Unikids
In Ethiopia, water trucks provide essential life-line amidst drought
By Indrias Getachew
MELBENA VILLAGE, BORENA, Ethiopia, 22 September 2011 - The women and children of Melbena Village anxiously await the arrival of a water truck in the drought-stricken Borena zone of the Oromia Region in southern Ethiopia, along the border with Kenya. The area has not received decent rainfall in over two years and the impact has been devastating for the largely pastoral community.
Trucks provide life-line
“If the water truck did not come we would have to move from here, that is how bad things are,” said Kurfa Wario, 22, and a mother of two, who has lost nine of her ten heads of cattle during the worst drought in recent memory.
Taste of Ethiopia on LEO Weekly
Remember that "Knight Rider" pencil box you threw away as a kid to make way for your new "A-Team" pencil box? Yeah, someone else could have used that pencil box. Enter Unikids,a charity that provides school supplies - pencils,paper,backpacks, you name it - to children in underdeveloped countries.To raise money and solicit donations of gently used supplies,Unikids will hold a benefit called Taste of Ethiopia on Saturday at the Unikids headquarters On Shelbyville Road.Courtesy of Queen of Sheba restaurant,you can get your fill of doro wot,sega wot,defo dabo(Ethiopian bread)and Buna (Ethiopian Coffee),among other delicacies - and you'll be contributing to a good cause.-Kevin Gibson
