Reviewing what the teams of Mediterranea volunteers at the
Ethiopian schools in which we work, have achieved, we can confirm that not even
Walt Disney could have invented stories as beautiful as our educational teams
in Ethiopia. Their efforts have influenced the local Ethiopian teachers and
motivated them to a point where they want to learn more and improve
professionally. They are starting to realise the importance of education for
the future of their country. Amongst all the intelligent things that Rosa Luxembourg
said, she commented that real revolution would only come through education. The
importance of education is unfortunately, ignored by nearly all leaders. Some are so pathetic that they even see
it as a threat to the status quo.
The future is in the hands of education and to give the tools to improve
education is probably the best thing that an NGO can do in the third world. Many times, from our privileged position
in the West we believe that Africans cannot get a proper education in Africa.
That for this they need to come to one of our countries. This thought is one that sprang from
colonialist times but has never really been destroyed. Children can be educated in Africa, in
their countries, their societies, it is their right. We help to make this possible, it is not charity, it is simply
just. Photo: children of Abugida on their graduation day.
