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Left to Right: EEPCo Manging Director Mihret Debebe, Asfaw Dingamo Minister of Water Resources, Sinkinesh Ejigu State Minster of Energy and Mines, and Minister of Trade and Industry Girma Birru at the event marking EEPCo’s 50th Golden Jubilee, on May 13, 2007 at the corporation’s premises behind the Federal Police Headquarters.
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Zewditu Hospital closed
By Groum Abate
Empress Zewditu Hospital, which was built during the first years of Emperor Haile Silassie, has been shut down after serious leakage was found in the building.
The hospital, which was first built by Swedish missionaries in the compound of the present National Palace, moved out to its current location behind the palace after constructing better facilities.
Doctor Tizeta, medical director of Zewditu Hospital told Capital that the hospital suspended admitting patients as of Thursday May, 10, and would let go remaining patients in its ward after seven days of treatment.
Eco-friendly vehicle coming soon
By Andualem Sisay
Holland Car Company told Capital that it is planning to assemble a new car that uses autogas, sometimes called Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), instead of benzene.
“When we compare cars that use LPG with those that use petrol it reduces the air-pollution caused by benzene cars to about 75 per cent,” says Tadesse Tessema, Operations manager of Holland Car plc.
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Bringing heartfelt joy
Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by social, verbal, and emotional difficulties. The centers for Disease Control and Prevention on May 4, 2007 released results of surveys which revealed that 300,000 children suffer from autism in the USA.
This figure means there are roughly 5.5 Autism diagnoses per 1000 school age children. Interestingly, boys were four times more likely to suffer from autism than girls.
Data on autism in Ethiopia is not available as the condition is subject to deep rooted misconception, superstition and widespread ignorance as to what causes autism. Public awareness of autism remains a challenge that is actually worse than the condition itself. One brave woman has made it her life’s task to reach out to autistic children.
“Joy-Center for Children with Autism and Related Developmental Disorders",
(J-CCARDD) is the first center of its kind in Ethiopia. The not-for-profit organization was established in May 2002 by the mother of an autistic child, with a dream to bring joy to autistic children and their loved ones by providing education, training, and rehabilitation in a safe and stimulating environment.
Zemi Yeus is (J-CCARDD) Ethiopia, Managing Director, founder and a teacher at this inspired endeavor..
Zemi spent some time with Capital’s Mina Yirga. Excerpts of the interview follow.
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Entreprenuer Profile is Capital’s youngest page and is already eliciting warm reviews. We have received dozens of e-mails, scores of letters and a clamor of phone calls of appreciation, suggestions and ideas which will all contribute for a better Entrepreneur Profile strengthened by your continued participation.
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French Scholarship – and the new Ethiopian Millennium |
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Ethiopia has intrigued explorers, scholars, painters, bards and the itinerant wanderer since the mists of time. Our country is arguably the most written about nation in Africa next to Egypt. Weighty tomes have been laboriously compiled by Greeks, Romans, Portuguese, British, Italian, German and French writers in various languages.
Unfortunately, few of these works have bibliographies compiled for them. Professor Pankhurst in a previous article, shed light on this issue and gently reminded all historically minded Italians to consider publishing a Bibliography of works by Italians on Ethiopia.
This week, he illuminates the French contribution to Ethiopian studies and repeats his advice for the compilation of the works of eminent French-Ethiophiles into a Bibliography.
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Social mobilization against sanctioned violence against girls and women
“Democracy and the Social Question“: The sixth lecture in this academic year was given by Bogalech Gebre, Director of Kembata Women’s Self-Help Centre, an NGO working in the south of Ethiopia. The lecture took place on Tuesday, 27 March, in Goethe-Institute Gebrekristos Desta Centre.
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