Oct 28
Elizabeth StoltzPeople and Places, Student Voices Coffee, Ethiopia
The jebena and cini used in the coffee ceremony. Photo: Concern Worldwide
You can thank goats in Ethiopia for the coffee that fuels your day! Legend has it that goats in the highlands of Ethiopia started munching on bright red berries when their shepherd, Kaldi, noticed their strange behavior. Filled with a newfound energy (caffeine!), Kaldi’s goats refused to settle down as the moon set. Kaldi, meanwhile, was filled with curiosity.
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Oct 14
Elizabeth StoltzPeople and Places, Student Voices Ethiopia, Top 10
Serving coffee in Ethiopia (Photo: Concern Worldwide)
1. Food - Ethiopia’s national dish is called “wat.” Ethiopians prefer to eat this spicy stew with injera, a flat, spongy bread. Meals are enjoyed by tearing off a piece of injera and using it to scoop up a big bite of wat. Wat can be made with chicken (doro wat), beef (sega wat), lamb, vegetables and seasoned with berbere, a combination of spices, and niter kibbeh, a clarified butter. It may also be topped off with hardboiled eggs!
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Dec 01
Joan BolgerGlobal Awareness Days, HIV and AIDS Community Conversations, Concern, Ethiopia, World AIDS Day
Community members in Ethiopia gather through the traditional coffee ceremony to discuss the impact of HIV and AIDS in their village
Down a winding, dusty road in the remote rural district of Damot Woyde, in Ethiopia’s Wolayita region, more than 50 adults sit in a circle under the shade of a tree to discuss the impact of HIV and AIDS on their small village of Grara. This is the group’s third meeting in six weeks, and they are making strong progress on the subject under discussion: supporting People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHAs) in the community.
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Oct 22
Elizabeth StoltzMaternal & Child Health, Student Action Ethiopia, Food for Thought, Fundraiser, Nutrition, Plumpy'nut
Over 80 students from Ithaca, NY participated in the 4th Annual Walk for Plumpy'nut
Despite its silly name, Plumpy’nut is helping end a very serious problem. Since its introduction to countries ravaged by acute childhood malnutrition, Plumpy’nut has saved the lives of thousands of children. Made from peanut paste, vegetable oil, powdered milk and sugar, and essential vitamins and minerals, Plumpy’nut provides malnourished children with a high protein and high-energy meal.
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Aug 18
Elizabeth StoltzStudent Action, Student Voices Ethiopia, Hygiene
Elizabeth Stoltz spending time with children from Sendafa, Ethiopia during her visit last summer
Last year, I had the opportunity of a lifetime to travel with Living Word Community Church on their annual mission trip to Sendafa, a village in Ethiopia. LWCC prepared us for the logistics of the trip – don’t open your mouth in the shower, no fresh fruit or vegetables, brush your teeth with bottled water, etc. – but nothing could have prepared me for the life-changing journey I experienced.
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Oct 18
Sylvia WongMaternal & Child Health, Student Action Ethiopia, Food for Thought, Fundraiser, Nutrition, Plumpy'nut
Local residents and students from York, PA brave the cold to walk for Concern's nutrition program
On October 18, 2009, Food for Thought held its Third Annual Walk for Plumpy’nut fundraiser.
Despite the cold and rain, over 60 local residents and students from York, Pennsylvania participated in the event which raised $4300 to support the purchase of Plumpy’nut, a peanut-based nutrition supplement for severely malnourished children, used in emergency nutrition programs in Africa.
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