Hawassa
My flatmates, Mark and James, and I took a trip to Hawassa, the capital of Ethiopia’s Southern Nation, Nationalities, and People’s Region, this weekend. It was quite the experience but I haven’t yet had the opportunity to sort through the thoughts and emotions it conjured. James is a Finance Manager and wished to see some field projects. Hence, he was able to arrange a trip through Save the Children and he invited Mark and me along. We left Friday afternoon. The drive to Hawassa was nothing short of incredible; Beautiful fields with trees dotting the horizon, mountains towering in the distance, and lakes scattered across the land. A few things which I noticed, given my work with Save the Children, included that the herds were all tended by boys. The long distances the boys travel with their cattle leads many families to believe that boys are at greatest risk in times of food insecurity. However, boys have easy access to the products of the livestock, including milk. Girls are most