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Children in Arat Kilo
I am just now back home in New York after being based in Ethiopia for nearly two months this fall. As many of you know, I truly love Ethiopia – I have traveled there frequently since my first visit in 2004, and everything from the language, the food, the culture and especially the people have always made me feel warmly welcomed. Below you will find some images from my time in Addis Ababa this November…
In The Condom Project van
Our neighborhood tailor
Our neighborhood flock
Ambo and Coca Cola keep the team going...
Donkeys, my favorite animals
Puppies, just outside of a shoe maker's storefront
Roadside construction
My team and I stayed at the BL Guesthouse near Arat Kilo, and I could not have been more comfortable there. My room was on the second floor with a balcony that overlooked our beautiful garden and surrounding rooftops. The guesthouse was made complete by a resident cat named Lucy and a shed that we converted into a kitchen and workspace for the duration of our stay.
Lucy the cat, exploring my room
As seen from my balcony: the garden and our German housemates, preparing for a camping expedition in the north
Our generous neighbors, whom we met while on a search for garlic... which we eventually found at their house
Adrian, just inside his balcony, making Condom Art Pins
Joshua cooking dinner during a regular blackout
One of the nicest things about staying near Arat Kilo was the close proximity to so many things – friends and colleagues lived nearby; local restaurants and fresh groceries were just down the hill; and we were walking distance to ISAPSO, our partner organization that was working to create our CONDOMIZE tie and dye condom cases:
The ladies at ISAPSO
The tie and dye process
Drying the cloth for our condom cases
We were also a short drive to Memnon, the local company responsible for the sewing and screen printing of our CONDOMIZE tshirts for ICASA 2011…
CONDOMIZE!
A sign on the wall inside the Memnon office
Pattern on a shelf, next to a stack of tshirts freshly printed for the Great Ethiopian Run
Memnon's screen printing machine
Our Ethiopian inspired artwork
What's YOUR slogan?
Up next, our work with local partners to prepare for ICASA 2011 plus images from our time outside of the capital city of Addis Ababa: Debre Zeyit in the Ethiopian countryside and a weekend in the Omo Valley 🙂 Stay tuned!
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