The video below shows a shocking story about 80,000 Ethiopians who survive on trash at the Addis Ababa city dump in an area called Korah. Many of the people who scavenge through the trash are children and women. These people are living under such horrible poverty not because Ethiopia is a poor country. Some of the reason is that Ethiopia’s treasure is being squandered and looted by Meles Zenawi’s ruling party, that educated people who can help develop the country are forced into exile, and that the country is being ruled by a government of idiots.
This video below will make any decent human being sick. The billions of dollars donation collected from around the world by the Meles regime in the name of these people is being used to keep them under such hellish poverty. This is done with the full knowledge and active collaboration of the poverty-mongers at the World Bank and IMF, as well as Western governments who are financing the parasite regime, and training its killers to keep it in power (see here). Ethiopians are smart, hard working people. With the right government, they can make a decent living. Ethiopians do not expect the West to give them their freedom. We are simply asking the U.S. and E.U. to stop giving weapons and money to the brutal, parasite regime that is sucking the life blood of Ethiopia.
And below are some horrifying pictures of how tens of thousands of children live in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. These people live under such obscene poverty partly because the so-called “government” is busy buying thanks and fighter jets, and building concentration camps, instead of schools. The other reason is that the Ethiopian elite that has the capacity to do some thing about it simply chose to be indifferent.
Elias thank you for sharing the ground reality of life in Ethiopia where the idiotic elements of tplf and thier blind racist supporters are endlessly liying about a 12 or 15% fake growth that is only beleivable among few a naive and moron Ethiopians in Diaspora while the majority of Ethiopians know exactly that the tplf terrorist group the worst criminal and corrupted group that needs to be removed ASAP…it wont be long that tplf will be removed from Ethiopia as same as the Nazi of Gemany and Idiamin Dada of Uganda, and Mengistu of Derg, since there is a matter of time that dicatators will stay in power……but the racist and moron elements of tplf supporters assume they can stay in power for ever since they are stupid elements that thier mental are being stripped by meles of thier criminal leader….
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October 13th, 2010 at 2:46 PM
Right after marching to Addis in one of his interviews to journalists, Melse promised for the Ethiopian people three meals a day. 20 years later the people of Ethiopia are eating three meals a day out of the city’s trash. He, his wife and the rest of Weyane Ganges loot Ethiopia to the bone at the same time.
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October 13th, 2010 at 3:09 PM
please get the fact. right.I know this video.it has been on the internet for quit a while.These people are not collecting food.But they are collecting recyles such as bottles plastices etc… in order to make money.It is wise think to do.If I were there I would the same.So please report truth-not hate news.Thanks.
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October 13th, 2010 at 3:23 PM
It is sad to see dignified people dehumanzed by an inferiority complex ridden government that has depended its existence on foreign aid.
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October 13th, 2010 at 3:28 PM
teddy abebe, it is the same thing. Why do they have to come to dig the trash if they can eat ‘three times a day.’
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October 13th, 2010 at 3:30 PM
(Teddy Abebe) if it was you, am sure you will not do the same thing!!!
I am so sad and disgusted by what I saw. Am left speechless and blank. What should we do? I dont know what we can do, everything seems complicated now a days?
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October 13th, 2010 at 3:47 PM
#4 teiwdros stop this bull crap teddy, mimi, titi first of all in Ethiopia all the bottles has to be returned before even you get any new order. Why do you try to find execuse for the tegadalite. The urban dewlers are exposed to hunger which has never seen like it before. If you defend the tegadalite at all why do you say, “why not they don’t eat cake.” yoou f–u–s are built on fantacy any ways.
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October 13th, 2010 at 3:52 PM
@ tesfayee what do you mean if they dot work how they get some thing to eat … three o2 2 or 5 they have to work hard ,,think 2 wise bro
yemanew begeta
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October 13th, 2010 at 4:02 PM
what is wrong with tesfaye teddy is right here also north america people are collecting recycle toget many on it that means are they starving. think and see both side.
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October 13th, 2010 at 4:12 PM
teddy abebe ,
You have no idia about life , but lie is your principle of life.
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October 13th, 2010 at 4:17 PM
To all Tegaru, we rather have good hard working honest Ethiopiawi than LEBOCH SO CALLED TEGARU TO LEADE ETHIOPIA.
A Malaysian Petronas energy compay seeks sale Ethiopian oil rights locally people in Ethiopia. The individual buyers of the SouthWest energy compay are the followings:
1-Abay woldu
2-Azeb Mesfin
3-Meles zenawi
4-Tsadiqan Gabraegziabher
5-Mulugeta Alemseged
What is going on and where did the above individuals got the money to own Oil production Company???
To whom Tegadelti serving now, if individuals are owning the country’s wealth what is the purpose Tigray mothers sons and daughters serving in the military???
What happen to EFFORT??? Why individual Tegaru own instead of EFFORT for the whole Tigray???
Now we know clearly one of the many factors Meles Zenawi installed FM and second man EPRDF leadership Hailemariam Desalegn to protect their holding of the south wealth for individual Tegaru in the name of Tigray. The blame by all Ethiopians goes to all Tegaru but the wealth goes to very few people who have the military backers in power. This is the most disturbing trend emerging slowly. Is this the reason we fought and died our families, relatives, neighbors, classmates in elementary, high school and college and we reined Tigray????
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October 13th, 2010 at 4:28 PM
this actually mean nothing. those people are not eating trash. they are in a recycling business. just the fact that some ignorant white dude who doesn’t even know about his own country went to flm in a gato try to make it look like something else.my response, see how they do it in US and canada. it is exactly the same. i have Witnessed people recycle manualy here in tx.
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October 13th, 2010 at 4:57 PM
THANK YOU ELIAS!
WHAT A NATIONAL TRAGEDY IS THIS? WITH THIS SAVAGE LEADERS DEVALUED THE BIRR AND EVERY BODY EXPECTING PRICES TO GO UP, LIEF IN ETHIOPIA HAS REACHED TO A POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE.
WHY NOT ALL CONCERNED ORGANIZE TO INITAITE A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TO TOPPLE THIS GOVERNMENT?
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October 13th, 2010 at 5:25 PM
hiruy berhe,
I do not have enough words to describe what kind of heartless, cruel person you are.
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October 13th, 2010 at 5:33 PM
did any one seen when people eat trash in this video. I need one person who saw that. what a news!!!! Get a life man. sometimes try to know what u can at least use as a title for ur news. i havent seen noone who eats trash in this video and it is so ugly to report something which satisfies ur own ego.
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October 13th, 2010 at 5:39 PM
Man, I just cannot explain how my life has been affected by my visit to the community of Korah in Ethiopia, all I can really say is that my heart has truly been burdened for these people. While others long to help different persons and communities in Ethiopia, Korah weighs on my heart. So, I am attempting to raise awareness and support for the 80,000 people who make up this community of societal outcasts. Read http://michaelhalcomb.blogspot.com/2010/01/eating-ethiopian-trash-new-help-korah.html
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October 13th, 2010 at 5:53 PM
tedy abebe
you won 99.6 percent of the last election also, right?
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October 13th, 2010 at 5:56 PM
Why are these children eating trash at a city dump in Addis Ababa. Why are they at the city dump in the first place.
The Small Feet of Korah
A blog post by Chris van Allsburg
KORAH, ETHIOPIA — Small feet of a little child patter and splash out of the shack. They leave tracks in the mud. The child runs down an alley row by row of shelters just like his. Card board and rags tied on sticks…the endless maze of makeshift homes. The rags flap in the breeze like lonesome flags hoisted on abandoned ships. The little feet run in the direction of the dump. Perhaps there’s food there.
Child passes a crazed man, skinny, with one leg. A wild look in his eyes and an eerie, one-tooth smile. Lines on his face are thin and many from long years of malnutrition. He lost his leg to leprosy. The child keeps trotting along…
He passes a woman. She looks sick to the child. He knows that men visit her from time to time. She must have a lot of friends. But she looks very sick now. Maybe her man friends will help her.
The rain comes. It’s the season for it now. Giant drops as big as a bowl and pouring streams empty from the sky. The trail is thick, oozing mud. The child swamps his way toward the dump. Perhaps there’s clothing there.
Boys and girls from the chasm flitter out from the maze to follow the child. A mangy dog with wet hair in the shape of spikes side winds his way with tongue hanging low. His eyes are dim, too.
The child steps out of the swarming hoards of makeshift shelters to the edge of a hill. He slides down to the River. It is brown, and flows as slow as a lazy dream. There’s white foam puffs floating along, and pieces of stuff: the cliché is real—one man’s garbage is another’s treasure.
The child washes his feet and legs. He cups his hands and drinks dirty water from the river bank. He stands up, half bent, arms dangling straight down, and looks along the river. There’s a hill. He climbs it, slipping and falling his way to the top. At the edge there is a wasteland of refuse, as big as the shanty land where he lives. This is the dump. There are people walking about, bending over and picking things up, inspecting them. Is it good to keep?
A man in a bulldozer smooths out the rubbish. Someone grabs an old, dirty, wet blanket. It smells bad, you can tell by the look on her face.
The child roams around and spots something. He cups his hands and brings them to his mouth. This time not to drink, but to eat.
He turns and runs, his feet leaving tracks in the mud. He returns to his shanty. His mother is sick. She used to have a lot of man friends. But now they don’t come around anymore. (http://vanallsblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/small-feet-of-korah.html)
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October 13th, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Can you let us know where you get the 80,000 figure. The video has nothing that suggest such numbers.
Just wandering!
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October 13th, 2010 at 6:11 PM
http://www.gvnet.com/streetchildren/Ethiopia.htm
There are twice as many Ethiopians hungry today as there were during the 1984 famine when one million people starved. This uneasy truth means that, every year, up to eight million people, twice the population of Ireland, are starving or die of hunger.
Ethiopia receives the most relief aid but the least development aid in the world. More than 80,000 children die from malaria each year. Untreated mosquito nets cost just €2 and treated mosquito nets cost only €5. Average life expectancy is 44 years, infant mortality is at 20 per cent and unemployment rests around 80 per cent. Most of the 75 million people who live in Ethiopia survive on less than 50 cents a day.
There are over seven million orphans and close to half a million street children
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October 13th, 2010 at 6:19 PM
Those of you who said that these people are collecting plastic to recycle like the Americans do, know that you are insulting and spitting on these poor Ethiopians.
Americans dont go to the trash mountains to collect plastics, they dont wear clothes like those people are wearing, they dont have that hungry face. I am truly ashemed.
We dont have to see them eat from the trash to prove what they were doing; like one of the commentors said “what are they doing there in the first place?” … “why are they dressed up like that?” … I think it is obvious this poeple are really really poor and their face shows that … and I am 100% sure every Ethiopian knows what a hungry face looks like (I Know!:D)
except if …
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October 13th, 2010 at 6:44 PM
hi elias,
To be honest, i think you have nothing to report. These people are working (not eating). Have you not been seen people in MD working in Waste Mangement. It is the same thing. My freindly reminder is that you need to report something make sense. We do not expect you to see this kind of report from you. Be a jouneralist,
Thanks
Tolosa
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October 13th, 2010 at 6:56 PM
This wouldn’t happen in a democracy. The people voted for an accountable leadership. Then the ruling junta put their mayor in prison along with the other electees. These are people under siege. And for the guy taking the pictures, may I remind you that U.S. government policy is in part responsible for keeping such people under such tribal rulers by arming the government and funding their brutal inefficient ethnic governance. What happens to the billions of dollars they get in aid every year to alleviate poverty? Why aren’t the kids in compulsory boarding schools? It is not a difficult thing to do! A fraction of the cost of buying one military tank will certainly feed, educate and raise all these kids. What about ‘our very own’ Ethiopia-loving tycoon? 2 million dollars for beyonce for one night or building a boarding school for these kids. Why don’t you take your Sheraton hotel back to Saudi Arabia and we want to build schools for these kids with our hands on that land. All we need is our freedom – not anyone’s money. So keep your money and do not tamper with our freedom.
These kids are our futures – not your fancy hotels. Who cursed this nation? What have we done really?
And by the way, for the white guy trying to help these people. Thank you. But please do not impose your religion on vulnerable poor people. They are not new to the gospel. Christianity has been in this country for years. Let them keep their heritage and their religion.
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October 13th, 2010 at 7:27 PM
Tolosa,
I understand your pain but let us face it. This people thrive eathing garbage. Period. Some call them human scavengers. You would argue instead on the numbers. It is very difficult to put exact figure becasue they are not well docomented. Many perish due to disease and the elements at young age and thus the turn over rate is as rapid as the waste production itself.
By the way, they will not allow visitors to take pictures of them and I guess this video might have been taken through negotiation. One more point to be noted. The waste is divided between them depending on its source and group hierarchy. Wastes generated from Sheraton, for instance, is reserved to the dominant and powerful group.
It is painful. Nevertheless, we should acknowledge it exists.
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October 13th, 2010 at 7:41 PM
What a shame!!! I don’t know what people like tolsa Beyene and those like him here see and comprehend from this blog report. It is not that old. It was first blogged this last July, 2010. I can not get a grab of their thinking process about these repulsive individuals who claim the people are only working. Did the society we left behind start having the audacity of producing such shameless coteries? Brother Elias, please keeping smacking such unconscionable and damning facts on these ‘hodams’ faces again and again. May Allah(God) sniff the life out of this Caligula so freedom and equality along with the rule of law minded people get the chance of leading this sacred place called Ethiopia with Afar, Oromia, Tigray, Somals, Amharas and millions others in it!!!! With good the ever willing Allah (God) and the help of other freedom loving countries and nations I have no doubt that it will come to bear. Just look at Chile and how it was ruled before. And look at what they did today. Now I become emotional!!! Insha Allah!!!!!
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October 13th, 2010 at 7:59 PM
tolosa if you are jocking, it is not funny. A country with poorest of the poor people working in waste management? you are a wasted bafoon.
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October 13th, 2010 at 8:05 PM
Disgusting is quite an understatement…
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October 13th, 2010 at 9:23 PM
I feel pain for the children tho. They don’t deserve this.
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October 13th, 2010 at 9:25 PM
Hey teddy abebe……in a country where 10 million are in the verge of dying because famine starvation, you are telling us that this people are recycling bottle and stuffs. Fact is that your guy melese and his gangs are stashing away billions of Euros and dollar skimming from the very money they begged from a donor countries in the name of the very people, who relegated to die of starvation, I am sure your kind of melese’s stooges will lie no matter what. Shame on you
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October 13th, 2010 at 9:40 PM
Sambusa
What I don’t understand is, what are we hoping to get by showing such humilating pictures of ones own country.The government allows forigners to come and document what is happening in a dumpester they do not have other reason other than to huimlate Ethiopia and others too knowningly or un knowningly tries to do the same thing. This is shame. I never saw people who humilate their own country. A country with such beautiful peple should not deserve this. What a stupid Idea. Any way God knows what is behind it.
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October 13th, 2010 at 9:44 PM
I don’t know the purpose of the video or your title saying 80,000 addis residents eat trash.I don’t know where to begin but you are always adding salt to the wound. Of course the majority of addis resident is poor but no one eats trash and you know it. But you dont care about the fact do you? just looking after your poletical gains(if we can call it that). Its understandable if you have beef with woyanne or who ever is in charge but PLEASE DON’T INSULT US!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It makes me so sad there are MAD people like you who encourage what you do. THIS is again a new low for your standard!!!!!
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October 13th, 2010 at 9:56 PM
May be you should ask yourself what you have done so far to minimize this problem.
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October 13th, 2010 at 10:01 PM
Unless some of you are blind, the video, the second one, clearly shows children eating trash. Elias is doing a great service by exposing such a crime against children. As a matter fact, this is a crime against humanity and those responsible should face justice.
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October 13th, 2010 at 10:09 PM
u r all liars including the moron Elias and bunch of stupid eritreans
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October 13th, 2010 at 10:14 PM
This was unheard of under Mengistu’s regime! Well let us see the Western’s support Stiglitz and Sachs, what they have to say when they see this. Meles regime’s hate on Ethiopian people will continue this will be perpetuated by outsiders. Pro Weyane’s will lie anything to prove that current regime is great. Great because he supports one ethnic group, and supports very few elite and his party THAT IS ALL. The funny thing is that, Meles regime is still haunted by Mengistu and talks about Mengistu instead of what change he has made in Ethiopia. Well we have seen now how children are going or ship them quick to over seas by adoption parents to make money.
The Tolosas, Teddy’s are sitting on bucks so why should they feel the compassion. They will tell you, this is normal so that such poverty will be accepted. The Weyane’s are not allowing other Ethiopians to develop their country. They are forcing them out of the country, imprison them or kill them when they want to bring change in their country.
It is time to stop complaining and do something.
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October 13th, 2010 at 10:14 PM
Thanks man for sharing this info.
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October 13th, 2010 at 10:20 PM
To all those who are saying that they are not looking for food…WATCH THE VIDEO! They say they are looking for food and they were eating from the trash. This is sickening. Especially since a few hundred miles away Saudis, Indians, etc are growing food on ETHIOPIAN LAND to take to Saudi Arabia, India. This is Meles “the genius” in action.
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October 13th, 2010 at 10:22 PM
The point is… this is not about eating or not. Or Elias caring about the poor or exposing whatever. I am just disturbed by such video from a website that calls itself as “Ethiopian”. Whatever the case is these are our people and we should respect them.I really hate the way this is portrayed and I believe any ethiopian that likes his country and its people regardless will not participate in dissiminaing this. what a trash!
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October 13th, 2010 at 10:24 PM
Just roll the video to around 2:00 and you WILL SEE CHILDREN EATING FROM THE TRASH….. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN THAT?
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October 13th, 2010 at 10:31 PM
Tolsa Beyene,
Taking the last picture:
What do you mean that this kids are working? Who hired them? How much do you believe their wage is? Unless forced (by family or their standard of living) no body should hire them. They are kids. Your objective is clear: defending the undefendable-Master (king) Meles. How many in Ethiopia throw out something of value in their trash? Firfari is saved for dogs or sold out as gursha (left over from hotels)for human beings. Don’t try to compare the contents of the trash in the west with that of Ethiopia. There is a huge difference in the standard of living and, thereby, the value of the contents in the trash from the rich and poor nation’s citizens.
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October 13th, 2010 at 10:35 PM
Reta,
Unless you are a supporter of the ruling class that is keeping these people under such condition, you would not want it kept secret. I have never heard such kind of nonsense.
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October 13th, 2010 at 10:38 PM
Whenever “they” are asked about the dire situation in the country their response is always “you do not know the facts on the ground”…”the fact on the ground is different….” well!!!! here is one “fact on the ground”.
Hello Agazians what is your next mantra…Oh let me guess… “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche”
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October 13th, 2010 at 10:46 PM
What a shame to those people who are trying to defend this heartbreaking reality. We say to them you are Hodam, Agases, Asamas! Sure like hell your days are numbered… Tanx Elias!
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October 13th, 2010 at 10:53 PM
Thank you Elias. As usual, typical Woyanes are in denial and want it hidden from the public eyes. Please distribute this heartbreaking video and the video that shows where the Addis Ababa university students being loaded on trucks to their torture chamber in 2005 while begging “please save us, please save us” Please send copies to the president of Columbia University and Columbia Student Paper to remind them one of many, many reasons why Ethiopians protested against Meles at their university. These videos should be sent to Obama’s Foreign-Affair Office, Michelle Obama’s office, US senators, major news medias, NY times, Time Magazine, News Week, etc. May be their conscience will bother them to act on these human tragedy.
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October 13th, 2010 at 11:30 PM
If Elias didn’t post videos and photos, those fandya Woyannes would have called him liar. When he smacks them with videos, they ask him to remove it. Under Woyanne rule there are much more sufferings that are not being reported.
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October 13th, 2010 at 11:51 PM
Very sad but the truth of the matter is, this utterly corrupt ethnocentric government is treating the country and the people of Ethiopia except Ti-gray, as occupied enemy territory and captured enemy combatants. The west choose to ignore the plight of the Ethiopian people for the sake of temporary geopolitical advantages or maybe just to share the loot of Ethiopians precious natural resources ahead of the Asians and some middle eastern countries. At least the Asians are not trying to deceive us in the name of democracy, rule of law, and all the other bull shits….
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October 14th, 2010 at 12:38 AM
Appropriate, timely and touching message from a just released መዝሙር on the very subject:
በሰው ፊት ቢሟጠጥ ተስፋና ደስታ:
ለኛ ፈጣሪ አለን ሁሉን የሚረታ:
ተስፋ እንደሌላቸው አንሆንም ከቶ:
ክርስቶስ አለልን የሚያሳይ አብርቶ::
ያለቀሱ ሁሉ ይስቃሉ አይቀርም:
ይለዋውጠዋል ጌታ መድሓኔአለም:
ማንም ያላሰበውን ያልጠበቀውን ድል:
ለኛ ለምስኪኖች ጌታ ይሰጠናል:
ሰዎች ቢጠበቡ ገንዘብ ለመስብሰብ:
ይጠላለፋሉ ባልጠበቁት መረብ:
እግዚሓብኤርን ይዘው በቅን ካልተጓዙ:
ክፋትና ተንኮል ብዙ ነው መዘዙ::
ድሆችን አስለቅሶ ግፍን የሚሰበስብ:
ምን ይመልስ ይሆን በጌታ ፊት ሲቀርብ:
ለዝች አጭር ዘመን የሚስገበገቡ:
አይረኩም አይጠግቡም ድሆች እያስራቡ:
የህል ሽታ ጠፍቶ መሶቡም ቢራቆት:
ተስፋችን ሙሉ ነው እኛስ በጌታ ፊት:
ይህን ክፉ ዘመን ያሻግራል ጌታ:
ከሰራን በኋላ በፀሎት እንበርታ::
-ይልማ ኃይሉ ቁጥር ፲ 2010
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October 14th, 2010 at 12:41 AM
bullshit..in addis people share. nobody let anybody to eat trash! people are carrying there. do not belive you post this. i know there are a lot of poor people. but do not belive they eat trash.eth.people are disgusted to eat the food they do not know leave alone to eat trash
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October 14th, 2010 at 12:52 AM
It’s dispicable & not surprising to see the weyane degrading the poor Ethiopians to such a low point. It can be remembered about 8 years ago, when weyane loaded hundreds of street children and dumped them in a far hyena infested forest in the middle of the night. Survivors revealed that horrific acts. Weyane’s was trying to get rid of these children from the sight of foreigners. It’s an easier option for evils who are busy lining up their pockets, instead of doing something to help these children.
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October 14th, 2010 at 1:19 AM
It is a true report, Thank You Elias! not only eating the trash, The smell by itself affect,kids and all the resident more than the mentioned figure, currently most peoples develop lung diseases, the government is not wiling to solve a problem and take action to save lives.
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October 14th, 2010 at 1:41 AM
It is sad to see people denying the fact that isn’t happening in Ethiopia.
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October 14th, 2010 at 2:06 AM
Comment #3, you are simply a bastard who doesn’t feel anything for anybody. If the video is old or new who cares? Bushman weyane.
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October 14th, 2010 at 3:00 AM
Disadvantaged people live every where in the world. 13% of people in USA about 45 millions have no food to eat if they don’t get help from the government, still millions of people digging trash every day to collect cans, plastics and bottles for recycling the same thing happens in Ethiopia.
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October 14th, 2010 at 5:31 AM
There is much worst situation in Ethiopia than what you showed…
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October 14th, 2010 at 5:48 AM
What a bunch of Heart less Woyane, who forget what people do when they are starved. what a stupid thing to compare America To Ethiopia where a recycling service comes to each home if people chooses to do so. I do not know any one throw any bottle away in ethiopia where you buy a Coke which includes a bottle price. Why on earth any one go to this disease infected garbage dump to make any coin unless they are desperate? We have seen people eat dirt in Ethiopia during Mengistu now Garbage. 80000 is not a true number, if there is an istmated 5,000,000 orphans running around in Ethiopia according other international Orgs.
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October 14th, 2010 at 5:54 AM
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/28922
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October 14th, 2010 at 7:12 AM
Elias,
you are lying man, as you often do. It does not surprise us. You are made to lie.
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October 14th, 2010 at 7:15 AM
IT IS JUST EXADURATED. U GUYS ARE TOO MUCH.
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October 14th, 2010 at 7:41 AM
I weaped water
eat nothing after all.
The runing dogs
over me
But I find them
like friend..
I give a pray
give me back my childhood…
I never there
But,the kids of Azieb
Born to kill
live joyfull
att Holly-Wood…
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October 14th, 2010 at 7:46 AM
Hatsi HaileSillasie was good with Wollo Hunger 200,000 1972-73 and Dergue was also better with 2,000,000 victmes 1984-85.But this killers are extremis when they handel like that againsty the generetion.
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October 14th, 2010 at 7:51 AM
They need to go to school not collecting trash or recycling. Someone has to take responsibilty for this poor children immadiatly. Why don,t Meles learn from eritrean government how they fully take care of the comming generation. meles was good to be tought while he was leader of TPLF in Tigray or in ENDA SELLASIE ADWA.
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October 14th, 2010 at 8:30 AM
First, I would like to send my heartfelt gratitude to the Ethiopian Civic and Political Group, Media, Activists, Scholars, and Artists. Meles uses Ethiopian money to spread his propaganda through his PR machine DLA Piper, and his personal Woyane Ambassadors around the world. I appreciate the Ethiopian Associations so much for all the sacrifices and the struggle they are making for their country and Ethiopian people. The struggle of Ethiopians and the #1 liar of the world–Meles is like the Biblical story of Samson and Goliath. I have faith that God watches Marxist Meles, and Meles will be defeated when that time comes. One of many Meles’s lies that he has been spreading is that, all the people who protest against him around the world are only the privileged Amharas, that want to take power back in Ethiopia. The statements that was made by CU professors Sachs and Stiglitz is the testimony by itself how Meles’ lies are being believed and accepted to be the truth. It is great and I am thankful to see that many Ethiopian websites work hard to inform Ethiopians in everyday basis. In addition to informing Ethiopians, I hope in the background more formations about Meles, letters, videos, photos are being send out to different organizations and the world media about the horrible living conditions of Ethiopians and the distractions of Ethiopian’s land that are being given free of charge to foreigners out side of the province of Tigrea.
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October 14th, 2010 at 9:42 AM
Elias is on the right track at this time! Thanks Elias! Please continue exposing this mafia groups!
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October 14th, 2010 at 10:22 AM
Reta,
What is your point exactly?Why do you feel ashmed for seeing this videos?After all these are the faces of actual people who are forced to live this way for survival.
Apparently, you must be one of those well paid government supporters,other wise you should have been shocked,confused,and perplexed by such scenery.The only thing that bothers you is that its revelation.
Look,I don’t want to see images of of beautifull kids tring to survive from left over of trash,but this is the reality of life for this kids.Friend,you need to have fear of GOD.Feel the pain of these kids and dont stand oppsing its report as if it does’nt exist. After this report I can only hope help will arise from some corner for the needy kids.
If you are living life to the brim under melese good for you.But stop your portrial of life in Ethiopia,under weyane, as paradis for the majority of citizens.That this is not the case is proved as the immage we see stands in sharp contrast to your clai. Your emphasis that it should not be reported,we have to respect them doesnt hold up.
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October 14th, 2010 at 12:48 PM
10% of the money Meles and his cohorts keep in foreign banks would have been sufficient to build a shelter, education and provide food for these children …. I guess that is asking too much !!!! Any one who tries to defend this unfortune situation, be it supporter of the gvt or otherwise, should question his own moral values. The worst I found is that those people trying to compare it with US …
I personaly won’t wish to see any children be it in Ethiopia or elsewhere eat or work, as some might say, in this kind of conditions.
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October 14th, 2010 at 12:49 PM
ELIAS,
THANKS AS ALWAYS.
EXPOSING THE APARTHEID SYSTEM IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR STRUGGLE. SOME BANDAS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ‘BELITTLING YOUR OWN COUNTRY’. IT IS EXTREMELY INSULTING OUR INTELLIGENCE WHEN THEY SAY THIS. YOU HIT THEM HARD AS ALWAYS AND WITH YOU THE BEST.
MOST IMPORTANT IS THE OPPOSITIONS’ INDIFFERENCE TO SOLVE THE COMPLEX PROBLEMS WE HAVE TO SOLVE. FIRST THEY SHOULD CREATE A UNITED FRONT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO DISMANTLE WEYANE. THEN WE CAN REACH FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE DEPEND THEIR LIVES ON NASTY TRASH.
HOW COME A HUMAN BEING CAN BEAR THIS SITUATIONS WITH HIS/HER RIGHT MIND? HOW LONG SHOULD WE HAVE TO WAIT TO REACH THE DAYS WHEN WE ARE LIVING NORMAL LIFE?
WEYGUD
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October 14th, 2010 at 1:02 PM
Korah is nothing people. Just retruned a month a go. No one can tell me other-wise. Even gursha is sold for fifty cents. To those of you are making execuses to these heartless leaders of Ethiopia; all I can say to you is Egzabihare yeker yebelachu. People are so desparate that even our yelugnta is gone. I am not talking about yenie betie; regular people. 99% of Ethiopia does not spend time and eat at sharton huh.
god help us
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October 14th, 2010 at 1:19 PM
Ethiopian poverty shouldn’t be such shocking news to any one who was born and raised in Ethiopia. If it is your first time to see such horrifying images, SHAME ON YOU!! This shows nothing but your ignorance.
Blaming the government, which we all seem to be good at is not going to help any of those helpless kids who will be responsible leading the country tomorrow. Let’s not forget the fact that, our current leaders, if not all of them, most of them came from the same kind of life style; extreme poverty, lived their childhood or adulthood life in distress, frustration, discrimination and being looked over. So, how is it that we expect these people to deliver something they have never been given or equipped for? How is it that we are expecting the best leadership from the least educated people?
Yes, we are paying the price and too bad, there is nothing we can do about the government. It is very frustrating but if we don’t stop the blame game and start looking for a solution to improve and educate these kids, tomorrow will be even worse for Ethiopia, for our kids. The question we should be discussing on should be what can we do? Not who is to blame.
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October 14th, 2010 at 1:25 PM
Wrong Elias,
Like many other third world countries, people sell recycled materials from trash pits. A good example is India, where tens of millons people survive by selling recycleable objects.
Alex
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October 14th, 2010 at 1:39 PM
This is a breaking news for woyane as it wants to see Ethiopian people eat trash 0r feed on trashes.Because they are extreme sadists and above all it is a retaliotary action to decimate the non-Tigryan population in Addis and elsewhere in Ethiopia.As matter of fact you can hardly find a Tigryan fed on trash at this time.It is a hey day for them.
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October 14th, 2010 at 1:41 PM
The Retas and some of you who are against showing this story, either you are hiding behind the Meles regime’s skirt because it is exposed pretending this is humiliating Ethiopia or naively saying this is negative message for Ethiopia. What ever your reason, such stories need to come out because if people don’t know they can’t ACT to reach out to these people or do something to expose the Meles regime because of what we are seeing here. Stories, that are FACT need to be told to make a change.
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October 14th, 2010 at 1:57 PM
The reality of Meles,
I agree, it is a great idea what you said about collecting evidences of as ER have been gathering, so far and sending it out to EVERYBODY (US, EU, UN, all organizations, ALL Ethiopians who ever it is). Our goal should be to interact those supporting the regime, what is their reasoning, how do we negotiate, who is who, etc… because getting rid of this regime requires:
1. Safety of Ethiopia from outsiders at the transition of getting rid of this regime.
2. Safety of the people at the transition of getting rid of this regime
2. our pro activeness in the international arena and domestically. Working from one point of view will not work meaning:
There should be arm struggle, there should be something that will protect Ethiopia internally and externally, there should be non violent struggle within and outside Ethiopia, there should be strong lobbying for Ethiopia’s safety and democracy internationally. From every corner this should be tackled if we want the survival of Ethiopia. There should be also some kind of committee to bring traitors back to their sanity. There should be recognition of who is involved in sabotaging the struggle for Ethiopia’s democracy. All Ethiopians in any profession or not need to be involved in order to keep our country alive.
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October 14th, 2010 at 2:09 PM
#68
“the blame game and start looking for a solution to improve and educate these kids, tomorrow will be even worse for Ethiopia, for our kids. The question we should be discussing on should be what can we do? Not who is to blame.”
You obviously talked about the past poverty meaning to put the blame on who, leadership or people in the past? I want to know. As you started to talk about current, you avoided the blame on current leaders or people? So, I want to know what is the purpose of a country’s leadership if not to bring the well being of the population? So are you saying since the current leaders come from poverty therefore they are accounted only to themselves in bringing themselves out of poverty? So they became leaders just to benefit themselves and that is alright is basically that is what you are saying. Your argument is just pathetic. So if we don’t blame the current leadership that refuses to bring change and development to the country (please stop about the fake infrastructure erection, the children are not going to eat that) are you implying the people? If the people are not allowed to bring change who are you going to blame? I am curious.
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October 14th, 2010 at 2:21 PM
Tariku,
Ethiopian people eating trash is not breaking news to Woyane, but your narrow mind is!
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October 14th, 2010 at 3:04 PM
In respond to BLiss & Anon #68
I want to share the following thoughts:
We need make a consorted effort to seek a solution for the problem of Ethiopia.Day by day the country’s problem is sinking deeper.
All oppositions who have stake in the country need to set aside their political differences and form a national co-olition.If not now when,failure in this regard will
make us equally responsible as melese.
Silence is the worst form of response.
One of the reasons why the west is not responding feverably to the oppostion is because we are not cohosive force.
Here is the idea-
1-We must be cohesive and speak through one voice.
2- When we are one voice,the possiblity of forming teporal government in absentia can be expermented.
3-It is essential we have vision for the stablishment of multinational
resistance force.
4-Active involvement of all Ethiopians is very essential to end the tyranical rule.
5-Instead of alienating the lower level supporters of weyane give them alternative to amend their way or to be part of the resistance.
6-Elias keep up the great job of expoising the abuse of power in Ethiopia.
By allmeans we must remain focused on how to find solution.
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October 14th, 2010 at 3:11 PM
i did write to them so many time to whome it may belong there are a f+++cking big and dippe place around kalit if you dump it for 30 years you cant fill the place why this people give a blind eye to it.its sad to see those people and there are people who lives near by who are suffering asma and other transmit disese.
its in the center of addis i can not belive it. meles should have imagine that all shit is like under his pillow.
that is how i can discribing it. how its sensetive.take a walk and have look!!!!
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October 14th, 2010 at 4:57 PM
The trash weyane gave Ethiopian gold to a criminal Al-Amoudi with net worth of $12 billion while these helpless people are resorting to this level of depravity.
He is still selling Ethiopian land to the indians, arabs and koreans while people resort to eating garbage.
When does this nightmare stop ?
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October 14th, 2010 at 5:23 PM
The only way we can stop the misery of these people is by removing the inhuman and idiot leaders of Ethiopia. You can try to bring smart ideas to help these kids and women who live on trash but it doesn’t change anything. What brings change is by changing the government. Sadly enough, THERE IS NO OTHER WAY!
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October 14th, 2010 at 5:39 PM
Most of you are honest that you put the realty word. But, some of you are not different from Solomon Tekalegne who loves his stomach…eat and vomit not even bubu.
The world have gave termendous amount of monies to woyanne who are block head doesn’t care about Ethiopians accumilated Billions of Dollars as the self interest Capital. But, imagine how ouyr people are struggling on their daily lives to surive and is it really that most of us are writing just to support TPLF as a Woyanne Umbrella or we could’nt see since we were in the dark under ground like miners and can not see anything. I was one of the fighters with Woyanne since I thought they had facts and honesty at the front, but I felt guilty and regreat that let me to withdraw and joined Tamrat Laynee.
If you trying to tell me that my people are collecting something to eat from the garbage, Dampester or even from the Bathroom, I will not be surprised.
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October 14th, 2010 at 7:10 PM
Look these beautiful Ethiopian children, they deserve better not Garbage.
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October 14th, 2010 at 7:18 PM
they were /are not eating trash.they are collecting something anything valuable for sale like plastic bottles ,cracked utensils that can be used by some who can not afford to buy new ones;or anything they can get ,clean, and take it a second hand market where they can get something for it.
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October 14th, 2010 at 11:39 PM
… look what is happening to our children. we have one and just one option. arm struggle, until we are free.
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October 14th, 2010 at 11:39 PM
Even though it is heartbreaking to watch the images of very innocent poor Ethiopians living in human misery and eating from a city trash,it is a fact and reality that is the product of total neglect of millions of poor Ethioians by the criminal Weyane led by mercenary Meles Zenawi.
What a disgrace and shame is to be felt by millions of Ethioians and Africans to see their fellow citizens by thousands living in un-imaginable horrible situation and their so called leader likes to be photographed with president Obama and Tony Blair wearing his Armani suit who knows how much he paid?
I would like to thank E.R for being the voice of the voiceless.You should be proud.All the millions of ethiopians who are not self centered and ignorant open your hearts to help your brothers and sisters,and the only way is to get rid weyane whose only aim is to enrich the tigray elites,create a very wealthy middle class dominate ethiopian politics,finance of course media outlets control the army by making it 100% tigrayan, hire thousands of hodamotch from all ethnic groups,silence the true patriots deepen ethnic federalism.
Weyane leaders think if the tigrayan middle class increased by millions by stealing ethio treasury,and tens of high rises are built in addis Ethioppia is growing.They do not care if millions of Oromo,amhara,sidama etc mothers can not feed their precious beautiful babies or eat from trash.They are indeed devils!!!
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October 15th, 2010 at 2:42 AM
Thank you Elias,
A living testimony how these thugs from dedebit are treating Ethiopia and Ethiopians. I bet anything that we would not find such vagaries of live anywhere in the Republic of Abay Tigray. The double didgit growth we have been told time and again must be for the Reublic of Tigray only.
These ethno-fascist of Abay Tigray must be held accountable and brought before the court of law.
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October 15th, 2010 at 3:01 AM
You lucky you can eate trash we eate nothing as tegray people under mengestu regime so please let’s not complain
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October 15th, 2010 at 3:25 AM
ThAnk you biddho
I have so money eritreans friends and I always hear them when they talk about Eritrea and they fellow citizens like they pay they two percent and helping they citizen without looking outside word help
As Ethiopian I am shame to tel everyone on there we so greedy we only think about ourselves just like our government so please let’s get to know and adopt Eritrean policy and I am sure we will be better off in the long term
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October 15th, 2010 at 3:42 AM
As far as Eritrea is concerned, to do something tangible for these poor and neglected children to free themselves out of the weyane-made misery, is a national security issue. If Weyane can load street children on trucks & dump them in a middle of the night on to a remote hyena infested forests, then what would stop the demonic Weyane from using these children as cannon fodders in its adventurous wars in 5 or 10 years from now. It’s a perfect device to exterminate what it considers as expendibles. Eritrea and others should give these neglected children a hope to dream for a better tomorrow, otherwise weyane can manipulate them to satisfy its blood lust. it’s easy for Weyane who has demonstrated its skills by cajoling and bribing even the rich Hodams, let alone a genuinely hungry & vulnerable street children. I’d advise the GoE and others to use all its resources to help them, not only for the sake of its own interest and security but mainly for God……. as it says in the bible in Mathew 25: 37-40.
Weyane is a friend of this “world”….a very good friend but enemy of his own people that he was supposed to advance their interest first. That makes Weyane an enemy of God, as it also says in the bible….. James 4:4
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October 15th, 2010 at 3:58 AM
Thanks Elias for bringing this disgusting life experience of Ethiopians to the whole world,
Dear sisters and brothers, let me tell you one truth. Unless we organize in a certain political group who are fighting woyane like G7 and OLF to contribute something to the struggle the terrible life of all ethiopians will continue indefinetely. Please join any political organization which you think is relevant and contribute what you could. Let everybody do his homework first. I tell you we will eradicate the woyane parasitical weeds of our country for once and for ever
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October 15th, 2010 at 7:48 AM
were is economic developement.
all money is going to weyane swiss bank account.
those weyane & cadre will pay the price.
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October 15th, 2010 at 10:25 AM
I bet you wouldn’t find the people in Tigray province, living in such extreme poverty. The vast amount of the hard currency earned by Ethio, makes comes from Coffee export & it is being diverted to the north (tigray)taking full advantage of their time in power. Shame on the Meles!!
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October 15th, 2010 at 1:36 PM
Forget About weyane it isnot for Ethiopians but Legesse[Meles} Zenawi&his limitted ehtnic cacoons Ask our selves what can we do to make it better for this forgoten citizens of Ethiopia Long LIve Ethiopia!!
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October 15th, 2010 at 6:14 PM
What kind of humanity can deny such a stark reality?. How come these people(the ruling people) and their sympsthizers get to this moral level with in 20 yrs to be totally indifferent to the rest of Ethiopians and deny every reality, lie literally about everything?
How was the rest of Ethiopia taking the issues that they were raising when they fight Derg?. Was there a denial by the rest of Ethiopia about the taugh time we all go through during derg? It might be foolishness to take everything as true, How about denying everything? Everything?
How come They and the rest of Ethiopia move totally in opposite direction?
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October 15th, 2010 at 9:13 PM
Zalabesa,
The difference and similarity between Mengistu and Meles is that, they are the same because they rise to the power out of hate, anger and resentment. They also rise to the power because of the complexity they have against in Mengitu’s case, the eleite Haileselassie but not necessarily ethnic issue. In Meles case it is with complexity with ethnic hatred of primarily Amara and the rest of Ethiopia except his ethnicity Tigray and Eritrea. If it wasn’t for Isayas, Meles regime is to protect Eritreans and Tigrayans. Mengistu used violence for very short moment that is during the Red Terror and depsing of Haileseassie. Although a blessing in disguise he refused the influence of the West. In addition, as time progressed, Mengistu was waking up from his ignorance until he was over thrown. Meles however has been spreading violence for 20 years since TPLF took power. The violence is slow death focusing through out Ethiopia while Mengistu’s was quick and done. Slow death meaning the weakening of Ethiopians altogether that you can’t fight and protect your selves. To the benefit of Meles regime, he quickly formed alliance with the West with the undermining of Ethiopia. Not like Haileselassie’s alliance with the West by making Ethiopia first. To the benefit of the West of course, they will take the suffering of Ethiopia for their benefit. If a country’s own leader is begging them to exploit his own people, gladly they will do it.
The bottom line is it is the citizens who MUST bring respect to their country if not, we should not blame the West. Therefore, this is happening in Ethiopia because we let it happen. We are allowing Meles regime to keep doing what he is doing. Where as, us living anywhere in the world have changed that only the well being of ourselves, in capitalistic way that we inherited in our host country, only we matter becasue as long as we are here and safe nothing matters. I have someone telling me that who cares about Ethiopia that it is too late. We must choose between ME vs US.
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October 15th, 2010 at 10:41 PM
Elias, I think this is your first witness publicly anounced. If you believe that 80,000 people in Addis, though completely fake,are living on TRASH the people who are adding to the junke some eatable like its really sign of development. This was very uncommon in our history because no one has enough food to eat leave alone to drop … Great witness, anyways. Hopefully, it will not be far to see these too being rich and foodself suficiency.
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October 16th, 2010 at 3:47 AM
Look my fellow Ethiopians, talk is cheap! It’s no doubt people are starving back home and every where in the world. Even the latest stats. show that one out of seven people in the US are leaving in poverty, imagine the richest country in the world! Talking and heralding, how many of our people are starving to the world every day isn’t gonna solve the problem.
Go back home and invest on your country and help our people like we all do!
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October 17th, 2010 at 8:43 AM
Is that fair to expose people of a great nation without concreted evidence and figures? As most of the comments say, I couldn’t see any person who eats the trash, and the number of people here is too little to represent 18,000. We know right now. 1 in 6 Americans are poor–it is on the news forever. PLEASE LET US BE FAIR WHEN WE PRESENT SOMETHING IN PUBLIC BCAUSE SOMEBODY WATHCHING OUR FAIRNESS AND GENUINE JUDJMENT. GOD BLESS ETHIOPIA.
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November 4th, 2010 at 4:45 AM
A very nice video of the life in Repi or Koshe and I agree that nobody should be living like this. But, 80 000? The current estimate is that there are around 500 to 600 permanent and seasonal people who make a living collecting waste for own consumption, reuse or recycling at Repi. Instead of presenting them as vulnerable people associated with the waste they are working with the focus should be on the positive contribution they are doing to reducing the amount of waste contributing to an improved environment. The new plans of the municipality to constructing a new landfill closing the existing one will have a huge affect on access to waste and the source of making a small income for them. And that is the worsted thing about the current situation; nobody cares about them even though they are doing a very important job benefiting the whole society
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June 29th, 2011 at 12:36 PM
What is sad, is people refusing to believe what they see.
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