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handles when they want drinking water or to wash our clothes, for countless of millions more worldwide, this simple act often turns into an ordeal. As such, world organizations from several developed and undeveloped nations convened recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to identify and target the five most urgent needs currently found in every third world nation--be it Latin America, Africa or elsewhere. Our article below lists them as being drinking water, food supplies, energy sources--renewable…

UK and elsewhere through his development and advocacy of inclusive practice, this case study focuses on his impact on contemporary dance and disability culture in Ethiopia. By introducing integrated practice to Adugna Community Dance Company in Addis Ababa (in which able-bodied and disabled dancers perform together), and continuing to foster its development through his choreographic and mentoring work with its current Artistic Directors, he has helped to transform the lives of individual…

to the elders’ advice to settle the feud by marrying his daughter to a rapist, Zebene dad was most likely disgust with the thought. His child had to go to the nearest bus stop and wait for 48 hours to have a pelvic exam, he made sure she fled to Addis Ababa, where no one would recognize her and still view her as a virgin. Equality Now, an organization help change the customs and laws of Ethiopia by providing a safe haven where men can now to prison for the rape of a female before or even after…

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences (max 150 words) When I was five years old, my Dad and I would head to ЦСКА, a local Ukrainian park, and hit tennis balls against the wall. I quickly realized how controlled hitting–to avoid the ball flying over the wall–could be a useful strategy. In Moldova, I trained at a local tennis facility with Olga, a motivated Russian coach who taught me how to win through consistency rather than the…

until 1972, when it was ended with the signing of the Addis Ababa Agreement. This contract granted more political power to the south of the country and gave the Abyei region the right to hold a popular vote to decide whether or not they would join Southern Sudan. In 1983, the second Sudanese Civil War began, when the government attempted to introduce Sharia law and denied Abyei the right to a popular vote, which had been promised in the Addis Ababa Agreement . Fighting broke out between the…

I was born in the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, the place where all my best memories live. My mother gave birth to her first child at the age of 18 then to me a year later, she hadn’t finished high school so she trusted my grandparents to raise us in the city while she went to work in another. There was never a dull moment in our grandparents home, we would play countless games in the water when it rained and the yard would get flooded or get chased around by our guard dog as my family would…

Introduction Tesfaye* was born and raised in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. When he was 26 he moved to the U.S. after winning the DV lottery visa program. He is now 35 years old and all his immediate family members live in Ethiopia. He is a college graduate and work as a department manager at a Home depot store. In addition, he is fluent in both Amharic and English languages. I know Tesfaye for about 7 years now and consider him to be one of my best friends. Similarly, my immediate…

The South Sudanese Civil War With so many entertaining events and programs going on in today’s society it’s hard to remember that the world is at war with one another. When people look past such distractions they soon realize how much violence, corruption and sorrow is truly permeating the planet. When it comes to wars this year, there are 10 to really keep a look out for. Out of those 10, though, one seemed quite interesting and that is the South Sudanese civil war. South Sudan is a fairly new…

As cited by Ahamdi (2010) based in the study of Lewis’s theory of the culture of poverty (1959) stated that the primary factors that cause the marvel of begging are the culture of poverty and poverty. Some of these attributes are: abstention in public activities, the feeling of obscurity in the urban society, experiencing some chronic ailments and at some point, malingering, absence of professional skills, encountering long haul unemployment periods, some mental attributes, for example, lack of…

On creating my working outline, I am going to begin my memoir by stating it from outright. I am going to capture my readers attention by trying to explain the real experience that I myself experienced at the time, by giving a clear vision of the physical and emotional state of my memoir. I am also going to be a direct participant on my memoir. My memoir is going to be straight forward, which is not going to be interrupted by other description or interpretations unless on my conclusion. My…