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“Shoes” on the way home

One and a half months has passed since the year 2016 started according to our calendar and we landed in the airport of the Ethiopian capital. We arrived into the year 2008 and it was the fourth month according to…

Bert Kasemaa Soddos

Bert is a last year student of Vanalinna Hariduskolleegium who came Ethiopia to motivate himself before national exams. The time for motivation seemed short however it was clear that his will to come to Africa had received approval on different…

At the Soddo market

It was the afternoon when we were walking to the market. It is clear from a distance by the selection of goods that the main exporter is China. Cheapest plastic shoes, kitchenware and second hand clothes are buried under a…

Survival Instinct

Living in a welfare society you don’t perceive instinct of survival that often. Everything necessary for living is at hand, supermarkets are full of goods, if there is nothing what your heart desires on the shelves, your face tends to…