Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Ethiopia Questions for Friday

Post two thought-provoking questions here.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. How does the Ethiopian government work?
2. How does your experience in the rainy season change from having an experience in any other season?

Anonymous said...

What are the "valuable drugs" that are stored in the Yetebon hospitals?
Where is Yetebon? I found that "the Yetebon community is located in the Gurage Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia.  It is about 87 miles (140 km) southwest of Addis Ababa.  Yetebon is situated in the highlands at an altitude of  8000 feet. "
How will Ethiopia deal with the rising population in terms of food, houses, economy, and healthcare?
How is healthcare affected by the lack of "wires" (electricity) in the rest of Ethiopia (not just Yetebon)?

Anonymous said...

1. Valuable forests in Ethiopia are disappearing quickly and are said to disappear in at least 27 years. Can/will the government do anything to prevent this?
2. If people who take the test to go into 11 and 12 grade, don't pass, what types of opportunities do they have?

Anonymous said...

1. What is the AIDS situation in Ethiopia like? How is it relative to other countries in Africa and around the world?
2. What can we do? We, the average high school student, can't go over to Ethiopia and help out like you did, Mr. G. But what if we want to help? How can we?

Anonymous said...

1. How successful is the education system in Ethiopia? How does it compare to those of the Western civilization?
2. How new is electricity to Yetebon?

Anonymous said...

1.What has(or will) Ambassador Clarke done to help relieve the hunger?
2.With the growing number of people in Ethiopia, is the government sufficient to keep up with this? With the malnutrition number at around 10%, how is that going to be kept/lowered with the growing number of people?

Anonymous said...

1. Weather-wise, how volatile is the climate in Ethiopia? There is a "rainy season", how does this weather differ from the other "seasons" and what are they?

2. How did Project Mercury start? From where did they draw their initial funds?

Anonymous said...

1. Where do the teachers fror these new schools come from?
2. What are options for universities for the graduates, what are the saccrifices the families have to make to afford it?

Anonymous said...

What was your initial reaction to the conditions in Ethiopia? How did you relate it to other conditions you've experienced? Did the conditions change (get worse/better)?

What was the most challenging thing you had to do while in Ethiopia (mentally and physically)?

Anonymous said...

1. If the 10th grade students don't pass the final exams and have to work instead of going on to grades 11 and 12, what type of job will they have?
2. Why do only the women carry things?

Anonymous said...

How necessary is a high school degree to getting a good job?

How different is the rainy season from the others?

Anonymous said...

1) Is there any reason for the growth in the population? And has this been going on for some time now, or jus the past 20 years or so?

2) What is Crater Lake, what does it look like, where is it, why was it "cool"?

Anonymous said...

1. Is Addis Ababa the largest city in Etheopia?
2. Is Project Mercy simply a road-building orginization or do they build/help out with other things?

Anonymous said...

1. What makes Ethiopia such a growing area, Why are people attracted to this area to make the population grow so much in about 11 years?
2. Is education so important their so that the kids have a fair chance in the world for business and other long term ideals they might have?

Anonymous said...

1. Are there very many schools in Ethiopia besides the one in Addis? Does the government take them as seriously?

2. It was mentioned that somewhere around 70% of the forests in Ethiopia are gone. Seeing as this has such a big impact, is there anything being done to help this problem?

Anonymous said...

1. It seems like getting into 11th and 12th grades are a very big deal for the older kids at the school. What goes on during 11th and 12th grades that forces them to limit the accepted kids? Is it just to get more kids (the rejected ones) into the workforce faster?
2. In the blog, you ask how Ethiopia will deal with the millions of new people in the coming years. How did they deal with the 22 million new people in the previous 11 years?

Anonymous said...

1. How was the quality of learning in the kindergarten in Ethiopia. Were students given many resources?

2. The lottery system for school admittance in ethiopia does not seem fair. Why did they choose to let this be how they decided who was admitted into schools?