Worancha ወራንቻ

አዲስአበባ፣ ግንቦት 20፣ 2005(ኤፍ ቢ ሲ) ሀገር አቀፍ የትምህርትምዝና እና ፈተናዎች ኤጀንሲ ደግሞ አጠቃላይ ዝግጅቴን አጠናቅቄለው ብሏል። ኤጀንሲው ለፋና ብሮድ ካስቲንግ ኮርፖሬት እንዳለው ነገ በሚጀመረው ፈተና 785 ሺ 183 ተማሪዎች ፈተናውን ይወስዳሉ። ከዚህ ውስጥም 349 ሺ የሚሆኑት  ሴቶች ናቸው። በሀገር አቀፍ ደረጃ 1ሺ 347 የመፈተኛ ጣቢያዎች  ዝግጁ የሆኑ ሲሆን ከ29ሺ 800 በላይ የፈተና ጣቢያ ሀላፊዎች፣ ሱፐር ቫይዘሮች እና ፈታኞች መዘጋጀታቸው ተግልጿ። በዘንድሮ ሀገር አቀፍ ፈተና በተለየ ሁኔታ ኩረጃን ለመከላከል ሲባል ተንቀሳቃሽ ስልኮችን  ወደ መፈተኛ ጣቢያ ይዞ መምጣት ፈጽሞ የተከለከለ መሆኑን ኤጀንሲው አሳስቧል። ይህን በሚያደርጉ  ተማሪዎች ላይ ከፈተና እስከ መሰረዝ የሚደርስ እርምጃ እንደሚወሰድ ታውቋል። በሌላ በኩል የከፍተኛ ትምህርት መግቢያ ፈተና ከግንቦተ 26 እስከ 29 ድረስ ይሰጣል። ለዚህ ምዘናም ከ171ሺ 300 በላይ ተማሪዎች ፈተናውን ይወስዳሉ።

ባለ 17 ፎቅ ሕንፃ የእንስሳት ማቆያ ዙና ሪዞርት እያሰቡ ነው እንኳን ንግድ ገበያ ወጥተው የማያውቁ የተሟላ ትዳር የነበራቸው የቤት እመቤት ነበሩ፡፡ ባለቤታቸው ወታደር ስለነበሩ፣ መኖሪያቸው ካምፕ ውስጥ ነበር፡፡ የትዳር ጓደኛቸውን ሞት ሲወስድባቸው የሚይዙትንና የሚሆኑትን አጡ፤ ሰማይ የተደፋባቸው፣ ምድር የከዳቸው ያህል ክው አሉ፡፡ ቤት ውስጥ ምንም ስላልነበር፣ በላይ በላይ የተወለዱ አምስት ሕፃናት ያለ አባት ማሳደግ እጅግ ከብዶ ታያቸው፡፡ “ምኔን አብልቼ ነው የማሳድጋቸው? እንደፈለጋቸው ይሁኑ፤” … ብለው ሜዳ ላይ በትነዋቸው አልጠፉም፡፡ ለልጆቻቸው ያሏቸው ብቸኛ ወላጅ እሳቸው ብቻ ስለሆኑ እንደምንም ለማሳደግ ወሰኑ፡፡ ባለቤታቸው በሕይወት እያሉ ለቤተሰቡ ቀለብ የተሸመተ 25 ኪሎ ዱቄት ነበር፡፡ “ይኼ ዱቄት ካለቀ ልጆቼን ምን ላቃምሳቸው ነው? አንድ ነገር ማድረግ አለብኝ” ብለው አሰቡ፡፡ ያቺን ዱቄት እየጋገሩ ሽሮ ወጥ ሠርተው ምግብ ቤት ለመክፈት ወሰኑ፡፡ መኖሪያቸው ካምፕ ውስጥ ስለነበር፣ እዚያ ያሰቡትን ነገር ማድረግ እንደማይችሉ ያውቃሉ። ስለዚህ ከዚያ ወጥተው ቤት ለመከራየት ወሰኑ፡፡ የሚያውቋቸው ሰዎችና ጐረቤቶቻቸው ውሳኔያቸውን አልደገፉትም። “እንዴት የሞቀ ቤትሽን ለቀሽ ትወጫለሽ? ልጆቹን ያለ መጠጊያ ልታስቀሪ ነው ወይ? ተይ! እነዚህን ሕፃናት ይዘሽ የባሰ ችግር ውስጥ እንዳትወድቂ …” በማለት መከሯቸው፣ ገሰጿቸው፡፡ እሳቸው ግን በልባቸው “ቤቴንና አቅሜን የማውቀው እኔ ነኝ፤ ይህንን ቤት እኔ አልሠራሁት፤ ደግሞም ቤቴ ውስጥ የሚሸጥም ሆነ የምግደረደርበት ንብረት የለም” በማለት ምክርና ግሳፄውን ችላ አሉት፡፡ ከዚያም ከካምፑ ወጥተው፣ የቤት ኪራይ ረከሰ ወዳለበት አካባቢ ሄደው የ8 ብር የቀበሌ ቤት ተከራዩ፡፡ “እሷንም ተጫርቼና 4 ብር ጨምሬ ነው…

At an international hunger summit in London next month, experts will seek to tackle the long-term impact of childhood malnutrition and its consequences for struggling nations At an international hunger summit in London next month, experts will seek to tackle the long-term impact of childhood malnutrition and its consequences for struggling nations
People queue at an emergency feeding tent during Ethiopia's famine in 2003Photo: REX By Roger Thurow 10:20PM BST 27 May 2013 Comments In the first-year classroom of Shemena Godo Primary School, in Boricha, Ethiopia, three dozen children study the alphabet. On a black chalkboard, teacher Chome Muse highlights the letter B and writes the combination with each vowel. Ba, be, bi, bo, bu. The pupils, crowded two or three to a desk, listen to the sounds. I am watching one boy in particular, Hagirso, who sits at the back of the room. He copies the letters in his tattered notebook and proudly shows me his first attempts at writing, a triumphant m…

Ogaden Community UK Solidarity with Sidama People “Looqe Massacre” Today we are here to mark the anniversary of Looqe Massacre in which many brothers and sisters have been perished in Hawasa, the capital city of Sidama. This is a very sad story, today I’m sure that we all have a lot in common, because in Ogaden every day a bloody murderer’s kill innocent people, which are peaceful people like our Sidama brothers and sisters.

Every day exactly identical and similar evil actions, done by the brutal Addis-Ababa regime, happen to Orormo People, Afar People, Gambella People and all other victims under this regime. We are all suffering from Looqe massacre; we are all victims of the genocide in Ogaden, Oromiya and many other regions in the country.

Ladies and gentlemen I would like to thank the Sidama Community for hosting this event. It is really momentous, significant and very important that we hold events like this for the commemoration of our fallen brothers and sisters. Hence, our comm…

Abstract
Objectives: This study is aimed at examining the contribution of selected
pregnancy and postnatal health care services to Infant Mortality (IM) in
Southern Ethiopia.
Method: Data were collected from 10 rural villages of the Sidama Zone,
Southern Ethiopia, using a structured interview schedule. The 1,094
eligible women respondents were selected using a combination of simple
random and multi-stage sampling techniques. The main outcome variable
of the study (IM) was measured by reported infant deaths during the twelve
months preceding the survey, and was estimated at 9.6% or 96 infant
deaths per 1,000 births. Pregnancy and health care variables were used as
the main explanatory variables along with other household and individual
characteristics.
Results: The predicted probabilities, using three models of logistic
regression analysis, have shown that four pregnancy and postnatal health
care variables (antenatal care, immunisation, exclusive breast feeding and
wantedness of the p…

BT Biratu, DP Lindstrom
Abstract


Background: The utilization of formal prenatal care services in Ethiopia could generally be described as low by international standards. While this is attributed to the lack of access to formal maternal health-care service, which is an
important barrier to prenatal care, other important socio-cultural barriers to service utilization also exist.
Objective: The aim of this study is to identify the relative influence of the attitudes and background characteristics of husbands and wives on prenatal care utilization, and in particular to identify the role of a husband's approval on prenatal care.
Methods: Data were collected from 1,750 women in a community-based survey of maternal health conducted in Yirgalem town and its surrounding rural areas, as well as in Jimma Town in 1997. Multivariate regression models were used to identify: (1) the relationship between the determinants of whether a woman wanted a pregnancy and whether a husband approves of prenatal…

SUMMARY
Background: the health impacts of exposure to indoor air pollution have yet to become a central
focus of research, development aid and policy-making.
Objective: To investigate the effect of household fuel use on acute respiratory infection in
younger children at Shebedino Wereda.
Study method: The study design was cross-sectional, which employed an exposure assessment
approach, collecting detailed primary data on several household-level exposure indicators
(fuel type, stove type, kitchen type, housing type, ventilation, etc.) through the administration
of a questionnaire in 405 households. Data were collected during January to February 2006.
Result: The response rate for the sampled households was 100%. ARI prevalence of the study
area (21%) was found to be lower as compared to the national figure in 2000 (24%). The study
approach appears to demonstrate a relatively consistent association between child handling
practice while cooking and childhood ARI.
Conclusion: The existing…

The Sidama Nation acrossthe Globe Mark 11th Year Anniversary of
Looqqe Massacre
Sidama Community United Kingdom, May 25, 2013
London
On a very bright morning in Sidama land, on May 24, 2002, between 10:30 and
11:00am local time; the Sidama people of all walks of life staged on a peaceful
and non-violent Demonstration after fully exhausting the constitutional
requirements that is needed to undertake such an activity. Carrying the leaves of
trees and Ethiopian flags, the demonstrators peacefully started to march towards
their capital city, Hawassa which islocated at the distance of about 3 km from
where they have been planning to hold the said peaceful demonstration when
they were encountered with deliberately targeted barbaric acts after they have
nearly travelled about a kilometre from the point they were gathering.
The objectives of the demonstration was in protest of the government’s decision
to remove the administrative right of their capital (Hawassa)- from Sidama to the
federal …

- By: Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Wolassa Kumo reveals details about the Loqqe massacre that, carried out by the Abyssinian tyrant Meles Zenawi, consists in sufficient reason for us to raise the issue of the criminally ignored by the materialistic and apathetic Western World Sidama Genocide.

We end this brief introduction by formulating an alarming warning for the devious international community our decayed times: when you focus on one, and forget numerous other genocides, more genocides will happen to you.

Supporting the Sidama Pledge for Independence today is not a matter of mere Humanism; it becomes an issue of instinctive self-defense against Evil.

Sidama: An Overview of History, Culture and Economy (part 2)

By Wolassa Kumo

VI.Sidama Today

The Sidama people had made tremendous and historic contribution to the weakening and the final down fall of the military regime. However, the TPLF, which overthrew the military regime in 1991, ignored the historic contribution …