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| 09 /06 /2001 |
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| Meki - Ethiopia |
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Everything
went all right today. Nicolas prepared an exam
of chemistry, Franck mathematics. First
comments : "Our students are champions
!".
Here, the most peculiar
hour of the day is when the sun goes down.
Nomadic women Oromo go back to the hills, as
the cattle gets lost in the red dust of the
road. The bells worn by the cows remind us
it's vital to always be in movement.
Electricity is sent
about one mile from the national road to the
lands at maximum. The rest of the houses
lights up with fires and candles... and life
goes on in harmony with the sun.
As the night falls
down, the sounds of Africa increase, either
scary or familiar. Cicadas, frogs and wild
dogs wake up.
At 8.00 pm, the Team
meets at home. We're 'lucky': we don't have to
worry too much about what we'll have for
dinner: either pasta with tomato purée and
carrots, or potatoes with tomatoes. When there
is a dessert (a luxury), it's either papayas
or oranges. When we arrived, we brought with
us 5 big chocolate blocks... that we ate in
two days.
The cooking is now
working well : Aurelie, Sophie and Theo feed
the Team, tired but happy.
Click on the picture
and watch the video.
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MOGUS
and his family
This
afternoon, after class, we have a
meeting with Mogus, a boy who
keeps on waiting for us behind the
gate. Aurelie promised him to go
at his place.
We
walk for a mile towards the
inland, followed by a dozen of
kids, singing, laughing and
shouting.
We
arrive in a hamlet of 7 huts with
roofs of straw. Then we meet Mogus
family, 10 people.
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We are
warmly welcome, and immediately
proposed to enter in the house.
Very simple, there are three
little rooms made of wood and mud.
The parents stay in the biggest
one, as the 8 children are the two
others. All of them have precise
tasks.
Most of the
children seem adult, and have a
great sense of responsibility.
None of them complains, and their
smile is a great example of
dignity and positivity. The two
young daughters (12 and 13 years
old) look after the youngests (1,
3 and 5 years old). Tasfay, the
oldest, works in a farm. At the
moment, he's carrying the fertile
ground from the river to a potatoe
field. The father is a peasant. He
owns a few fields, 7 cows, and
some chicken.
Mogus, and
his brother Joseph (9), are very
proud of their toys : all are made
of wood, wire and recycled objects
found on the road. Their favourite
one is a truck made of three
pieces of wood bound with a
string. They spend their time
playing with this stange object:
they push it with enthusiasm, stop
to let the passengers out, and are
very proud of this toy they built
only by themselves.
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Hospitality
is for us a gift because a day or
another in our life, it will be
returned.
Mogus
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SOME
FIGURES
The World Bank foresees that in
2002, Ehtiopia will be the poorest
country in the World. The gross
national product is only 750 birr
per person... about 7,5 £ !
A farmer (the most common job)
works only during the fertile
season. He earns about 5 bir per
day - 50 pence.
This country has the lowset
number of hospitals and doctors in
the world :
1 bed for 3300 people / 1
doctor for 33.000 people. In
France, there are about 1 doctor
for 330 people.
According to Amnesty
International (www.amnesty.org.uk), Ethiopia is the
country where there are the more
journalists in prison.
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We're
a bit tired and ready to rest this
week-end. The more tiring and the
most stimulting are the relations
with the people here.
Introductions, discussions, hugs,
hellos, goodbyes: they all seem to
need to tell us something... but
in fact, they're just looking for
a bit of attention and
consideration.
See you
tomorrow, dear Community !
team@nomadcommunity.com
- loako@hotmail.com
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