣ በአዲስ አበባ ቆይታው ከመንግሥት ኃላፊዎች ጋር በአካል መገናኘት ባለመቻሉ መጋቢት 15 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም. ወደ ካናዳ መመለሱን ገልጿል፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት ከኦዴግ ጋር እንዲደራደር ለማሳመን ለሁለት ዓመት ግንባሩ ከውጭ በመሆን ጥረት ሲደረግ መቆየቱን፣ በስተመጨረሻም በግንባሩ ውሳኔ ፕሬዚዳንቱ አቶ ሌንጮ ለታ የሚመሩት የልዑካን ቡድን ወደ አዲስ አበባ እንዲጓዝ መደረጉን ይገልጻል፡፡ ኦዴግ ከተመሠረተበት ጊዜ አንስቶ ሰላማዊ የፖለቲካ ትግል በማድረግ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ መብትና ነፃነት የማስከበር፣ እንዲሁም ለመላው የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ዴሞክራሲና ብልፅግናን ለማቀዳጀት እንደሚሠራ አስታውቋል፡፡ 

A unique project is improving nutrition and incomes through better farming practices The Asemo family has seen improvements in their diet and income following the introduction of chickpeas.  Photo:  Laura Rance Source: manitobacooperator.ca A little yellow seed is sprouting big changes for farming families here in the Great Rift Valley, within reach of the Hawassa University extension services. Chickpeas grown as a double crop after maize are boosting families’ nutrition, providing extra income and helping improve the soils. Farmers here have traditionally grown one crop of maize, tef and sometimes haricot beans per year on their plots, which are often one hectare or less, with hopes of harvesting enough of these staples to keep the family fed. But researchers and extension agronomists have been working with families since 2010 to add a double crop of chickpeas to the mix. The chickpeas are sown in August right after the maize is harvested. Hawassa University soil s

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Grounds for Health is a non-profit organization, developed in partnership with the coffee industry with the mission of reducing cervical cancer among low-income women. Cervical cancer is a leading cause of death among women in low resource settings, yet it is easily preventable through screening and treatment of precancerous lesions. Worldwide, an estimated 317,000 women will die from cervical cancer in 2015, with this number expected to increase to 443,000 deaths in 2030. Our programs provide cervical cancer prevention services to women in coffee growing communities in Ethiopia, Nicaragua, and Peru. Because coffee is often cultivated in rural, low-resource settings, few women in coffee growing communities have access to cervical cancer screening and preventive treatment. To address this problem, Grounds for Health works in partnership with health authorities and coffee cooperatives in developing countries to train local doctors, nurses and community health promoters, and coordin