Welliso, Ethiopia

Travel Blogs from Welliso (5)

Homecoming, Welliso, Ethiopia travel blog
Homecoming
Dec 3, 2007

After spending a day of rest in Addis Ababa, we all returned back to Welisso from our respective assignment sites. We got off the bus and walked into the familiar compound of our training center. We entered the building and joyfully greeted our training ...

A travel blog entry by christen.smith
Home-Stay and Host Family, Welliso, Ethiopia travel blog
Home-Stay and Host Family
Oct 23, 2007

... in a motor vehicle accident, leaving only her and her sisters -one of whom is living in the States, and one of whom left Ethiopia to find work as a housemaid in "an Arab country" (the specific name of which my mama has forgotten). At one point in her ...

A travel blog entry by christen.smith
On the Eve of Departure, Welliso, Ethiopia travel blog
On the Eve of Departure
Dec 12, 2007

For the few days leading up to my site visit, my host mama couldn't speak to me without breaking into tears, so she would just sit and stare at me for extended periods with heart-wrenchingly despondent eyes and offer up an occasional "Igziabher yawkal" ( ...

A travel blog entry by christen.smith
Tragedy, Welliso, Ethiopia travel blog
Tragedy
Dec 5, 2007

One of my neighbors died today, a high school aged boy, in a car accident in Addis. Mourners filled the street outside his house throughout the day and night, wailing at the tops of their voices. My mama tells me that his family has no parents, both ...

A travel blog entry by christen.smith

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