Worancha ወራንቻ

 ምንጭ፦ ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ የኢትዮጵያ ካንሰር ማህበር የህክምና ወጪያቸውን መሸፈን ለማይችሉ ሴት የካንሰር ታማሚዎች ድጋፍ የሚሰጥ ፕሮጀክት ጀመረ ። ማህበሩ ዋና ሥራ አስኪያጅ አቶ ሀብታሙ በለጠ እንዳሉት ለታካሚዎቹ የሚሰጠው አገልግሎት የመኝታ፣ የምግብ፣ የትራንስፖርት፣ የመጸዳጃ እቃዎችና ለህሙማን አስፈላጊ የሆኑ ወጪዎችን የሚሸፍን ነው ።     ማህበሩ ካለፈው ዓመት ጀምሮ ለ132 ህመምተኞች አገልግሎት ሲሰጥ መቆየቱን የተናገሩት ሥራ አስኪያጁ በበሽታው ዙሪያ ለኅብረተሰቡ ግንዛቤ የማስጨበጥ ተግባር አከናውኗል ።      የአለም ጤና ድርጅት የጤና ጥበቃ አማካሪ ዶክተር በዛብህ አስማማው በበኩላቸው ማህበሩ ከተለያዩ የአገሪቱ ክልሎች ለህክምና የሚመጡና ረዳት ሳይኖራቸው ለችግር የተዳረጉ ዜጎችን በማሰባሰብ ድጋፍ ማድረጉ ሊበረታታ ይገባል ብለዋል። በአገሪቱ የሚገኙ የካንሰር ህክምና ባለሙያዎች ሶስት ብቻ በመሆናቸው ካለው የህሙማን ብዛት ጋር የማይመጣጠን ሲሆን ዜጎችን ከሞት ለመታደግ  ባለሙያዎች በጥቁር አንበሳ ሆስፒታል እየሰለጠኑ መሆኑን አስረድተዋል።

ጫት ከምን ጊዜውም የበለጠ በገጠርም ሆነ በከተማ በስፋት ጐልቶ የወጣበት ጊዜ ነው ቢባል ማጋነን አይሆንም፡፡ በገጠሩ መልክአ ምድር፣ በከተማው ገበያ፣ ማስታወቂያና በመቃሚያ ቤቶች በብዛት ጫት እዚህም እዚያም እንዲታይ ሆኗል፡፡ አነቃቂው ዕፅ ጫት ሚሊዮኖች የሚጠቀሙት፣ አነስተኛ ደረጃ አምራች ገበሬዎች የሚመርጡት፣ ከፍተኛ የውጭ ምንዛሪ የሚያስገኝ፣ በጥቅሉ ማኅበራዊና ኢኮኖሚያዊ ተፅዕኖው ከባድ የሆነ ምርት ሆኗል፡፡ ከጫት ታክስ ለመሰብሰብ በመፈለግ የድንበር ግጭት የተፈጠረባቸው አካባቢዎች መኖር ደግሞ የጫት ፖለቲካዊ አንድምታም ቀላል ላለመሆኑ ምስክር ነው፡፡   ከአምራች ገበሬዎች ጀምሮ በአዘገጃጀት፣ በትራንስፖርት፣ በሥርጭት፣ በሽያጭ ላይ የተሰማሩ ብዙዎች ከጫት በመጠቀም ላይ ናቸው፡፡ ተጠቃሚነቱ ለውዝ፣ ውኃ፣ ሲጋራ፣ ሻይ ቡና ለሚሸጡ እታች ድረስ ወርዷል፡፡ ለአገር ከፍተኛ የውጭ ምንዛሪ በማስገኘት ቀዳሚዎቹ ደረጃ ላይ የሚገኘው፣ የብዙዎች የሀብት ምንጭና እንጀራ የሆነው ጫት በተለያየ መልኩ ለማኅበራዊ ቀውስ ምክንያት እየሆነ መሆኑንም በሚመለከት ብዙ ተብሏል ጥናቶችም ተሠርተዋል፡፡ በአፍሪካ፣ አውሮፓ፣ ሰሜን አሜሪካ፣ እስያና አውስትራሊያ መስፋፋቱን ተከትሎ በዓለም አቀፍ ደረጃም የጫት ጥቅምና ጉዳት አወዛጋቢና አከራካሪ ሆኗል፡፡ በጫት ዙሪያ ያለው ክርክር በዓለም አቀፍ ደረጃ አደንዛዥ ዕፅን መዋጋት፣ የሽብርተኝነት ፍርኃትና የምዕራባውያን የኢኮኖሚ ልማት ሞዴል የበላይነትን በመሰሉ ዓለም አቀፍ ጉዳዮች የተቃኘ መሆኑን የሚያሳይ ጥናት አለ፡፡  ወደ አገራችን የጫት እውነታ ሲመጣ ጫትን በሚመለከት የተለያዩ አመለካከቶች ይንፀባረቃሉ፡፡ የተሠሩ ጥናቶችም ሲታዩ አንዳንዳቹ የጫት ማኅበራዊ፣ ኢኮኖሚያዊና የጤና ተፅዕኖ ላይ ሲያተኩሩ ሌሎቹ በጫት ኢኮኖሚያዊ

The Feb. 9 editorial “ Ethiopia’s stifled press ” raised fundamental issues of human rights, democracy and governance. The journalists and bloggers languishing in prison committed no crime except to criticize the ruling party.  If the government of Ethiopia is concerned for its citizens, as a spokesman asserted in a Feb. 13  letter  [“The Ethio­pian government’s duty is to protect all of its citizens”], it should respect the rights and views of journalists and civilians who oppose its policies. It is repressive to block popular Web sites and broadcasts, such as Voice of America, that provide an alternative to government-controlled media. Ethiopians should have the right to voice their concerns about their country’s affairs. Private, independent media outlets facilitate the venue for an open discourse. The government’s persistent attack on press freedom, therefore, will only exacerbate the people’s anguish. No government is perfect. Those who use pens to expose the imperfections s

Photo:  El & Marty የሃዋሳ ከተማ በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ በከፍተኛ ፍጥነት በማደግ ላይ ካሉ ከተሞች ግንባር ቀደም መሆኗን የተለያዩ ድርሳናት ይጠቅሳሉ። ከተማዋ ተፈጥሮ ባደለቻት መልካም ኣየር ንብረት፤ በእንግዳ ተቀባይ ህዝቧ፤ ለስራ፤ ለትምህርት እና ለኑሮ ምቹ በመሆኗ ብሎም ኣዲስ ኣበባ እና ለሌሎች ትላልቅ የኣገሪቷ ከተሞች በኣንጻሩ ቅርብ መሆኗ፤ ለእድገቷ እና ለተወዳጅነቷ ምክንያት ሆኗል። ሃዋሳ ልክ እንደ ኣሜሪካዋ ላስቬጋስ ከተማ በኣገሪቱ የመዝናኛ ከተማ እየሆነች መጥታለች ይባላል።ምንም እንኳን የከተማዋ የመዝናኛ ከተማ መሆን ለነዋሪዎቿ ኣዎንታዊ እና ኣሉታዊ እድምታ ያለው ብሆንም። ኣሉታዊ ገጽታውን ለኣብነት ያህል ማንሳት ካስፈለገ፦ በሃዋሳ ከተማ ለማዝናናት የምመጡ ሰዎች ለምዝናኛ የምሆናቸውን ገንዘብ ኣስበው እና ቆጥበው ይዘው ስለምመጡ የተጠየቁትን ከፍሎ መዝናናት ስችሉ የከተማዋ ነዋሪ ግን ከጊዜ ወደ ጊዜ እየናረ ያለውን ኑሮ ለመቋቋም ኣዳጋች እየሆነባቸው ነው። በዚህ ጉዳይ ላይ እንመለስበታለን። የከተማዋን እድገት ተከትሎ በከተማዋ መንገዶች ላይ የፈሰሱት ለምኖ ኣዳሪዎች ቁጥር በከፍታኛ ሁኔታ ጨምሯል። ከጥቂት ኣመታት በፊት በከተማይቱ ቤተክርስቲያናት ደጃፍ ብቻ ይታዩ የነበሩት ለምኖ ኣዳሪዎች በኣሁኑ ጊዜ በየትኛውን መንገድ እና ኣከባቢ ይታያሉ። ለምኖ ኣዳሪዎቹ በኣብዛኛው ከገጠር ወረዳዎች የመጡ ሲሆን፤ በኣብዛኛው ኣቅሜ ደካማ ኣረጋውያ፤ሴቶች እና ህጻናት ናቸው። የሃዋሳ ዙሪያ እና ቦሪቻ ወረዳ በኣብዘኛው በሃዋሳ ከተማ ያሉ ጎዳና ተዳዳሪዎች የመጡባቸው ወረዳዎች ሲሆኑ፤ የሁላን ወረዳ ጨምሮ ከሌሎች የሲዳማ ወረዳዎች የመጡ ይገኙበታል። ከጎዳና ተዳዳሪዎች መካከል ከፍተኛውን ቁጥር የምይዙት ህጻናት እና ታዳጊዎች ሲሆኑ፤

A sunset is always a rewarding subject.  Here a sunset at the Hawassa lake in southern Ethiopia.  The orange sunset diffuse broken by the relatively thin air, while the trees on the banks form a welcome contrast. Photo:http://www.columbusmagazine.nl/afrika/ethiopie/oromiya/reisreporter/fotos/483419.html

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Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ethiopia have faced severe credit service constraints owing to absence of financial institutions catering them, the World Bank said on Thursday.A study by the bank released on Thursday has revealed that young and smaller firms across the country are much more likely to be rejected from line of credit and discouraged from applying for loans due to high collateral requirements. “Almost 70 percent of SMEs are either fully or partially credit constrained, meaning they don’t have access to external forms of finance,â€� said Francesco Strobbe, World Bank’ Senior Economist at the launching session of the Study in Addis Ababa. “Small and Medium enterprises are being underserved compared to micro and large firms as Micro Finance Institutions primarily cater micro firms and larger banks are discouraged to serve SMEs primarily due to perceptions of lower returns and higher risk,â€� Strobe added. The government of Ethiopia has managed to create

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ሁለተኛው መላው የደቡብ ክልል የትምህርት ቤቶች የስፖርት ውድድር ተጀምሯል። ለ15 ቀናት በሚቆየው በዚሁ ውድድር ከ14 ዞኖች፣ 4 ልዩ ወረዳዎችና ሃዋሳ ከተማ አስተዳደር ስር ከሚገኙ ትምህርት ቤቶች የተወጣጡ አንድ ሺህ 780 ተማሪዎች በመሳተፍ ላይ ሲሆኑ ከመካከላቸውም 783 ሴቶች ናቸው፡፡ ተሳታፊዎቹ በቆይታቸው በእግር ኳስ፣ በአትሌቲክስ፣ በመረብ ኳስና ጠረጴዛ ቴንስን ጨምሮ በ13 የስፖርት አይነቶች ውድድር ያካሂዳሉ፡፡ ውድድሩ በሃዋሳ ሜዳ፣ በሃዋሳ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ዋናው ግቢ፣ ግብርና ኮሌጅና  ሌሎች ማዘውተሪያ ቦታዎች ላይ የሚደረግ ይሆናል። በውድድሩ የተሻሉና ጥሩ ተፎካካሪ የሆኑ ተማሪዎችን በመመልመል በመጋቢት ወር በባህርዳር ከተማ በሚደረገው ሀገር ዓቀፍ የተማሪዎች ስፖርት ውደድር ላይ  ክልሉን ወክለው እንዲሳተፉ ይደረጋል ብለዋል። በሃዋሳ ስታዲየም በተጀመረው የመክፈቻ ስነስርአት ላይ የተለያዩ አዝናኝ የጅምናስቲክ ትርኢቶች የቀረቡ ሲሆን በወንዶች በተደረገ የእግር ኳስ ግጥሚያ የሃዋሳ ከተማ አስተዳደር ሲዳማ ዞንን ሁለት ለባዶ አሸንፏል፡፡ - See more at: http://www.ena.gov.et/index.php/politics/item/2079-2015-02-18-16-27-42#sthash.zZWTEekO.dpuf

Una casa circular de bambú construida por el pueblo Sidama de Etiopía. Esta es una casa circular tradicional de bambú cortado y trenzado realizada por el pueblo Sidama de Etiopía. La cúpula, con su parte superior puntiaguda, está diseñada para repeler fuertes lluvias mientras que en una cúpula circular ese espacio tendría un área plana, propensa a las goteras. El bambú jugó un papel importante en las economías rurales del Este de África, pero la tala indiscriminada de los bosques naturales de bambú ha propiciado la pérdida de recursos naturales y de muchas de las técnicas tradicionales de construcción. Puedes encontrar más información sobre la  construcción tradicional con bambú  en la  Red Internacional del Bambú y el Ratán . ምንጭ፦ naturalhomes.org

የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች በርዕዮት ዓለማቸው ዙሪያ ክርክር የሚያካሂዱበትን መድረክ እንደሚያዘጋጅ አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርስቲ አስታወቀ። የጋዜጠኝነትና ኮሙኒኬሽን ትምህርት ቤት ከዩኒቨርስቲው ፕሬዚዳንት ጽህፈት ቤት ጋር በመተባበር የካቲት 21 የሚያካሂደው ክርክር ህጋዊ እውቅና ያላቸው የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች አማራጫቸውንና የርዕዮት ዓለም ፍልስፍናቸውን በነፃነት የሚያንሸራሽሩበት ይሆናል። የአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርስቲ የጋዜጠኝነትና ኮሙኒኬሽን ትምህርት ቤት ኃላፊ ዶክተር አብዲሳ ዘርዓይ ለኢዜአ እንደተናገሩት በአገሪቱ የሚገኙ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች የርዕዮት ዓለም ፍልስፍና ከሦስት ማዕቀፎች አያልፍም። በዚህም መሰረት የልማታዊ ዴሞክራሲ፣ የሶሻል ዴሞክራሲና የሊበራል ዴሞክራሲ የርዕዮት ዓለምን እናራምዳለን የሚሉ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች ተወክለው ክርክራቸውን ያደርጋሉ። ዶክተር አብዲሳ እንዳሉት ሦስቱን የርዕዮት ዓለም ፍልስፍናዎች ወክለው በክርክሩ ለሚቀርቡ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች ተወካዮች ለእያንዳንዳቸው የ30 ደቂቃ የመከራከሪያ ጊዜ ይሰጣቸዋል። በአገሪቱ ብሔራዊ ምርጫ ቦርድ ህጋዊ እውቅና አግኝተው የሚንቀሳቀሱ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ ተወካዮች በክርክር መድረኩ ላይ ይታደማሉ። በሦስቱ የርዕዮት ዓለም ፍልስፍናዎች ዙሪያ የተለያዩ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎችን ሃሳብ ወክለው የሚያደርጉት አዎንታዊ የመድረክ ላይ ክርክርም የአገሪቱን የዴሞክራሲ ስርዓት በማጎልበት ረገድ የላቀ ሚና ይኖረዋል ብለዋል። በአሁኑ ወቅት ዩኒቨርሲቲው በክርክር መድረኩ ለሚሳተፉ የፖለቲካ  ፓርቲዎች የጥሪ ደብዳቤ ለማሰራጨትና ሌሎች ቅድመ ዝግጅቶችን እያከናወነ ነው። በመርሃ ግብሩ ላይ ከ100 እስከ 150 ተሳታፊዎች ይገኛሉ ተብሎ የሚጠበቅ ሲሆን በርካታ የመገናኛ ብዙሃን ባለሙያዎችም ክርክሩን ለመዘገብ ተጋባዥ ይሆናሉ።

The former Sidama Coffee goalkeeper  was released by Dedebit in December  after two years with the Blues in which he won one Ethiopian Premier League title and won EFF cup title, won last year. Sisay was also the main man between the sticks for Dedebit’s 2013 CAF Confederations cup run as well as their short lived 2014 CAF African Champions league campaign. His exploits meant he was a regular call up for Sewnet Bishaw’s national team squads and he competed with Jemal Tassew for the number one jersey throughout Ethiopia’s 2013 AFCON and 2014 World Cup campaigns. He has 12 international caps to his name since making his debut in 2012 in an AFCON qualifier against Benin. Sisay Bancha started the season with Dedebit, but after some high profile blunders and a reported falling out with club staff, he agreed to part ways with the club just days before 2015, leaving the way for youth product Tarik Getnet to become Dedebit’s number one. Dedebit themselves have been on the down trot, with

Photo: www.bloomberg.com Two decades ago, then American president Bill Clinton helped popularize the term "new breed of African leaders" whom he believed to be different from iron-fisted totalitarian rulers that had entrenched "big man politics." Unlike the later, new breed leaders were thought to espouse democratic governance and socioeconomic transformation. The core members of the new breed was a quartet comprising Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda, Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea, and Paul Kagame of Rwanda -- men who came to power in mid-1980s and early 1990s. How might Clinton rate the new breed's political and economic delivery 20 years on? Clinton would find Ethiopia to be the most surprising in the realm of economics -- Ethiopia stands above the rest. Two unrelated announcements about Ethiopia speak volumes about how much the country has changed. New World Wealth revealed in September 2013 that the number of dollar millionaire

The civil work of the project is to be financed by the Ethiopian Government and four other financiers namely the African Development Bank, World Bank, the Korean and the Chinese Export Import (EXIM) Banks. The reasons such as high traffic in the area … Read more on  Addis Fortune

The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea will visit Djibouti and Ethiopia between February 16 and 27, to hold meetings and collect testimonies and accounts of the human rights situation in Eritrea. The Commission of Inquiry said in Geneva that it would continue to seek the cooperation of the Government of Eritrea but it had so far received no response to its request to visit the country. Mike Smith, the Chairperson of the three-member panel said: "While we are still waiting for direct access to Eritrea, we are proceeding - as per the international standards of commissions of inquiry - to investigate alleged human rights violations by collecting information from relevant sources outside the country." He said the visits to Djibouti and Ethiopia would provide the panel with the opportunity to hear first-hand accounts of violations of human rights from those who have recently fled Eritrea. He noted that the decision of victims and witnesses of a

The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research said five development corridors said to be favorable for horticulture development in the country have been identified. Addis Ababa- Oromia, Hawassa- Arba Minch, Awash- Dire Dawa and Harrar, Bahir Dar- Nile Gorge and South Gondar, as well as Mekele- Raya and Alamata are the corridors. Some 50,000 hectares land has allocated in these areas for flowers, vegetables and fruits as well as coffee production, the Director-General, Dr. Fantahun Mengistu told ENA. The horticulture development corridors need to be identified so as to further boost horticulture development thereby improve its contribution to the nation's development, he said. Favorable ecosystem and nearness to various transport systems including air transport are the criteria used to select these areas, he added. - See more at: http://www.ena.gov.et/en/index.php/economy/item/404-nation-identifies-5-corridors-for-horticulture-development#sthash.sWoasxzB.dpuf

African Union's (AU) high level panel on illicit financial flows (IFF) from Africa ranked Ethiopia ninth from the top 10 African countries with high illicit financial flows from 1970 to 2008 next to Côte d'Ivoire and Sudan. The panel, which was chaired by Thabo Mbeki, former South African president and comprised nine other members, released its report at Hilton Hotel on February 1, 2015. The high level panel is the first African initiative mandated to be established after the fourth joint annual meeting of the AU/ECA conference of ministers of finance, planning and economic development adopted a resolution to establish the level of IFF from the continent, to asses its long term impacts and to propose policies in reversing the illegal outflows. The Report of the High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, used estimates by various researches on illicit financial flows from Africa, adding that a significant amount was from sources such as bribing and traffi

The 1994 constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia provides in its fundamental rights and freedoms section, specifically under Article 21, the following regarding the rights of persons held in custody and convicted prisoners: 1. All persons held in custody and persons imprisoned upon conviction and sentencing have the right to treatments respecting their human dignity; 2. All persons shall have the opportunity to communicate with, and to be visited by their spouses or partners, close relatives, friends, religious councilors, medical doctors and their legal counsel. The responsibility of ensuring that the rights set out under Article 21 are fully respected primarily lies on the government. Several prisoners and their families have claimed over the years that these rights are routinely violated. These claims have received extensive coverage even by international human rights activists. This week saw yet another claim lodged by the mother of TemesgenDessaleg

Daren Wendell has embarked on a daunting journey — running the equivalent of 100 marathons in 100 days. The Canton South High School graduate is testing his physical limits to raise money to provide safe drinking water for 2,500 people in Ethiopia. See more at: http://www.indeonline.com/article/20150216/NEWS/150219427/1994/NEWS/?Start=2#sthash.h1qiH9Gj.dpuf

On Tuesday, February 17 at 19:30 GMT:  Ethiopia's jailed Zone 9 bloggers are on trial this week for terrorism and treason, charges facing more than two dozen journalists, bloggers and publishers. To avoid arrest, 30 journalists fled the country in the past year. The government says they’re criminals, destabilising Ethiopia's fragile democracy in the name of “press freedom.” Rights groups say they’re victims of repression. Join us at 1930GMT. Read more:  Ethiopia’s stifled press -  The Washington Post Could Kenya learn from Ethiopia's anti-terror strategy? -  Voice of America http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201502171427-0024564

Last April, nine writers were arrested and imprisoned in association with Ethiopia's Zone 9 blogging collective. Eleven weeks later, they were charged under the nation's Anti-Terrorism Proclamation. Since their arrest, Soleyana Gebremicheal and Endalk Chala, two members of the collective who now live in the United States, have advocated tirelessly for their colleagues’ release. Global Voices is honored to publish this original contribution by Soleyana and her colleague, Patrick Griffith, who are now petitioning the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to intervene on the bloggers’ behalf. By  Soleyana S. Gebremicheal  and  Patrick Griffith  Despite early, high-level condemnation of the arrests of independent journalists and bloggers in Ethiopia nine months ago, international attention has waned as the pre-trial proceedings have dragged-on. The government’s continued detention of three independent journalists and six members of the Zone 9 blogging collective is not only