{"id":863,"date":"2014-08-07T16:41:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T16:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/?p=863"},"modified":"2022-12-08T18:10:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T18:10:39","slug":"in-ethiopia-coffee-solves-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/in-ethiopia-coffee-solves-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"In Ethiopia, coffee solves problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can\u2019t solve the issues that prevent children from enrolling in school if you don\u2019t know what the issues are, and the best people to identify these problems are community members themselves.<\/h2>\n

Since imagine1day started working in southern Ethiopia\u2019s Oromia region in January, we\u2019ve helped 101 communities in the districts of Dello Mena and Meda Welabu organize monthly coffee ceremonies. Parents, teachers, school administrators, religious leaders and community leaders are all invited to participate in frank discussions about out-of-school children, the importance of girls\u2019 education and any other issues facing their schools. \u201cIt\u2019s better than inviting people to a meeting,\u201d says Muleken Alemu, a teacher and member of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) in Yadot. \u201cIt\u2019s a very good forum to share ideas, to say what you want and to discuss solutions. It serves as a catalyst to push people to say something and to come up with resolutions for the school,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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In Sontikera, coffee ceremonies have already helped the community deal with some of the issues plaguing their school. \u201cThe coffee ceremony is a very good platform for us. The first thing we discussed is absenteeism. We agreed parents should send their kids to school instead of using their labour. Kids are still dropping out of school regularly. We are very committed to recruiting all out-of-school children and these are the issues we have been discussing,\u201d says Tesfay Girma, Sontikera\u2019s school principal. Coffee ceremonies are just one of imagine1day\u2019s arsenal of tools, but they\u2019ve proved to be extremely fruitful and well received by local communitiesIt goes to show that big problems don\u2019t always need expensive solutions. Sometimes, all it takes is a cup of coffee and candid conversation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can\u2019t solve the issues that prevent children from enrolling in school if you don\u2019t know what the issues are, and the best people to identify these problems are community members themselves.<\/p>\n

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