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Posted By greenmac 2 months, 1 week ago in NewsTo the outside world, impoverished Ethiopia always has so much working against it — from immense poverty to serial droughts — that it often seems nothing can ever work out for the better.
An overly negative view of this country, however, is frankly wrong, defeatist and dangerous.
Certainly, as I noted in my previous column, there is a growing weariness with Ethiopia's seemingly permanent dependence on the world's help to even feed itself.
It's an image of helplessness that deeply bothers Ethiopians as well.
But the danger at this stage is that any pulling back would undercut the new anti-poverty efforts that are finally showing real promise.
Some, in fact, can be seen as the very models of rural development, in some of the very poorest communities, that Ethiopia needs if it is to break free of its crippling yoke of extreme poverty.
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greenmac
Ok..Ok....This is where I say something great about myself.....hmmmm. I like daylight and night time as well. How am I doing so ...
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