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Ethiopia…Rising Again Firmly
Addis Ababa – Images of poverty, exporting refugees, crisis, hunger and disease all revolved around my mind prior to my first longest trip to Ethiopia.
But to my complete surprise, some of the negative stereotypes painted in my mind about the dire living conditions in Ethiopia have all gone upon our arrival by land at the border region of Mattama as part of Sudanese media delegation to the country ready to become acquainted with the Renaissance Dam and green development.
It appeared to me at first glance that life and jumping over the walls of development were one in the same.
Ethiopia is resurrecting and coming back strongly in a breath-taking pace to achieve a good standard of living for its people.
To do so, Ethiopia opted to implement a green economy to bring about development and relying on solid basis, in addition to tapping its water resources by constructing a set of dams to produce electric energy to achieve the Millennium Goals.
Ethiopia enjoys many natural assets, green mountainous lands which require its people to work the soil in a traditional fashion by using bulls, donkeys, besides investing in flat lands to alleviate poverty.
We saw with our very eyes local peasants beat and break rocks in order to cultivate and produce fruit tirelessly. There are also natural reserves and hunting activities to the benefit of the local inhabitants of each respective region, free from taxes imposed by the capital.
Agriculture in Ethiopia is one of the natural riches people depend on in all the regions we went to, east, west, north and south.
There is fishing, skillful wood and leather works in beautiful shapes used in daily life and as means of earning by the poor, who scatter over the land once they open their eyes early in the morning in search of their fortunes and food. Women work side by side with men in every trade be it construction, farming or driving rental cars.
We learnt that the school day starts in the evening to allow pupils to help their parents and families in the morning. We also learnt that the government passed tough legislations prohibiting the unlawful cutting of trees to preserve the environment, despite Ethiopian's heavy reliance on charcoal more than a gas stove in their daily life.
There is a shortage of medical personnel, despite the country being a top tourist country; it is in desperate want of doctors to bring about a balance between its rapid development and the need to maintain people and animal health and education. If that is achieved, Ethiopia will undoubtedly become a booming tourist magnet in a few years and may well exceed China in the Renaissance Dam.
Ethiopian people are noted for their tolerance of others. They are said to have hearts of gold. They love renewable life, always smiling despite the poor conditions some are living under. However, the captivating natural beauty and cool weather are enough to supply them with more patience until happiness and joy come, taking into account the question of development and orientation to energy production which has become a major priority in addition to the Renaissance Dam Project - one of biggest dams in Africa and ranked tenth internationally.
The government has not only included water in its strategic plans, but banks on it for development, hence the priority given to the energy production project. Ethiopia seeks to reap numerous benefits from erecting the Dam in question, namely resuscitating tourism, trade, navigation, establishing a natural museum at the Dam, fishing in addition to regional and international benefits from exporting electricity; apart from producing and 6,000 megawatts for domestic consumption, an indicative of a boom in industry.
The water running down the sloppy mountains depicts a charming landscape. It is commonplace to see many animals such as monkey's sharing fruit with man, especially mango, orange, lemon, banana and papaya, the type of fruits which Ethiopia has in abundance. The smell of coffee seems to be all over the place in addition to the fragrance of flowers that grow naturally.
There are growing ambitions here to utilize these riches and blessings which are as invaluable as gold and oil, but marketing them internationally is lacking. As for fruits, they hardly find their way outside the country's borders and remain only consumed locally.
Ethiopia does, however, export flowers but needs better promotion and marketing to compete internationally.
Ethiopia, with its capital Addis Ababa literally translating to 'The New Flower', is landlocked by Djibouti and Eritrea to the east, Eritrea, north, Sudan, north-west, South Sudan, west-south and Kenya, south-west.
It is a country focusing on green economy for the development its people, clearly evident with the construction of the Renaissance Dam, to which all financial capabilities and popular contributions are allocated…its resuscitation.
http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=238302
But to my complete surprise, some of the negative stereotypes painted in my mind about the dire living conditions in Ethiopia have all gone upon our arrival by land at the border region of Mattama as part of Sudanese media delegation to the country ready to become acquainted with the Renaissance Dam and green development.
It appeared to me at first glance that life and jumping over the walls of development were one in the same.
Ethiopia is resurrecting and coming back strongly in a breath-taking pace to achieve a good standard of living for its people.
To do so, Ethiopia opted to implement a green economy to bring about development and relying on solid basis, in addition to tapping its water resources by constructing a set of dams to produce electric energy to achieve the Millennium Goals.
Ethiopia enjoys many natural assets, green mountainous lands which require its people to work the soil in a traditional fashion by using bulls, donkeys, besides investing in flat lands to alleviate poverty.
We saw with our very eyes local peasants beat and break rocks in order to cultivate and produce fruit tirelessly. There are also natural reserves and hunting activities to the benefit of the local inhabitants of each respective region, free from taxes imposed by the capital.
Agriculture in Ethiopia is one of the natural riches people depend on in all the regions we went to, east, west, north and south.
There is fishing, skillful wood and leather works in beautiful shapes used in daily life and as means of earning by the poor, who scatter over the land once they open their eyes early in the morning in search of their fortunes and food. Women work side by side with men in every trade be it construction, farming or driving rental cars.
We learnt that the school day starts in the evening to allow pupils to help their parents and families in the morning. We also learnt that the government passed tough legislations prohibiting the unlawful cutting of trees to preserve the environment, despite Ethiopian's heavy reliance on charcoal more than a gas stove in their daily life.
There is a shortage of medical personnel, despite the country being a top tourist country; it is in desperate want of doctors to bring about a balance between its rapid development and the need to maintain people and animal health and education. If that is achieved, Ethiopia will undoubtedly become a booming tourist magnet in a few years and may well exceed China in the Renaissance Dam.
Ethiopian people are noted for their tolerance of others. They are said to have hearts of gold. They love renewable life, always smiling despite the poor conditions some are living under. However, the captivating natural beauty and cool weather are enough to supply them with more patience until happiness and joy come, taking into account the question of development and orientation to energy production which has become a major priority in addition to the Renaissance Dam Project - one of biggest dams in Africa and ranked tenth internationally.
The government has not only included water in its strategic plans, but banks on it for development, hence the priority given to the energy production project. Ethiopia seeks to reap numerous benefits from erecting the Dam in question, namely resuscitating tourism, trade, navigation, establishing a natural museum at the Dam, fishing in addition to regional and international benefits from exporting electricity; apart from producing and 6,000 megawatts for domestic consumption, an indicative of a boom in industry.
The water running down the sloppy mountains depicts a charming landscape. It is commonplace to see many animals such as monkey's sharing fruit with man, especially mango, orange, lemon, banana and papaya, the type of fruits which Ethiopia has in abundance. The smell of coffee seems to be all over the place in addition to the fragrance of flowers that grow naturally.
There are growing ambitions here to utilize these riches and blessings which are as invaluable as gold and oil, but marketing them internationally is lacking. As for fruits, they hardly find their way outside the country's borders and remain only consumed locally.
Ethiopia does, however, export flowers but needs better promotion and marketing to compete internationally.
Ethiopia, with its capital Addis Ababa literally translating to 'The New Flower', is landlocked by Djibouti and Eritrea to the east, Eritrea, north, Sudan, north-west, South Sudan, west-south and Kenya, south-west.
It is a country focusing on green economy for the development its people, clearly evident with the construction of the Renaissance Dam, to which all financial capabilities and popular contributions are allocated…its resuscitation.
http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=238302
will have to go back to further explore bole though 
next time i go back i wanna learn the language, some nikkas thought i was from there i was like 
might have some ethio blood in the family lines 
