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Eritrean Women in Agribusiness Association (EWAA) held a confer-ence at National Chamber of Com-merce Hall over the past 2 days and scrutinized its growth and organiza-tional capacity.

Representing members of the As-sociation from all Administrative re-gions took part in the Conference.

Speaking at the meeting, Ms. Se-

The Eritrean community mem-bers in the Germany cities of North Rhine and Westphalia have as-serted readiness to back up the na-tional development drives through demonstrating higher organization. They made the pledge at a seminar in Wuppertal city that witnessed higher youth participation, dur-ing which Mr. Petros Tsegai, the Eritrean Ambassador to Germany, gave briefings focusing on the ob-jective political, social, diplomatic, development and economic situa-tions in the Homeland.

Accordingly, a gratifying ac-complishment has been registered as regards ensuring sustainable national development and improv-

nait Tesfalidet, Chairperson of the Association, indicated that its goals are in tune with the endeavors be-ing put up to raise the production capacity of women, and encouraged members to use the programs of the Association as a stepping stone to improvement of livelihood. She fur-ther disclosed that member women who are engaged horticultural, poul-

try and dairy production, as well as other activities are in a position to secure commendable harvest.

The participants of the meeting put forth views focusing on a num-ber of issues.

EWAA which was first estab-lished in the Central region in 2003 attained a nationwide scope in Janu-ary 2013.

EritrEan WomEn in agribusinEss asso-ciation holds confErEncE dEaling With groWth and organizational capacity

The Minister of Justice, Ms. Fawzia Hashim, called on commu-nity magistrates to step up input as regards promoting social stability through exercising the authority vested on them. She made the call at a meeting with staff members of magisterial courts in Anseba region, during which it was stated that they have been making re-markable contribution regarding peaceful settlement of legal cases.

She went on to indicate that en-deavors are being exerted to raise the scope of authority of commu-nity magistrates vis-à-vis alter-ing their organizational structure, while sense of accountability in judicial procedures remains a vital prerequisite.

Accordingly, the changes to be introduced in connection with the structure and mandates of magiste-rial courts would be implemented nationwide on the basis of a pro-gram which is due to give rise to mutual understanding with the pub-lic. In this connection, the Ministry would work on priority basis as of next year in a bid to put an end to illicit land sale and unwarranted

ambassador araya dEsta prE-sEntEd crEdEntials to chair-pErson of thE au commission

Ambassador Araya Desta who has been assigned as the Permanent Rep-resentative of Eritrea to the AU pre-sented credentials to the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Dr. Nkosaza-

exploitations in rental of house. Meanwhile, the necessary struc-

tural preparation has been finalized to follow-up judicial procedures at regional level, and the role of com-munity magistrates was described significant pertaining to bequeath-ing cultural values.

The Ministry’s Training Center in Mekerka has currently admitted a total of 100 students, while 200 graduates are on the way of being assigned. Various training courses were also organized so as to raise the competence of judges, and judi-cial references have been compiles in tune with the Eritrean culture.

The participants of the meeting put forth views focusing on several issues.

na Dlamini Zuma, last Wednesday. In the handing session, Ambassa-

dor Araya delivered President Isaias Afwerki’s message conveying his goodwill to Dr. Zuma. In the mes-

sage, the President asserted that he would demonstrate active participa-tion as regards reinforcing and devel-oping the AU.

Dr. Zuma expressed conviction that Eritrea would maintain its active role in the AU, besides wishing Pres-ident Isaias robust health and peace as well as prosperity to the Eritrean people.

EritrEan community mEmbErs in north rhinE and WEstphalia

assErt rEadinEss to back up na-tional dEvElopmEnt drivE

ing the livelihood of nationals by the Eritrean people and their lead-ership despite the acts of hostile external conspiracies perpetrated against the nation.

Mr. Petros further expressed ap-preciation for the active participa-tion the community members dem-onstrated in the implementation of national development programs, and called on them to mount their staunch resistance against anti-Eri-trea agendas.

The participants of the seminar lauded the sustainable development accomplishments being registered in the Homeland, and asserted that they would step up input in this re-gard.

ministEr calls on commu-nity magistratEs to stEp up input as rEgards pro-moting social stability

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Each year there is a steady prog-ress in all-round development ac-tivities that have been carried out in different parts of Eritrea. Health, education, and agriculture sectors are of course the utmost priorities of the county. If one happens to see network of brand new hospitals and medical centers being expanded in different parts of Eritrea, it is quite easy to understand that nothing less is being achieved in other develop-ment sectors. “Despite sabotages of all sorts, development of infrastruc-

ture has never been hindered” is what I heard from a journalist who in person visited Eritrea and wit-nessed the different development undertakings that have been carried out throughout the country. As too vast the development activities be-ing carried out are, it would be more convenient to single out agricultural activities that have recently been carried out in the Southern region of the country.

The can do sprit of Eritreans has continued to be the sole secret behind the development achieve-ments that have been registered in different sectors. Like in other parts of Eritrea, a number of water reservoirs of different sizes have been built in different parts of the

Southern region. Although most of Eritrea is dependent on rain fed ag-riculture, the amount of water that has been impounded in the already constructed dams and other water reservoirs have enabled the country to give due attention to the introduc-tion of irrigation based farm. Owing to endeavors that have been exerted to save every drop of water in the rainy seasons, dams constructed in the Southern region have started to impound encouraging amount of water which is indeed a major rea-son for the introduction of irrigation based farming activities.

Hence, exemplary agricultural activities have continued to be ex-panded in different parts of the Southern region. What is quite in-teresting is that the set out plans are most of the time implemented with-in the already planned time frame.

A recent visit by Mr. Petin Saint Ange, Regional Director of Interna-tional Fund for Agricultural Devel-opment (IFAD) in the Eastern and Southern Africa, to the Southern

region was aimed at personally wit-nessing the agricultural advances the country has continued to regis-ter. A group of agricultural experts headed by Mr. Arefaine Berhe, Minister of Agriculture, and Mr. Efrem Ghebrekrishtos, Adminis-trator of the Southern Region, Mr. Petin, Director of IFAD, has made a tour in different agricultural areas of the Southern region on 4 April 2014. This group has witnessed that endeavors that have been exert-ed towards achieving food security has proven to be effective.

Mr. Efrem explained that efforts that have been exerted towards boosting agricultural production such as cattle breeding, installation of drip irrigation around major dams, cultivation of green animal feed, in-troduction of smokeless oven, and

introduction of biogas have been very instrumental in making a dif-ference. Plans are mapped out to-wards encouraging people so as to make maximum use of the already

Tangible Development: Reinforced Partnership

achieved development programs, Mr. Efrem added.

As reported during the touring event, dairy farm has shown im-

pressive development and drip ir-rigation that has been introduced around Sememo, Ziban-Sebo, Har-net, and Adi-baro dams has been making due contribution towards

improving living standards of the inhabitants of such areas. The ag-ricultural projects that have been carried out in the aforementioned areas have indeed become sources of an increasing employment op-portunity.

The touring group of experts also visited diary and animal feed pro-cessing plants in Mendefera. What is more is that the touring group has also observed different soil and wa-ter conservation activities that have been carried out in Dubarwa.

Finally Mr. Petin Saint Ange, Di-rector of IFAD expressed satisfac-tion that all the set out plans have been implemented on the ground. He also said that the projects so far implemented on the ground are very encouraging and IFAD is willing to further enhance its partnership co-operation program with Eritrea.

Mr. Petin Saint Ange, Regional Director of IFAD in the Eastern and Southern Africa

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Dear readers ‘On the Table’ always welcomes your outlooks on any of the issues raised on this column. Please mail us your comments opinions and views; we will entertain them.

Prologue: Promoting education is an endeavor which requires the joint efforts of various parties today the role of teachers and parents shall be discoursed up on “On the Table”.

Promoting Education

Knowledge, they say, is power, a means to manipulate people and circumstances and enforce the wishes of the possessor. But I say knowledge is more than that, knowledge is the very core of human en-tity. For, it is, first and for most, ‘knowing’ that makes us human. Which is probably why education is often referred as a light and the educated as lamps shining through the dark. Since, without knowledge we are lost in the visceral darkness of primeval ig-norance. It is for the worth of knowledge, therefore, education, the paramount con-temporary apparatus of spreading knowl-edge, has evolved to be among the prime priorities of modern civilization. Speaking of spreading knowledge, the complex ap-paratus of educational system, the teacher, the pivot of any educational system, is the most important constituent. In the extend-ed metaphor of light, teachers are denoted as lamps, which not only brighten the dark but also keep the eternal fire to ignite all the other lamps. The teacher is a dynamic force of the school “A school without teacher is just like a body without the soul, a skel-eton without flesh and blood, a shadow without substance.” Consequently, the vi-tality of the role of teachers in promoting and sustaining the quality of education is indispensable.

The effectiveness a teacher has a power-ful impact on students’ academic accom-plishments. It is a broadly shared common argument that the quality of the teacher is particularly the most important in-school factor influencing the achievements of the students. Effective teachers are ought to be the source of strong knowledge in particular subject areas. They also need to inspire and, equally importantly, provide a dependable and consistent influence on young people on their contemporary stud-ies as well as, as they make choices about further education. One of the most crucial factors of being an effective teacher is en-abling the students meet the adequate com-petency level on the subject matter. This task particularly requires the efficiency of the teacher in planning, implementing and assessing the lessons overall.

Teachers share a significant responsibil-ity in preparing young people to lead suc-cessful and productive lives by shaping their moral, cultural, political, and histori-cal perspective of themselves and their en-vironment. A teacher also plays a signifi-cant role in cultivating rounded, physically fit, mentally alert, emotionally balanced and spiritually sound beings out of the pu-

pils. Therefore, effective teachers are those who build their students with moral, ethi-cal, cultural and national values of their so-ciety and cultivate their students with the pride of the history of their nation and their forefathers. In doing so, “a teacher acts as the pivot for the transmission of intellectual traditions and technical skills from genera-tion to generation and helps to keep the lamp of civilization burning.”

Teachers’ place in society is of vital im-portance as they are Role Models who set good examples to their students in particu-lar and the society in general. Teacher in-fluences his/her students by his/her words and actions since, students often tend to facsimile the comportment and manner-ism of the teachers. The more the teacher is honest, leads a balanced and disciplined life, the higher the chances are for the chil-dren to adopt these virtues as ideal conduct consciously and unconsciously. The ideal teacher is therefore, the one who gives and an impression of an honest upright life which can serve as a model for the stu-dents to copy, follow and emulate through his thoughts, words and deeds. Therefore, teachers need to be conscious of the way the conduct themselves because their entire personality is a reflection on the minds of the students.

An educational system can have all the best teaching and learning materials, schools and the best laid plans of implementing an immaculate curriculum however, without rounded competent teachers all are but of no use. For, it is on the teacher the failure or the success of the system rests. It is not without a reason teachers are referred as the benchmarks that measure the past and present accomplishments and future aspira-tions of the nation. It is because, the worth and potentials of a country can be evalu-ated in and through quality of teachers it possess and in simultaneity with the work these teachers have carried out. For, the people of a country, the real nation build-ers, from which the value, achievements and ambitions of a nation is supposed to be measured, are the extended replicas of their teachers.

Teachers: Benchmarks of a Nation’s Worth and Potentials

Solomon MengsteabDaniel Semere

Many things have been said about educa-tion as it has been the top priorities of every one, as individual, community, or nation. It’s been kind of universal truth or even natural law that education is by all means necessary or a need for the survival and de-velopment of any society. Obviously there-fore, it is in the best interest of everyone to promote education and make sure young people go through proper education. Ironi-cally however, there are so many worrying challenges as far as the issue is concerned.

One of the biggest challenges these days is making sure that young people are prop-erly built through the proper education and that they are making the best out of the op-portunities. Beside this, another aspect or dimension of the problem is that today’s schools are missing and having trouble in getting a total hold of the cultural aspects of developing youths that schools are sup-posed to fulfill traditionally. As a result our schools are becoming more academic and vocational centered and less cultural. And as the ultimate goal of knowledge is to put it in to practical use in order to serve society and humanity, the failure in this respect poses a threatening challenge to the overall mission of schools and education. It is therefore a challenge that needs to be curbed promptly and one that needs a concerted effort from everyone. And I say the role of parents in this respect is irreplaceable.

The first experience is always the most important one. The first thing we see, the first thing we feel or the first thing we no-tice is the most determining factor that influences how we look and perceive our surrounding and all the things that go along with it. Hence anyone’s future is greatly shaped by the initial encounter the person have had on so many issues. That’s why it is often said that the family as a cradle of a person’s journey in life is the most crucial factor in that person’s life. The moment of

our lives we spend with our families is the formative stage of anyone that will shape our lives to what we will become in every aspect of it. Hence, parent’s role in the lives of each and every one of us is totally criti-cal and determines our success and failure in our future. Therefore the role parents can play in fulfilling the aforementioned gap is clear and utterly essential. It can assist schools in their academic and vocational en-deavors if properly organized and managed. And moreover it can make sure the cultural aspects of shaping students is taken care of.

It is often said that education in schools and the role of parents go hand in hand and that parents should make arrangements to accompany their child through part or all of the school day to gain an understanding of what they are doing in their school. They should also volunteer to participate in activi-ties that help make the schooling experience of each child an extension of their home and community life. Towards this end encourag-ing children to become actively involved in cultural activities and the traditional value of the community ought to be part of the development process that parents need to make sure they contribute.

Parents must therefore provide a healthy and supportive environment that reinforces the values and behaviors its members wish to implant in their future generations. And schools must also be fully engaged with the life of the communities they serve so as to provide consistency of expectations in all aspects of student’s lives. And recognizing that all forms of success in school and in life depend first and foremost on develop-ing a strong sense of cultural identity and community values especially in the critical adolescent years, the efforts of parents is really something that guarantees the health of communities and even the nation. So I say parents should step up their effort con-sciously knowing that the future of their children is at stake. What do you say?

Indispensable Role of Parents in Education

On the Table: http://www.profile.gov.er Daniel Semre - danisemere@gmail.com Solomon Mengsteab sollion8555@gmail.com

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Solomon Mengsteab

As I was walking down the Har-net Avenue among all the banal rush hour blaring, chattering and rustling I heard a voice that was so tamed, pitiful and impossible to ignore say ‘sile-Mariam.’ I turned around to see a young girl of about thirteen sit-ting on the ground; her right hand extended out, begging. In an instant reaction I reached for my pocket looking for some changes. But then, looking at her as I rummage my pocket, I noticed that she had an ice cream on her left hand. I couldn’t believe what I saw, the nerve of her, begging while she was licking ice cream? I abandoned the rake through of my pockets straightaway and just went on my way. I like ice cream but I scarcely have some my-self, I can barely afford it. Therefore, I didn’t feel any religious social and/or moral obligation to extend help to a person who can afford the luxury that I can’t.

A friend of mine, who is genuinely concerned with the new trend of beg-ging in our beautiful capital, related this event to me once. The number of beggars seems to have augmented noticeably in a very short period of time in Asmara. Just a few years earlier, Asmara used to be one of the few or even probably the only capital or major city in Africa where the fig-ure of beggars was negligible. How-ever, nowadays streets, bus stations, environs of churches and mosques and market places here in our capital seem to be on the way to join their equivalents in major African cities. Members of all age groups children, old people, young girls with new born babies, women with two three children and even worse in some cases young men are being seen stretching out their arms for alms, begging. In Eritrea supplicant was

never as common as beggars are now on our capital. On the contrary, it is the bottommost disgrace any one could fall into. It used to be a cultural taboo that an Eritrean could never stumble into. Eritreans toil till their last breath to survive today and better tomorrow but never beg. Such dignified cultural heritage is one of the most important national values that have to be always celebrated and most importantly preserved and passed on to the next generations.

Begging is undignified disgrace-ful and the nethermost place where a person can be in a society. Beggars are to the society as parasites are to the human body they always abuse their uninvited stay at their host. They live of the people who have to work hard to earn their living, take without contributing anything what-soever and in the end devour the society as parasites do to their host. The worst evil of begging, neverthe-less, is not its immediate economic abuse. It is rather the fact that once introduced, accommodated and re-garded as an ordinary phenomenon for whatever reasons there may be it is very difficult to eradicate it again. It is said that there are three four gen-erations of families of homeless beg-gars in India today. Imagine, a waif begging on a street and this child’s parents are beggars his grandparents were beggars and his great grand-parents were beggars. How tragic can any other story be?

Beggars’ life is no easy they suf-fer life in every way there is physi-cally, mentally, emotionally etc. However, their suffering transcends them and manifests in the society and the nation overall. The pres-ence of large number of beggars is not only disgrace and shame for the society but it also sabotages the prospect of prosperity. For, beggars not only fail to contribute a dime to

the economy but they also take what others produce. Yet this is only the immediate damage begging causes. If it is not purged in time this shame-ful act grows its roots deeper within the society and will be displayed in different forms at different levels in the nation.

Such kind of deep rooted perva-sive begging, seen from individu-als to the highest government offi-cials, is among the worst social ills most African nations are suffering from currently. As Akua Djanie put it “The culture of begging has the whole African social order from our governments down to every sector of the society. …teachers beg their students for ‘luxury foods’ …the police has no shame in begging you for money before they come to your assistance …immigration officers beg for whatever item catches their fancy while pretending to check contraband goods …our leaders go abroad to beg for ‘aid’...”

The sustenance of a prolonged history of begging like that of the beggars in India mentioned above is of course not only to be blamed on the beggars. It is predominantly the failure of the society and the government. For, only the joint ef-fort of these two can bring about a measurable and sustainable change on such entrenched problems. The role of governments here is clear. In addition to the continuous efforts to improve the national economy and life standard of its citizens, govern-ments should develop an institution-alized system to tackle begging at every stage perpetually. Be it at the beginning stage where beggars are seen here and there, as it is in As-mara now, or an alarming stage like the one described by Akua Djanie; the problem of begging cannot be resolved without the interference from the government. The society

can also make a difference acting positively organized in all sorts of groups. Then again, regardless of these organised bodies are doing, in-dividuals can also make significant impact on confronting this issue act-ing on their own.

There could only be a few deeds more sacred than helping someone in need and there is no shame in asking or receiving help when it is a requisite. However, giving things for people just because they need it doesn’t necessarily mean helping. For, getting what they need with-out putting any effort whatsoever doesn’t really encourage people to work hard to get those very needs in the future. It’s like the proverb says, “necessity is the mother of inven-tions.” People improvise, work hard and invent to meet their necessities. However, if things are simply given to them and others waited on them hand and foot, people hardly feel the need for hard work. On the con-trary the intended help cripples their incentives to work and make them even more dependent on it.

People might think the small changes they give to beggars, which do not even size up to the price sin-gle bread, wouldn’t have any signifi-cance in the beggars’ life. However, what they fail to see is that for the beggars these seemingly insignifi-cant changes are actually the means of income with which they support their lives. These small alms are what keep the veteran beggars on the streets and induce the new ones into the degradation, as they are granted effort-free means of income. Con-sequently, these alms do not only maintain but, even worse, they also increase the number of beggars. This is one of the classic examples the ‘remedy becoming the disease.’

This argument inexorably leads into an out-and-out inference, as cruel as it may sound the only way to stop this social ill is to stop en-couraging it by handing-out crip-pling alms. Instead redirect the help to the economically struggling but

working members of the society. A friend of mine has an interesting way of practicing this idea of help-ing those who are struggling. When he sees old people, children or disa-bled citizens selling candy, gums, lottery, newspapers and/or napkins on the street, he buys something from them and leaves a few changes for them as a tip. For example he buys a gum for one Nakfa by giving five Nakfa and tells them to keep the change. Here, his few Nakfas are not the most important part of the help. Of course those four or five Nakfas make but a little difference in their lives. However, the real significance of these tips is that they are extended for those who are striving to support their lives. And it does so without of-fending their dignity.

Now imagine the significance of such action if it were taken in a larger scale, meaning if everyone started doing that. The small tips from everybody would have made a real significance in the lives of those who are trying to make a living by toiling for minimal income. It would give them a real chance of turning their lives around and most impor-tantly gives them hope and encour-ages them to keep on fighting. Thus, they would never abandon hope in desperation, throw away their dig-nity and descend into the disgrace of begging. Simultaneously, realising alms are not dropped anymore; those who have already degenerated into the ignominy of begging would be forced to try to make an honourable means of living, which everyone en-courages. This nonetheless is just an idea of an individual trying to make a difference in the way he can. There could be a thousand different ways to encourage the struggling poor that could lead to the same effect. And, it is only logical as rational beings, moral as social beings, humane as human beings, holy as believers and patriotic as citizens for us to come up and adapt ways to encourage the hard working and discourage the begging.

Crippling Alms And Beggars

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Inspired by the talent and courage of five young female Artists, who have reflected their collective art works at The Gallery, Asmara, from Thursday, March 27, 2014 to Thursday, April 3, 2014, Rivers of Consciousness is publishing a talk we have made with these artists and their credible spon-sors.

These artists have walked through different paths to reach this com-mon pool of excellence – they have made an incredible group of artists at a pace of greater motivation. Passion and self-motivation have been their driving forces to come to the level of this collective exhibition. Each one of them had deeply rooted pas-sion so as to be great artists in their future. Known by their names - Brkti Teklehaimanot, Eden Basilos, Helen Mehari, Selam Rezene and Semhar Berhe, they collaboratively work together to discover their hidden tal-ents. Of course they are truly talented. Seated in a circle of reflection table, at the garden of National Confederation of Eritrean Workers Club, we have talked about how they have come to the world of artists. Rivers of Consciousness kindly invites its read-ers to follow this dialogue. Profiles of the artist will also be published at the Profile Box block of this column starting from today!

At the very first moment I would like to thank you for this opportuni-ty – I am really pleased to meet this motivated young artists group and talk with its members on art bases. To begin my questions, how do you describe your group? How did you start the group and how do you work together? And you are all females which astonished me!

Eden: This group has informally started since the first days of our coincidental meeting at Satreb Art Institute. We were keen to help and motivate each other. But our group and our relation became stronger dur-

ing the preparation for this exhibition. And at first it was not our intention to make our group members only fe-males; it was all about how the situa-tion led us. We wanted to include our former classmates of the Art School, but we noticed that they were not ready for an exhibition. That is how our group started. And I really want to continue with this lovely group for long and do great works in art, exhib-iting our excellence in the future.

Selam: I remember the greater impression for the formation of this group was a common project of art that we have done together for our graduation. That project added strength to our group. And at a Group Art Exhibition we conducted at the Zoba Maekel Hall, we noticed we have a common interest on pencil color which led us to prepare anoth-er group art exhibition with twelve members.

Brkti: I feel like we are one person. In art we have a number of common interests and desires. In many aspects we are complementary. Working to-gether has helped each of us to be stronger, to continue forward in pur-suing our dreams at a greater com-mitment. In fact we speak a common language in art and that connects us more.

Let me take you back to your childhood. What was your knowledge or understanding of art in general and painting in particular when you were kids. Are you influenced to be artists or it is your talent?

Eden: when I was in Elementary School, I remember my father used to give me unique attention to my draw-ing book. He used to give me sugges-tions and comments on my drawings (like that house is nice, but that cat is not right). That might have incepted in me the need to be an artist. But of course I was fond of art works and specially paintings, colors and light

back when I was a kid. On occasion like festivals, unlike to most kids, I used to eagerly watch displays of art works rather than buying chocolates and other consumables. And my fa-ther really appreciates art. I used to repeat art works with pencil. But I don’t think I had unique influencers.

Selam: Although I had the passion of art starting from my childhood, I was not aware of what art is and how to grow in it. Yet, I used to draw any-thing that comes to my mind and in the academic scenario classroom projects were to be done by me. But when I was in Junior School, I was impressed by a young artist called Ambesajer, who used to have his own art studio in our school. Every time during our break I used to watch him from the window. That was the big-gest impression, yet I did not know what to do next to be an artist like Ambesajer or any other artist. It was when I reached in grade eleventh, I got the way, how and where to at-tend art classes. My neighbor named by Bsrat Brhane, who closely knew about my talent and desire told me to join an art training conducted by Art-ist Senait, at the Alliance Francaise. Although there was a challenge from my grandmother, who did not want me to go out, my uncle from diaspora motivated me to take the class and it was all how it was began.

Brkti: At first I used to watch art works done by my father. I think he was the first impression in art for me. Inspired by my father I used to draw many things including the picture of angels from ancient carpets. I remem-ber, one day I drew a beautiful bird and showed it to my father and my father showed it to a man who was seated beside him. Their appreciation made a lasting motivation for me to be an artist. My classmates and teachers also used to appreciate my drawings.

Rivertalks With A Group Of FiveTalented Young Female Artists PART I

“Hi there TK, I am good fun of your article on Eritrea Profile. I am senior Engineering student from Eritrea Institute of Technol-ogy and I would like to give you some of my poems if possible. “

_Yohana, College of Engineer-ing, EIT

08/04/2014 10:44 PMTechnology, Art and Literature

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Coming soon on Riv-ers of Consciousness: A triggering Article By Werede Tareke

“The Power of Positive Thinking”

Are we willing to make a real inner change? Are we will-ing to change the way we think? Are we willing to develop a men-tal power that can positively affect us, our environment and the people around us? Are we willing to be-come positive and optimistic? If our answer is yes, we have already started the first step toward it by showing readiness. Positive think-ing is a mental attitude that sees the bright side of things. A posi-tive mind anticipates happiness, joy, health, and favorable results. If we adopt this mental attitude, we teach our mind to expect success, growth and favorable outcomes. Some people accept positive think-ing as a fact, and believe in its ef-fectiveness. Others, consider it as nonsense, and scoff at people who believe or accept it. Among the people who accept it, not many know how to use it effectively to get results. However, it seems that many are becoming attracted to this subject, as evidenced by the many books, lectures and courses about it. This is a subject that is gaining popularity. It is quite com-mon to hear people telling others to “think positive”, while these same people do not follow their own ad-vice. Most people don’t take these words seriously, since they do not know what they really mean, or don’t know how to change their mindset. How many people do we know, who stop to think what the power of positive thinking means? Positive thinking is a way of life. The following scenario illustrates how this power works …

Talented Young Female Artists Group

This is a short individual profile of a group of five talented young female art-ists, who have prepared a group art exhi-bition at The Gallery starting from March 27 – April 3, 2014. For the detail of their background in art, follow a talk made with them in the Reflection Corner under the title - ‘RiverTalks with a Group of Five Talented Young Female Artists’.

Brikti TeklehaimanotBorn in 1989 in Asmara, conducted art

concerned training at Satreb Art Institute from 2010 to 2013. Group Art exhibition: At the Zoba Maekel Hall in 2012 and At the Gallery in 2013 and 2014.

Eden BasilosBorn in 1992 in Asmara, conducted art

concerned training at Satreb Art Institute from 2011 to 2013. Group Art exhibition: At the Zoba Maekel Hall in 2012 and At the Gallery in 2013 and 2014.

Selam RezeneBorn in 1988 in Asmara, conducted art

concerned training at Satreb Art Institute from 2010 to 2013. Group Art exhibi-tion: 2008 at Sawa Youth Festival, 2011 and 2012 at Alliance Francaise, 2013 and 2014 at The Gallery. And worked at ‘the longest painting in the world’ recorded in the gunnies book of records.

Art Reflection:

7Eritrea Profile, Saturday 12nd of April , 2014

2006 has been the most prolific year in the line of launching new books to Eritreans readership. In that year, 14 moderately, and other 6 well excelled books, joined to Er-itrean book shelves triumphantly. And after eight years, this shelve has also been ushered with another goodly but moderately crafted book by Mr. MulueBirhan HabteGebriel. Abridged as Mr. Mulue for main-taining the oddity in pronouncing his name for Anglo-Saxon and Francophone speakers, he is a late young writer from Eritrea.

The book entitled ‘Chortles and Tears (ሰሓቕን ንብዓትን)’ is much more renowned for embracing 25 short stories; backed by 136 pages, the topics raised are well-mannered in covering moderately diversified contents. Hence, it is on the way for enriching and deepening the profile of Tigrigna’s vernacular as-sets in literary potency. The book welcomes its readers with goodly crafted short stories that run in par-allel coherence, but, to attest here, with diversified branches to invade heart of critical readers. The Short stories, with their loosely translat-ed titles are, therefore:

1.The Hastened Spirit 2.Squabbles of Arguing (ክርክር)3.Our Fairy (ጓል ሕድርትና)

4.The Wisecracker (ሃየንታ)5.The Siamese Twin Secret (ማንታ ምስጢር)6.Of the Good Claimant (ጨለ)7.The Possessors (ጠበብቲ)8.Of the Taxi’s Watchdog (ፈቶሪኖ ታክሲ)9.On the Unconventional Shar-

ing of the Secret (ግርምቢጥ) 10.Connoisseur of Automobiles

(ዶክተር መካይን) 11.Bequeathing for Giving Gifts

(ወፈያ) 12.The Discoloring Lady (ኣበረኛ) 13.The Intra-Reconciliation (ዕርቂ) 14.Drunkard and Notable Man

(ታሪኻዊ)15.Luggage from the Happen-

stance (ጎፍታ)16.Chortles and Tears (ሰሓቕን ንብዓትን)17.The Message Decoder (ኦፐሬ

ተር) 18.97’ Festival (ፈስቲቫል ’97)19.Warfare with the Kinship (ኲናት ሓድሕድ)20.Nights of the Bachelor (ነጨበርር)21.Allegation (ክሲ)22.Mother-in-Law (ሓማት)23.Freelancer 24. Setting the Obituary (ወግዒ መርድእ)25.The Sanctified Holy Water

(ማይ ጨሎት)

The writer attempted to cover various issues in symmetric techni-cal applications. However, styled in the medieval era approach, all stories came to the edge of narrat-ing their contents with carefully maintained marks; expectations of the ordinary readers success hardly to prophesize what will happen at the end of every scene. And out-rageous resemblance of the liter-arily supported characteristics with the realistic world attracts critical readers easily.

Of course, there is no any contro-versy that short stories of this book suffer from engulfing to experts of the literature domain into higher aesthetic world. However, as a novice writer to this field, Mr. Mu-lue shows readers his ulterior po-tency in having a triumphing future in pushing the limit of Tigrigna’s atmosphere into heightened im-provement. This book is numbered as 23 in its genre in the horizon of Tigrigna’s short stories reserve. It is free of the politicized dilutes; in Tigray for instance, books entitled ‘ገሃዲ’ and ‘ክስታይ’ got high ac-claims and thunderous demand in the market.

No matter of the emotionally driven advocacy of some citizens, both books are denominated with political sermons, and, as any keen reader can grasp easily, they labor for reflecting the Tigrayans enthu-siastic dream after the liberation of Tigray from the yoke of the Derg Military regime in 1991. Hence-forth, like that of books are good tools only for political gimmicks. Thanks for other young writers however, this situation, especially in Eritrea, have been breathing the air of change. And Mr. Mulu’e is one of those youngsters who have taken the very hortative steps to tune the new horizon of the Tigri-gna track. The researcher has opted this book after investigating it care-fully, and, the contents are famous in our daily life walks which also emboldened for the enriched con-tents of the book.

Out of the modernism centered controversy which supports the ‘neo-art for art sake’ advocating movements, SehaKin NibAtin has been successful in embracing sim-ple literary techniques; accents and power of the words are famous to Eritreans; they are not part of the

confusing parcels which attempts to shower heavily constructed sen-tences. And as Mr. Marcel Claxton has put profoundly, the purposeful-ness of applying simple words ema-nates from the humanistic approach of philosophy and, as academicians of this field attest clearly, it strives in engulfing the society by includ-ing very nostalgic impressions of the produced art content.

For instance, the short story en-titled ‘ታህዋጽ’ has common re-semblance with diurnal life of the past generations of Eritrea. Yacob (Jacob in Anglo-Saxon) is the forefront leader of the story. As a husband with Godly gifted and eye-catching beauty, he is tasked with telling novice stories for his children: Lamek and Rodas. As one of the renowned researchers on sociological heritages of Eritrean highlanders Mr. Littman has ar-chived, Eritrean stories are not well sophisticated as of the Persians or Arabians; undoubtedly, they ham-mer restlessly the importance of keeping morale values.

And Mr. Mulu’e settled the story profile as it is; and this, to be hon-est, has topped the credibility of the creatively styled characteristics. From other similar works in this field, Mr. Mulu’e has advanced the

role of economizing your stories by avoiding powerless elements. In this story, for instance, the chil-dren communicate naturally; Judi (Yodit in Tigrigna) is also Jacob’s wife. Her cynic seems characteris-tics raises the tension; Judi appears into the home by the time the story of the children catches important stage. Maddened by the prime property she brought to the home; and triggered by this as by-product factor, she takes her own steps as if to oppress her own husband.

Here, the writer failed goodly from taking the preconceived no-tion of the society as ingredients for enriching his contents. In coun-tries like Eritrea where the society is under the drive of the patriarchal denomination, the man expects to play very important role in driving all overt and covert motives of the society. However, Jacob choices patience so to topple such hatred factors that could have ruined the life of his family completely. And in its narrative style, the lioness and Judi, the Gazelles and the in-nocent children, are symbolic of the world scenario. That is what Schopenhauer attempted to phi-losophize deeply.

Yosief Zeweldi

Unmasking Eritrean Book Shelves: Dealing With Chronicles Of A Young Short Stories Writer

ልሳን ስምዒታት

* ፍወሳ ሻቕሎት። ሕርቃን። ቅሬታ። ቅዛነት …

ብዶክተር ደቪድ ቪስኮት

ትርጕም።- ምሉእብርሃን ሃብተገብሪኤል

ስሓቕን ንብዓትን(25 ሓጸርቲ ዛንታታት)

ምሉእብርሃን ሃብተገብሪኤል

8Eritrea Profile, Saturday 12nd of April , 2014

The UN Security Council has voted to send a 12,000-strong force to the Central African Republic (CAR).

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has warned of “ethno-religious cleans-ing” in CAR, with lynchings, de-capitations and sexual violence go-ing unpunished.

The UN resolution also autho-rises some 2,000 French troops to work alongside the UN peacekeep-ers.

Thousands have been killed, with about 1.3 million people - a quarter of the population - in need of aid.

Muslim civilians are being tar-geted by militias in revenge for the seizure of power by mainly Mus-lim rebels last year.

France already has 2,000 troops in its former colony alongside a 6,000-strong African Union (AU) force, which would be replaced by the UN mission in September.

The resolution, which was adopt-

Scientists are attempting to build a human heart with a 3-D printer, with a view to creating a new heart for a patient with their own cells that could be transplanted.

Stuart Williams, a cell biologist leading the project has said the Uni-versity of Louisville team has so far printed human heart valves and small veins with cells, and they can con-struct some other parts with other methods. He noted that they have also successfully tested the tiny blood ves-sels in mice and other small animals.

Researchers have already used 3-D printers to make splints, valves and

A Swedish firm has posted a vid-eo of tests carried out using its new helium-filled inflatable helmet, claiming the gear provides added safety.

Once inflated upon impact with helium stored in a holder in the back of the collar, Hovding’s head-gear remains blown up for a few seconds, warding off multiple im-pacts.

The lid covers a larger area of the head than a regular bike hel-met, providing more protection. The airbag is made of nylon fabric preventing rupture upon friction.

The company has assailed the safety standard used to test hel-

The World Health Organization (WHO) has set out on a series of emergency measures to control the Ebola virus that has so far killed more than 100 people in Guinea.

The measures, which were launched in the Guinean capital of Conakry on Thursday, include training 70 people who will track those who had contact with the sick across the country.

The UN agency is also opening a special operation center in the Guinean Health Ministry to handle all matters related to the Ebola scare.

Latest WHO figures show that 157 people have been infected

New research shows that when a threat comes into view fruit flies make split-second turns reminis-cent of those made by fighter jets.

High speed videos revealed the subtle wing movements that en-abled them to make the split-sec-ond “bank” turns in order to evade attack.

The study explains why other species of fly are hard to swat, ac-cording to the research team.

The work has been published in the journal Science.

One of the researchers, Prof Mi-chael Dickinson of Washington

ed unanimously, authorises French troops to “use all necessary means” to provide support for AU troops.

The French-authored resolution gives the UN force the mandate to protect civilians and humanitarian convoys, maintain order, and sup-port the political transition in CAR, AFP says.

Mr Ban, in an exclusive article for the BBC, said that on his recent visit to the country he heard “har-rowing tales” of sexual violence, kidnap and constant threats to peo-ple’s lives.

He called on the international community not to let CAR become “another Rwanda in our time”, re-ferring to the 1994 genocide there.

On Wednesday, at least 30 people were killed and another 10 wound-ed in fighting in the central town of Dekoa, police said.

Predominantly Christian anti-balaka militia members attacked positions held by the mainly Mus-

lim Seleka rebels, they said.CAR exploded into religious vi-

olence amid mounting resentment toward a Muslim-led government.

Muslim rebels seized power in March 2013 by overthrowing Pres-ident Francois Bozize - who had been in power for a decade.

The rebel leader who replaced him, Michel Djotodia, was accused of failing to prevent his forces from raping, torturing and killing civilians - particularly among the country’s Christian majority.

When Mr Djotodia left power under regional pressure in January, Christian militia fighters began at-tacking Muslim civilians in retali-ation.

The country is rich in gold, dia-monds and other natural resources but decades of unrest and misman-agement have left most of its peo-ple stuck in poverty.

African troops are battling to contain the conflict which began when the president was toppled in March 2013

even a human ear.Williams believes they can print

parts and assemble an entire heart in three to five years. The finished product would be called the “bioficial heart” — a blend of natural and arti-ficial.

“With complex organs such as the kidney and heart, a major challenge is being able to provide the structure with enough oxygen to survive until it can integrate with the body,” said Dr. Anthony Atala, whose team at Wake Forest University is using 3-D printers to attempt to make a human kidney.

mets and called it too lax in its minimum safety levels. It has fur-ther laid claim that its system can reduce fatalities from head injuries in 25km/h impacts with cars to al-most zero.

Hovding co-founder, Anna Hautt, has told cycling website BikeRadar, “We have to tell con-sumers the truth. For us it’s a big step...and we’ve been on the mar-ket for more than two years and we haven’t focused on comparing Hovding with traditional helmets because we thought maybe there’s room for everyone.

“But we’ve also realized we aren’t telling people about the big advantages of our product, and people are wondering why we’re not doing it when we tell them the differences.”

The price, however, fuctions as a drawback, with the gear, which once inflated cannot be used again, being available at USD 500.

with the deadly virus in Guinea. At least 101 of them have died.

Ebola has also killed ten people in neighboring Liberia where 21 cases have been identified.

Meanwhile, a Canadian-based humanitarian organization work-

ing in Liberia said that an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus was spreading rapidly across the West Africa.

“This fear is prompting people to run away from medical care. So, once they develop the symp-toms instead of going to the hos-pital and identifying themselves, they cross borders to New Guinea, which makes it extremely difficult to follow up on them,” media out-lets quoted a spokesman for the or-ganization as saying on Thursday.

Guinea neighbors have sent health teams to border territories and introduced measures to pre-vent the spread of Ebola.

Flies Can Manoeuvre Like Fighter Jets

WHO Moves To Control Ebola Virus Across Guinea

Sweden Firm Offers Helium-Filled Inflatable Helmet

Central African Republic: UN Votes To Send Peacekeepers

Scientists Working On Printing 3-D Heart

University in Seattle said that the aim of the research was to learn more about how flies process vi-sual information.

“They process this information so quickly, as anyone who has tried to swat a fly will have no-ticed,” he told BBC News.

“And they can fly like an ace at birth. It’s like putting a newborn baby in the cockpit of a fighter air-craft and it knowing what to do.”

Prof Dickinson’s collabora-tor, Dr Florian Muijres, also at Washington University, said it was “quite a mystery” how they

change direction so quickly.“These flies do a precise and

fast calculation to avoid a specific threat and they are doing it using a brain that is as small as a grain of salt,” he said.

The researchers captured the flight of fruit flies in a purpose built cage using three high speed cameras. They frightened the flies by flashing up an image of a loom-ing predator and observed closely how the flies changed course.

What was remarkable, accord-ing to Prof Dickinson, was that the change in wing beats was barely discernable.

Blink and you’ll miss it: a time-lapse image of four escape ma-noeuvres made by fruit flies.

The disease is highly contagious and leads to external and internal bleeding.

Ebola is one of the most conta-gious viral diseases often result-ing in death. The virus cannot be prevented with a vaccine and is untreatable with medication.

The deadly viral infection, which is spread by close contact, was first discovered in the Demo-cratic Republic of Congo -- then known as Zaire -- in 1976. There is no vaccine or specific treatment for Ebola and the disease kills up to 90 percent of its victims who suffer extensive internal and exter-nal bleeding.

Health workers teach people about the Ebola virus in Conakry.

(File photo)