Just today, while celebrating Estonia`s birthday, my heart is filled with great gratitude. Gratitude for having been born in Estonia. We arrived in Ethiopia early morning on 28th December 2020. Leaving airport, we were confronted with crisp and cool air…
As always in Africa there is a situation in every day that I cannot foresee even when I had tried my best. If a five hour trip from one city to another has been planned then it is always good…
In the beginning of January we arrived in Soddo once again to help out at the school with our knowledge. My and Maarja’s assignment was to hold the music lessons. There isn’t a respective lesson on the curriculum, but musical…
Soddo-Addis-Soddo Local transport It’s Thursday. The whole orthodox Ethiopia is preparing for holidays. It’s the baptizing of Jesus holiday, which ends with a big procession on Monday. I have been sitting in the cafe in front of the Bekele Mola…
For now we have been in Ethiopia for a week, with our 270 kg of “goods” (baby hats, T-shirts, books etc). Nobody would have wanted such things in Estonia. We are here with 8 people, all men carried 40 kg…
While in Africa one of my Ethiopian friends told me that a child we were supporting and who disappeared in the middle of the last school year, is back in Soddo and would like very much to continue going to…
From the port of Tallinn We set out on our journey from Tallinn to Sweden with 30kg travelng bags. All of it seemed very funny, since the weight and the value of the luggages were somehow contrary to the European…
This time Africa greeted me with more rain than usually because I did arrive at the end of the rainy period. Rainy period means green mountains and valleys, trees, flowers, water in the rivers and breathtaking nature views. Every time…
Coming soon…
My first impressions when I stepped out of Addis Ababa airport on a Sunday morning, 6th of April, were very positive. It was early morning but it was WARM outside. Many types of bushes were blooming around the airport and…