Ethiopia

Richard Hodes and his journey to help children in need in Ethiopia (2008). The remarkable short documentary shows us how easy it is to save a life, and how not enough people try to help. The documentary reminded me of Peter Singer’s article that used a vivid example of Bob’s dilemma of saving his car or a child…

Rastafari a Way of; Living, Worshiping and a Cultural Philosophy Rastafari is more than a religion. Rastafarians are Africans who are engaged unconsciousness raising with regard to African heritage, such as black religion, black pride and being in the world. Rastas reserve the right to think, know, name reinterpret and define their essence and existence in nontraditional matters. Rastafarian developed in the slums of Kingston, Jamaica in the early 1900—30’s In the environment of poverty,…

to $1,479.”(7) Africa continues to be an extremely unpredicatable continent, with wars and civil rights movements. Since 1992, thirteen countries have been involved in civil war including my birthplace Ethiopia. After years in war and famine, most citizens including my family members in Ethiopia and Eritrea are realizing that foreign aid has done little to no help. Which casts a new light, that foreign aid can’t assist a continent on accomplishing economic success. It’s time for a…

thus seek to influence United States foreign policy in a favorable direction for that country(Tillery 1-13). One example of this rationale at work can be found in African American support for Ethiopia in its war with Italy. This support was largely driven by an affection that African Americans felt towards Ethiopia as an independent African power that was fighting against a colonial power (Tillery 66 – 67). While Tillary felt that this model had some degree of usefulness in explaining the…

Nationalism is defined as when another country feels superior over other countries therefore giving them the power to take over. Nationalism played a big role in almost every part of the world including Africa, Asia and also the Middle East. Before the World War 1, nationalism was used by the Europeans as a colonial rule in Africa. Since Africans weren’t really educated, they turned to follow along with whatever the Europeans ordered them to do. According to the article, nationalism…

cases in Europe and North America, but smallpox remained almost unchecked everywhere else in the world. An estimated 300 million people died from smallpox in the 20th century alone. By the end of 1975, smallpox persisted only in the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia,…

over 4,000 miles from East Africa to the Mediterranean, is the longest river on Earth! Towards the Mediterranean Sea, the Nile splits off into two main branches, the Blue Nile and the White Nile. The Blue Nile begins in Lake Tana in the highlands of Ethiopia, and the White Nile begins with the waters that flow into and then out of Lake Victoria in Kenya. Branching off from the Blue and White Nile are tributaries, whose waters flow back into the “mother Nile”. This water then travels north into…

"The Queen", often bragged about her being the prettiest of all the sea nymphs. The sea nymphs complained to Poseidon, God of the Sea, about her, and petitioned that he punish Cassiopeia for her vanity. Poseidon sent a sea monster, Cetus, to attack Ethiopia, where Cassiopeia was ruler. Her husband panicked and sacrificed his daughter to save his kingdom, as had been foretold by an Oracle. Andromeda was chained to a rock. She was saved when Perseus used the head of Medusa to turn the sea monster…

abused children, and children affected by countless, ruthless diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Malaria and etc. Fortunately, ‘Worlds Children’, a non-for-profit organization which are the life line of most of those children located in India, Guatemala, and Ethiopia. Education is a key factor to determine a child’s future, Worlds children provides high-quality education courses in developing countries, thus, in India, hundreds of thousands of unwanted children are abandoned and left on the streets to…

get where they want to be. “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” “ The Lost Boys”, are boys from Sudan who fled their homes due to war where they lived. There were over 20,000 boy in the journey from Sudan to Ethiopia back to Sudan and than to Kenya. They crossed River and some got eaten by crocodile some eaten by lion and some starved or even gave up. Those who keep going and knew the struggle that they had to go through and the terrible things they saw.…