Worancha ወራንቻ

Photo: elmartyhawassa.blogspot.com Inadequate management of healthcare waste is a serious concern in many developing countries due to the risks posed to human health and the environment. This study aimed to evaluate healthcare waste management in Hawassa city, Ethiopia. The study was conducted in nine healthcare facilities (HCFs) including hospitals (four), health centres (two) and higher clinics (three) in two phases, first to assess the waste management aspect and second to determine daily waste generation rate. The result showed that the ...  Read more HERE

Today’s coffee was grown and harvested by smallholder farmers who belong to the Abela Galuko Cooperative, which falls under the Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (SCFCU). Located in the Sidama region of southern Ethiopia, SCFCU began representing small-scale farmers in 2001 and has since grown to become the second largest coffee producing cooperative union in Ethiopia. The majority of its member coops are organic and Fair Trade certified and nearly all their coffee is grown in the shade of diverse, indigenous trees. Approximately 5,000 tons of sidamo coffee is produced per year, 95% of which is washed. Harvest time occurs between September to December depending on the coffee’s altitude and rainfall. After the families harvest the cherries, they sell them to the primary cooperatives for wet processing. There are approximately 220 wet processing centers, 92 of which are owned by members of the coops. The dried parchment is sthen stored in a warehouse until delivery to the c

A large industry zone is going to be constructed in the capital of Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples State, Hawassa City. The industrial zone is going to be set up as a contribution to make Ethiopia, within the coming ten years, a leading light manufacturing country from the entire African continent. Ethiopia is working to make urban areas centers of industries and to this effect it has active projects in Dire Dawa, Kombolcha, Addis Ababa and Hawassa. Lemi Industrialized Zone, found in the nation’s capital city, is almost complete and space is being allocated for foreign investors. According to the State Minister of Industry, Mebrhatu Meles, preliminary study to set up an industrial zone in Hawassa has been finalized. Establishing an industrial zone in Hawassa is expected to facilitate the export of value added agricultural products in the locality. In addition to this it is said the industrial zone will enhance Hawassa’s service and tourism sector. Source: www.2

AFRICA has to make stronger commitments to human rights issues if the continent is to make economic and democratic advances and benefit from its positive spin-offs, says the President of the African Court for Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR), Justice Augustino Ramadhani. In his opening remarks at the national sensitisation seminar on the promotion of the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Saturday, AfCHPR President added that the success of Africa's Agenda 2063 would depend largely on the importance given to the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human and peoples' rights on the continent. "History teaches us that respect for human rights, the promotion of human development and the consolidation of peace, coupled with good political and economic governance are conditions sine qua non for any meaningful development," he told over 100 delegates drawn from various governments, Ambassadors, non-government organizatio

‹‹በፌዴራል ሥርዓት ውስጥ ጣልቃ መግባት ሕገ መንግሥቱን መጣስ ነው›› አቶ አስመላሽ ወልደ ሥላሴ በክልሎች፣ ብልሹ አሠራርና ሙስናን ለመከላከል፣ የክልል የሥነ ምግባርና የፀረ ሙስና ኮሚሽኖች በአመራሮች ተፅዕኖ በአግባቡ መሥራት ባለመቻላቸው የፌዴራል መንግሥት ፖለቲካዊ ውሳኔ እንደሚያስፈልግ የፌዴራል የሥነ ምግባር የፀረ ሙስና ኮሚሽን አሳሰበ፡፡ ኮሚሽኑ የአገር አቀፍ የፀረ ሙስና ጥምረት ሥራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴ አሥረኛ መደበኛ ስብሰባውን ኅዳር 11 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም. በሸራተን አዲስ ለግማሽ ቀን ባካሄደት ወቅት እንደገለጸው፣ በየክልሉ ያሉ የሥነ ምግባርና የፀረ ሙስና ተቋማት በነፃነት እንዳይሠሩ የክልሎቹ አመራሮች ተፅዕኖ እያደረሱባቸው መሆኑን አስታውቋል፡፡ በጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ የሕግና አስተዳደር ጉዳዮች አማካሪ ሚኒስትር ዴኤታ በአቶ አስመላሽ ወልደሥላሴ ሰብሳቢነት በተካሄደው አሥረኛ መደበኛ ስብሰባ ላይ የተወሰኑ ባለድርሻ አካላት ብቻ ተገኝተዋል፡፡ የአገር አቀፍ የፀረ ሙስና ጥምረትና የፌዴራልና የክልል የሥነ ምግባርና የፀረ ሙስና ኮሚሽኖች የ2006 በጀት ዓመት ሥራ አፈጻጸም ሪፖርት ካቀረቡ በኋላ፣ በተገኙት ጥቂት ባለድርሻ አካላት የተለያዩ ጥያቄዎች ተነስተዋል፡፡ በተለይ በአፋር፣ በቤኒሻንጉል ጉሙዝና በሶማሌ ክልሎች የፀረ ሙስና ተቋማት በነፃነት እየሠሩ እንዳልሆነና ያላቸውን ከፍተኛ ሀብት እንደ አገር መጠቀም አለመቻሉን ተሳታፊዎቹ ተናግረዋል፡፡ በክልል የሚገኙ አመራሮች እነሱ እንዲከሰስ የፈለጉትን የኮሚሽኑ ኃላፊዎች ካልከሰሱ ወይም መከሰስ የሌለባቸውን ከሰው ከተገኙ፣ ከኃላፊነታቸው እንደሚያነሷቸውና በፈለጉት ቦታ እንደሚመድቧቸው ጠቁመዋል፡፡ በአሁኑ ጊዜ የአፋር ክልል የሥነ ምግባርና የፀረ ሙና ኮሚሽን ኃላፊ እንደሌለው የጠቆሙት የስብ