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Polish instructors and experts in the field of fire fighting units will train and equip volunteer and professional firefighters in Kenya and Ethiopia  - informs the Polish Center for International Aid (PCPM). The funds for this purpose - nearly 1 million zł - Polish Foreign Ministry sent.   As pointed out by Wojciech Wilk, President of the Foundation and the coordinator of the project PCPM outfits, both in Kenya and in Ethiopia are not trained firefighters or fire-fighting or rescue disaster victims, for example. Flooding and landslides. Lack basic equipment including extinguishing hoses, breathing apparatus.  Kenyan and Ethiopian firefighters are often dressed only in suits or overalls instead of uniforms and fire-resistant clothing. As indicated PCPM, including problem three regions of Kenya (Machakos, Kiambu and Muranga) and two administrative regions of Ethiopia capital cities (cities Hawass and Bahir Dar) is a rapid increase in the population, an increasing number of res

The fight to the top of the Ethiopian Premier League (EPL) is intensifying with each passing week as only a point separate the top two teams - Sidama Coffee and Saint George.  Game week seventeen will witness an exciting encounter that will determine if there will be changes to the top of the EPL table as Sidama Coffee entertain Arba Minch City in the South Derby and Saint George take on Defense in Addis Ababa Derby. Sidama’s four points lead to the top of the table was cut to just one point after drawing with Dashen Beer in Gondar last week. St. George capitalized on the leader’s slip with a 3-1 victory against Welayta Dicha.  Sidama will be tested this week with another tough derby match against Arba Minch but they would be relying on a much needed home support from their fans to maintain their long grip to the top of the table. The match on Sunday will also be difficult for Arba Minch who are currently sitting at eighth with a ten points gap with the leaders. Arba Minch

Exchanges aren’t helping farmers as foreign backers hoped Mondelez International’s February announcement that it would increase production of coffee from Ethiopian beans 50 percent in two years was good news for the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, started in 2008 with the help of foreign donors to improve food distribution in a country where millions often went hungry. By government decree, almost all buying and selling of coffee, sesame seeds, and navy beans for export must take place on the exchange. The ECX , which got funding from the U.S. and the United Nations among others, is one of at least eight commodity exchanges started in sub-Saharan Africa over the past two decades with the aim of improving food security for local populations. Many have failed, and only South Africa’s is thriving without government support. Exchanges are a distraction from other initiatives that would better serve poor farmers, says Nicholas Sitko, a Michigan State University agricultural economist wh

file photo "Our investigations show that this was not a deliberate attack," ministry spokesperson Tewolde Mulugeta told The Anadolu Agency.   World Bulletin / News Desk The Ethiopian embassy in Yemeni capital Sanaa was shelled on Friday, the Foreign Ministry has said. "We believe it is a collateral damage occurred in the crossfire between the warring factions in the Yemeni capital,"  said ministry spokesperson Tewolde Mulugeta. According to the spokesperson, no one was hurt in the attack. "The embassy continued its normal functioning," Mulugeta said. Meanwhile, the spokesperson said that some 30 Ethiopians, including 11 children and 12 women, have been evacuated from Yemen. According to the spokesperson, some 2,000 Ethiopians have been registered to be evacuated from the war-torn country. "We are exerting efforts to evacuate the registered Ethiopians in spite of the deteriorating situation that is making rescue operations very d

April 7  is World Health Day, a day originally created to recognize the founding of the World Health Organization. Today, organizations like Food for the Hungry (FH) celebrate World Health Day by recognizing the successes of global health programs like the establishment of defecation-free zones in Ethiopia and Kenya. Horn of Africa map Public domain image/ Lexicon at the English Wikipedia project Those living in communities where public restrooms are a fact of life may have a hard time understanding the risks and challenges associated with public defecation. In villages in Ethiopia and Kenya, however, it is common practice for people to go to the bathroom outdoors, behind a bush and not wash their hands afterward, leading to the spread of disease and water contamination. The human waste then seeps into the stream or spring the village uses for drinking, which then contaminates even the best water systems. If a village doesn’t protect the watershed from contamination, greater