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Health Ranger launches 100% organic, fair trade certified, hand roasted whole bean coffee

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Our  Ethiopia blend  is a light-to-medium roast, with a creamy body and features the slight taste of red berries and cocoa. This exceptional flavor comes from the Sidama Coffee Farmers' Cooperative Union, which represents almost 100,000 farmers in the Sidama region of Ethiopia, where  coffee  production is a proud and longstanding tradition. Sales of the Sidama co-op's coffee have directly benefited the local community, funding roads, bridges, electricity and schools. Learn more:  http://www.guarfood.com/052715_organic_coffee_Fair_Trade_certified_Health_Ranger.html#ixzz3yHEsQom5

Spotlight on Ethiopia’s First Aikido Association & Training Center

Spotlight on Ethiopia’s First Aikido Association & Training Center

Earthquake Reported near Hawassa City - Jan 24, 2016

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A Very Scary Earthquake reported Hawassa City, Ethiopia at 10:02PM on Jan 24, 2016. No major injuries or death was reported. http://www.diretube.com/uploads/articles/8b77a0bc.jpg አዲስ አበባ ፣ ጥር 16 2008 (ኤፍ ቢ ሲ) በሬክተር ስኬል መለኪያ 4 ነጥብ 3 ሆኖ የተመዘገበ የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ በሀዋሳ እና አከባቢው ትናንት ምሽት ተከስቷል። የመሬት መንቀጥቀጡ በዋናነት ከከተማዋ ደቡብ ምእራብ አቅጣጫ 20 ኪሎ ሜትር ርቀት ላይ የተከሰተ ሲሆን፥ የመንቀጥቀጡ ንዝረት ሀዋሳን ጨምሮ በአከባቢው ባሉ ከተሞች ተሰምቷል። በአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ ሳይንስ ባለሙያው ዶክተር አታላይ ዓየለ ለፋና ብሮድካስቲንግ ኮርፖሬት እንደተናገሩት፥ የመሬት መንቀጥቀጡ ሁለት ጊዜ ነው የተከሰተው። የመንቀጥቀጡ ንዝረት ስፋት እና ሌሎች ዝርዝር ጉዳዮች እየተጠኑ መሆናቸውን ዶክተር አታላይ ተናግረዋል። ዛሬ ረፋድ ላይ በአከባቢው ንዝረት እንደነበር የተረዳን ሲሆን፥ ዶክተር አታላይ ትናንት የተከሰተውን የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ ተከትሎ በተደጋጋሚ ንዝረቶች ሊከሰቱ እንደሚችሉ ነው የጠቆሙት። ይህም ምንም ዓይነት ጉዳት እንደማያደርስ የአከባቢው ነዋሪ ተረድቶ ምንም እንዳይሸበር አሳስበዋል። በከተማዋ የመኖሪያ መንደር በሆኑ የኮንዲሚኒየም ቤቶች አከባቢ ከቤት እቃ የማውጣት ሁኔታ የሚስተዋል ሲሆን፥ ህብረተሰቡ ዋናው የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ ከተከሰተ በኋላ የሚኖር ንዝረት እንዳለ ተገንዝቦ ሊረጋጋ እንደሚገባም ነው ያመለከቱት። ዛሬ ላይ የነበረው ንዝረት እጅግ ዝቅተኛ በመሆኑን የመለኪያ መሳሪያው ራሱ እንዳልመዘገበው ዶክተር አታላው ገልፀዋል። የሀዋሳ ከተማ

Liberating a Training Challenge in Sidama

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Ethiopia Sidama region of the traveling photographer Ron Hallam, the children deprived of educational opportunity to explore an initiative which has helped to return to school. Ethiopia Sidama region is one of the world's poorest places.   Most of the people earning less than $ 2 per month and rely on agricultural products in order to maintain their livelihood.   Seasonal products and the sales they have grown from a small amount of flour, salt, in order of importance, are buying things like sugar.   Although free education in Ethiopia, items needed for families of children go to school, even if they are forced to go small necessities such as books.   Although education is inaccessible for thousands of families.   In sub-Saharan Africa region, and the number of children who can not receive education outside of school found 30 million in the last 5 years.   The number of children deprived of education in rural areas is more than twice those in urban areas. In 2011, he co

The Role of Sidama Indigenous Institutions in Conflict Resolution: In the Case of Dalle Woreda, Southern Ethiopia

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Abstract   The major goal of this study was to assess the role of indigenous institutions in handling/ settling conflicts in the Sidama Society. Sidama Communities are found in Sidama Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State (SNNPRS). The research was conducted in Dalle woreda, Sidama Zone and it was purposively selected. Qualitative research methodology was employed in the study for its appropriateness to assess the role of indigenous institutions in handling/ settling conflicts in the study area and data was collected through the use of interview, key informant interview, focus group discussion, personal observation and document review. The results obtained from the study suggest that Conflicts in Sidama, as in anywhere else, may vary from trivial interpersonal disagreements to a serious dispute which might eventually lead to homicide. The most common conflict issues in Sidama are grazing land, water, farmland and borderland. There are many deeds and accou