First: check out the Wikipedia page on Sidama zone - it's interesting!
Language: Sidamu-Afoo and Amharic.
Primary Ethnic Group: Sidama.
Topography: green and mountainous.
Temperature: 50s-80s (F).
Altitude: 2343 meters.
Religion: 90% Protestant Christian.
3 hours (via minibus) from Hawassa (SNNPR capital).
Electricity and cell phone network available (in my house and town).
One health center, one primary school, one secondary school.
Work: water, sanitation, hygiene, and reproductive health projects and education with family caregivers at households and youth at primary and secondary schools. (Eg building latrines - there is a lot of open-defecation in Sidama, nutrition counseling and demonstrations, murals at the health center, etc.)
The first three months (mid-April until mid-August) will be primarily spent with community integration and participatory research.
My seeds for garden projects at site!
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