Getting myself into the rubbish is a story of municipal offices cluttered with old computers, fans, desks, officials and permissions. It is about writing a letter in Amharic explaining what I want to do and why. It is about waiting until the electricity comes back on and we can photocopy ...
Eneredada, an Amharic word meaning helping each other, is currently the embodiment of novel and home-grown solution to deprivation and loneliness that often blights senior citizens in Ethiopia and Africa at large. Alemayehu and close to 100 elderly peers have found solace at the Eneredada care ...