We know that lifestyle-related chronic diseases (Non – Communicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes) are placing an increasing burden on health systems around the world and account for 35 million deaths each year. This is 60% of all deaths. And these diseases have common risk factors: inappropriate diet, physical inactivity and tobacco […]
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Lulit’s handwoven was founded in 2015 and Lulit Sahle-Michae is the owner and creative director of Lulit’s Handwoven clothing and accessory shop. After obtaining her fashion and marketing BA in London, and working at various fashion and textile companies in France (including Mahlia Kent in Paris where she discovered her passion for the art of
Lilit’s Handwoven-beautiful hand woven fashion items and home accesories. Read More »
Clean Cooking across Ethiopia: Eliminating Indoor Pollution and Saving Trees.An interview with Konjit Negussu: Director of the Ethiopian Clean Cooking Alliance Association If you were walking in the hills above Addis on Thursday July 23rd you would have seen over 70 muddy-handed people planting indigenous trees. They represented more than 20 organisations and were planting
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Enkutatash (Ge’ez: እንቁጣጣሽ) is the first day of the New Year in Ethiopia. It occurs on Meskerem 1 on the Ethiopian calendar, which is 11 September (or during a leap year on12 September) according to the Gregorian calendar. Why was September chosen as the beginning of the year in Ethiopia? One reason is derived from
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Minister of Culture and Tourism, Dr. Hirut Kassaw launched the nation’s first-ever tourist taxi service in Addis Ababa. Dr. Hirut Kassaw said the government has permitted tax free car motor imports in a bid to tackle air pollution and foster job creation in the car assembly sector. The Minister urged the founder of “Hello Taxi”,
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Jennet Lemma is the founder of Gaber Garment, a garment manufacturing social enterprise dedicated to empowering women in Ethiopia. A returnee from the United States, she repurposed her garment factory in April to produce face masks and protective gear. She retained jobs for all of her 75 employees, mostly women, despite the economic downturn caused
A 1.4 Million Year Old Handaxe Unearthed In Ethiopia Paleoanthropologists working at the Konso research area in Ethiopia have found a 1.4 Million year old large bone fragment shaped into a handaxe form . The newly-discovered handaxe is a bifacial flaked fragment of a hippopotamus femur (thigh bone). The superbly-preserved tool, which measures 12.8 by
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Deforestation is a disaster for the environment, but it is a disaster for people too. Bees for Development workers see this in their work helping people around Lake to improve their lives through beekeeping. Here, beekeepers face a huge problem: severe deforestation, including the loss of nectar-bearing trees, has had a devastating impact on bees.
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Teff, an ancient grain originally from Ethiopia, is a staple crop for 50 million people in the country. It is also increasingly popular worldwide, touted as a superfood for its gluten-free, high fiber and protein, and low-sugar properties. Yet dramatic temperature increases projected in Ethiopia by 2070, could force farmers to grow it only in
In 2014 international photographer James C. Lewis held an amazing exhibition of “African Orishas” as he paid homage to African deities through his art. James C. Lewis has a series of photos that depict some of the most famous Bible characters as people of African and Middle Eastern origins. The series features over 80 models
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