Comments for Lamp Post Reports

Comment on Carbon Credits and the Rural Poor by Tsegaye Haile

Tsegaye Haile — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:41:08 +0000

first oa all i would like to appreciate the efforts you made for the preservation and conservation of the forest of Sheka. I am the resident of Masha, who lived there for more than 15yrs. I am enrolled now to university for doing my MA.

I read the report and glad to say that well done. But the things i have in my mind is that most of the figures in your reports are exagerated. i am afraid to say,some times u report things more beutifully than ur actions. THe best example I have for this is that,for example, the tea planttation in the locality is still causing problems to the local residents than the benefits they are driving from is,I believe. But your report focused on the efforts made by MELCA mahiber to enforce the tea plantation project to participate the local farmers in the planting the tea in their farm land and to sell it back to the tea plantation .
My fear in this idea is that, the local farmers dependency on planting tea plant by itself forces them(farmers) to be dependent on the forst there. Because as the production of tea rises, there is a need for more logs of timber for the factory. What I really agreeon is that the local people should benefit from the production which is going on the expense of environment, and the expanstion of the tea plantation should forced not to expand to the forest further…..

Comment on MIT Ethiopia: An Opportunity for Google by hale

hale — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:41:00 +0000

it is realy facinating to see such a bolog.

Comment on New town, new job. Same country, same focus. by John T. Vaughn

John T. Vaughn — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:17:00 +0000

Ron,

Great to hear from you. I sure appreciate you reading the blog. I hope you’ve found it interesting at least occasionally. I visited your website briefly, and it’s looking great. I hope things continue to workout. I’ll be stateside for a bit around the holidays, and could be in Chapel Hill for a bit. If so, I’ll let you know and we can get together.

Best,
JT

Comment on New town, new job. Same country, same focus. by Ron Clabo

Ron Clabo — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:47:10 +0000

JT,

Sounds like things are going well for you. I try to check in on your blog from time to time, but it’s been awhile. It was fun learning about your new opportunity.

Glad to see you are still excited about startup businesses. I’m still working hard on mine. GiftOasis.com is coming along well. Maybe not as quickly as I’d like, but I’m really happy with how it’s shaping up. And hopefully if things go well we can use it to help lots of small businesses here in North Carolina.

If you’re ever back in town for a visit, let me know. It’d be fun to catch up. I’d love to hear all about your time in Ethiopia.

-Ron

Comment on About by Safu

Safu — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:31:23 +0000

philip,

I realy enjoyed reading your blog. I am from southern ethiopia and particularly from Shekacho ethnic group of south western ethiopia. I live in the UK and I was hoping to go back home and start business. my background is on Agriculture, envronment an public health suct as sanitation. Now after reading your comments I am begining to re-think or revise my thoughts. Thanks for this good job. Please do not forget to visit Masha, sheka zone.

hear you soon

Safu

Comment on Genesis Farms, A Labor of Love by John T. Vaughn

John T. Vaughn — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:28:52 +0000

Erika,

That sounds like an awesome project – would love to hear more about it. Unfortunately, blogspot is blocked here in Ethiopia. I’ll email you so you can follow-up via email if you wish. All the best,
jtv

Comment on Genesis Farms, A Labor of Love by Erika

Erika — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:09:21 +0000

My husband is heading up a project to build a 300-cow dairy in Kokosa, Ethiopia. They are just beginning, but are planning to use the methane gas, possibly as a power source. I thought you might enjoy keeping up on the project at his blog.

Comment on MIT Ethiopia: An Opportunity for Google by Tsegu g/yesus +2510910074688

Tsegu g/yesus +2510910074688 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:35:12 +0000

thank you John! Etiopia will be the home of prominent sceintists because she has briliant and ginius leaders

Comment on Genesis Farms, A Labor of Love by RorEvotttus

RorEvotttus — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:38:38 +0000

Nice web site! hope to visit soon:D

Comment on MIT Ethiopia: An Opportunity for Google by Brook A.H(gc_2001)

Brook A.H(gc_2001) — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:57:09 +0000

What is written about MIT is very interesting.
yeah
MIT is center of excellence and much more is going to be done.
Hope fully in the coming 2020 there will be a bunch of new projects that are going to solve a lot of brainstorming problems in the whole over the world.

To your surprise students of MIT enjoy doing huge projects both in there mini and final year project this quality is the result of the habit of self teaching and starvation; this starvation is not actually about food rather it is about knowledge.
we all MITIAN’s enjoy doing good projects for the best of ETHIOPIA and we will keep THE LEGEND ARAY’s vision forever,
until our final goal is reached, which is ETHIOPIA >=CHINA IN TECHNOLOGY !!!!!!!!
PLEAS KEEP ON POSTING ABOUT MIT THERE IS ALOT TO BE SAID