Blogs from Awasa, Southern Nations Region, Ethiopia, Africa

Resumo: 7 dias de viagem, muitas imagens, muitos sentimentos, exaustão, estou bem. Um dia peguei um ônibus de uma cidade para outra aqui na Etiópia (Ziway a Sheshemene) e percebi que existia durante quilômetros diversos vilarejos. Pensei como seria bacana apenas andar por horas e horas e dizer “Salam!” (Olá!). Neste instante surgiu a ideia de fazer isso por alguns dias. Gostaria de compartilhar isso com alguém. Lembrei da frase “Happines only real when shared”. Neste outro instante pensei então em doar o presente de aniversário que ganhei de alguns amigos do Brasil ($). Eles disseram para eu gastar em algo legal para mim. Isso seria algo legal! Decidi realizar esta viagem na semana do dia 25/Junho. Neste dia eu comemoraria 1 ano de viagem. Parti com o intuito de comprar coisas de pessoas/comunidades simples e ... read more

ETHIOPIA...Prehistory to Awasa...The Ascent of Man. The Ascent of Man...us Homo Sapiens...is presented in many ways...ascent from the dust of the earth... creation... evolution... and drinking coffee. We drank coffee first...well at the end of every repast ...after all we had advised our Guide we thought it was a coffee tour...and he did not disappoint. Served in small cups, black, strong, clean, one sugar...pure Ethiopian. Not muddy like Turkish or Middle Eastern. In the North, Ermias had led us to the finest coffee houses...the best being in a hut of banana leaves in the jungle on the banks of Lake Tana. Now that we are heading South from Addis Ababa with Gobeze, we are taken to prehistory and archeological sites...but will there still be good coffee??? Now for the history lesson. In about 1894 , Emperor ... read more

Let’s see… It is one o’ clock on a Tuesday or Wednesday. I am at my house being completely lost at the fact I have had electricity for some part of the day since Saturday. I had power all day Saturday and Sunday, which never happens. I am just waiting for the power to get cut off for a good three or four days in a row. I am stocked on candles so that won’t be a problem. Chris Woodling or Biker as some people know him came out for a week and we had a great time. I won’t talk about that week because I plan on letting him do it with it being his first week in Africa. I am sure he will have some amazing observations and it will give you a break ... read more

Hello Everyone, I am sure you all have forgotten about me since my last post. Let me catch you up-to-date. If you remember, I was volunteering at the HIV/AIDS NGO Forum. The newsletter I put together went to the printer. The coordinator is getting a lot of complements from it. Anyways after all that was finished, I went in to ask about starting a new project. Getnet(coordinator) had an idea for a health service mapping project which sounds pretty extensive. The goal is to survey every health service organization; community based organization, foreign NGO, as well as all faith based organizations. After about thirty minutes, we had drafted up a proposal for around $25,000USD. Getnet told me not to come to the funding meeting because when Ethiopians see White people they see dollar signs. There must ... read more

Hello everyone. Let's play a little bit of catch up. I got sick last week, just a little bit of the flu that is going around. Nothing big just a few headaches, runny nose, and tiredness. So what did I do, I read three books. Franny and Zooey by Salinger, The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night, and Whatever You Do, Don't Run. The latter was the best. I read two on Friday and one on Saturday. Then I worked on a special project I will tell you about later for the rest of the weekend. I am fine now and starting work. My networking is paying off and projects are starting to come along but anyway. I went to the Lewi Hotel at lunchtime to get some free internet. Today was a glorious day. ... read more