Worancha ወራንቻ

La región Sidama está rodeada por el Estado de Oromia y el país Wolayata. Su capital es la ciudad de Awassa. Su actividad económica principal es el la agricultura, siendo la principal región productora de café de toda Etiopía. La producción del café supone para el país más del 50% de la entrada de divisas del extranjero. Su organización social ha cambiado mucho durante los últimos años,debido a los cambios en la educación y la relación con los otros pueblos. Source: endoethiopia.com

January 31, 2015. 4:00 pm. Venue Information. Addis Ababa Stadium

The four-year initiative dubbed ‘SeFaMaCo,’ short for ‘Seed-Farmer-Markets Consumer,’ funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will be implemented by the Farm Concern International (FCI) which also works in three countries. A PROGRAMME aiming to assist banana and sweet potato growers in Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia in securing reliable markets was launched here, targeting to benefit nearly 100,000 families in Tanzania alone. Speaking at the official launch of the project, the SeFaMaCo programme manager, Mr Winston Mwombeki, said that the project is geared to boost production of the two crops in the targeted areas, adding that the programme will benefit a total of 94,000 households or about 500,000 people between them. According to Mwombeki, the targeted regions for sweet potatoes under SeFaMaCo include Kagera, Mwanza, Morogoro and Zanzibar, while in Uganda the project will be implemented in Kamuli, Soroti, Gulu and Lira. In Ethiopia SeFaMaCo will make scene in Wolaita, S

A government contractor that has received more than $2.5 billion for humanitarian and infrastructure work in Iraq and Afghanistan has been suspended from receiving federal funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) due to “serious misconduct.” The USAID announced the suspension on Monday, less than a week after awarding a $10.5 million contract to International Relief and Development (IRD), a nonprofit based in Arlington, Virginia, for infrastructure and sanitation projects in Afghanistan. “Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) suspended the contractor International Relief and Development (IRD) from receiving U.S. Government awards,” the  statement  read. “The Agency’s review revealed serious misconduct in IRD’s performance, management, internal controls and present responsibility.” “USAID has a zero tolerance policy for mismanagement of American taxpayer funds and will take every measure at our disposal to recover these fund

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