Thirty prospective university students with a chance to enter three state universities but are facing financial difficulties are to receive financial support and material assistance from East Africa Bottling S.C. (Coca Cola Ethiopia). The students will be admitted at Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar and Dire Dawa universities, which are all located in cities where the company has factories.
By Dr Noel Marie Zagre & Gary Quince
Eric Turyasingura chases after a ball made from plastic bags outside his mud-brick home in the mountains of southern Uganda. Yelling in his tribal tongue, Nkore, “Arsenal with the ball! Arsenal with the ball!” he jostles with his younger brothers for possession. The fame of the English soccer club has reached even his little ears. Pretending to be a sports’ star offers a moment of escape from his daily struggles. At five years old, Eric’s tiny body already tells a story of poverty and lost opportunity. He is six inches shorter than he should be for his age. His arms and legs are pencil-thin and his head is out of proportion to his body. Because he is stunted, experts say his chances growing up healthy, learning at full potential, and getting a job, let alone play professional soccer, have been greatly diminished.
Ambassador Patricia Haslach administered the oath of service to 66 new Peace Corps Volunteers at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa today. With this new group, there are now 231Peace Corps Volunteers in Ethiopia providing English language education, combating HIV/AIDS,preventing environmental degradation,and promoting food security. The Volunteers are locatedin Amhara, Oromia, Tigray, and SNNP Administrative Regions.
