Friday 15 March 2013

Why Are We Funding Abuse in Ethiopia? Helen Epstein an independent consultant and writer specializing in public health in developing countries, and an adjunct assistant professor at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.

"But in twenty years working in this field, I have long since lost count of the number of projects I’ve visited that turned out not to be doing what their project documents claimed they were doing. The only way to find out whether development funds are being spent as they should be is to listen to the intended beneficiaries or—in repressive countries like Ethiopia where people are often afraid to speak out—the human rights advocates who represent them. That the World Bank managers have until now ignored these voices does not inspire confidence in their willingness to ensure that our tax dollars are being properly spent.""During the past decade, the US and other Western donors have supported many fine projects in the developing world with inspiring goals like saving lives, educating children and ending poverty. Since Ethiopia’s Protection of Basic Services project began, for example, independent surveys have found improvements in some crucial measures of development such as child mortality (though it’s worth noting that the improvements have been most pronounced in Ethiopia’s three major cities, and in Tigray, the region that happens to be home to the ethnic group of the nation’s highly autocratic and repressive leadership)."

With a country like Ethiopia and a population that is so big almost all the fund that comes from US and other 
Western donors goes to a spesific region "Tigray" the region that happens to be home to the ethnic group of the nation’s highly autocratic and repressive leadership)."

So why Fund? whay support? where their is no
accountability and responsble government which really dosn't cares for the equality of regions and equality of ethnics. The fund dosn't reach to 
beneficiaries!!!!
For more Information go to the Link....

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/mar/14/why-are-we-funding-abuse-ethiopia/

Tuesday 12 March 2013

The swedish Journalists come back their country where they feel safe at Home and Ethiopian Journalists??? They are in their own country where Home is not safe at all.Criticism to Ethiopia Government as a Journalist Leads to be proclaim as Terrorist

                (vedio news Al Jazeera march9,2013)

"International organizations such as Human Rights Watch criticized Ethiopia’n Gov't to the U.N. Human Rights Council in 2012. The country has one of the world's highest numbers of journalists in jail, and  many opposition leaders are in  prison!

It is getting worse and worse Ethiopian Human right violation, a citizen dosnt have a right to choose ,elect a party he/she believes is right, or critisize the governance, a Journalist can not do His/her job unless they become Parrot  for the government ,not only can't do their Job but they will be harmed ,arrested, their life is at risk ,and will not be found and who will ask about them any way? They are trying to be a voice for voiceless but soon not so far they shutdown by whom owns the power .

with all what is going on, if media can not become alive, if  Jornalist don't report news, if picture,vidio, writen papers can not come out, what is a country in this century ? How long will continue to 
suppress not to view whats going on??? who will be voice if the voice of others will be held?

Who is the Terrorist ? Ethiopian government or the people who ask their rights or who take their responsibility?

Today in Ethiopia Journalist is a Terrorist.
           Media is a Terrorist
           Opposition party is a Terrorist.
           Opposition party memebers are a Terrorist.
           supporter of a free media or an opposition party is a Terrorist.
           Any one who is against idea and implementation
 of the government  is a Terrorist.
This is the defination and implementation, proclaimation of the Ethiopian government for those who ask their and others Freedom and rights!!!

The swedish Journalists come back their country where they feel safe at Home and Ethiopian Journalists??? They are in their own country where Home is not safe at all.