Surfing through the web, I came across a video of a sanitation project in India which basically attempts to address the fact that having a flushing toilet connected to a central treatment facility is not a workable solution for most of the world.
It might be a good idea for us at YESSERA to teach our students this technology so that they can use it to create a more environmentally friendly community.
The students from Assosa have already accomplished more than what they are learning in their studies. They have also inspired a volunteer in the United States to undertake learning as well. Dorothy Epp, a resident of Austin, Texas, USA, has begun learning to add articles to websites so that she can post articles on the Yessera website.
Half a dozen esteemed Yessera Austin activists met at Aster's Restaurant March 6, along with an honored guest...and cooked up advancement on several fronts while eating delicious Ethiopian food.
Yessera volunteers held a walkathon in Austin, Texas on February 20, 2010 to raise funds for our friends at the Uganda Community School Project, which supports development in the village of Nawantale, Uganda. Advertising purely by word of mouth, a dozen Yessera volunteers and friends gathered, walked, ran, ate together afterwards and raised several hundred dollars in donations. Uganda Community Community School Project representative Eva Shaw appeared delighted. Yessera hopes that both groups can expand, doing more of the uplifting work that needs to be done.
Our newest adventure that symbolically completes Yessera’s commitment to all four corners of
Yessera has begun a cooperative effort with US-based Ethiopian American Youth Initiative to bring books from the United States to Ethiopia. Ellal Aklilu, Director of Strategic Operations of the Ethiopian American Youth Initiative, is organizing a book drive and has asked Yessera to provide expertise and in-country support to deliver the books in the Ethiopia.
Our newest adventure that symbolically completes Yessera’s commitment to all four corners of...
