ADDIS
ABABA FOOD NOT BOMBS IN ETHIOPIA
Addis Ababa
started sharing a regular meal in May 2012. The first meal was shared
with over 100 people the Piassa area outside St. George's Ethiopian
Orthodox Cathedral on May 15th. The group agreed to share every Saturday
at 5:00 pm.
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share our announcement with your friends and family. Consider
volunteering with Food Not Bombs Addis.
The Ethiopian Vegan Association started Food Not Bombs Addis
Ababa during its founding conference. Keith McHenry spoke at the
conference to encourage local volunteers to share vegan meals with the
hungry.
THE FOUNDING OF
FOOD NOT BOMBS IN ETHIOPIA
 Preparing the meal for May 15, 2012 |  Cooking vegan
food |  Proud of our fresh kosta. |
The number of hungry is increasing in Ethiopia while corporate farms
ship tons of fresh produce and grains to wealthy Middle Eastern and
European countries. Much of the best land and water is used to grow
flowers to send north.
 Sharing with the blind |
 Almost ready |  The proud cooks of
Food Not Bombs Addis |
 Food Not Bombs Addis
Ababa thanks the Taitu Hotel for
their generous donations.
COST TO PROVIDE 100 MEALS IN ADDIS
ABABA
These are the prices we paid for the May 15,
2012 meal per 100 people. The total cost was $50 U.S. dollars per 100
meals or 883 Ethiopian birr per 100 meals.
- Taxi - 150 Birr
- Potato - 20 kg for 240 Ethiopian birr
at 12 Ethiopian birr per kg
- Tomato - 2 kg for 32 Ethiopian
birr at 16 Ethiopian birr per kg
- Onion - 2 kg for 28 Ethiopian
birr at 14 Ethiopian birr per kg
- Cabbage - 6 kg for 36
Ethiopian birr at 6 Ethiopian birr per kg
- Kosta - 2 kg for 16
Ethiopian birr at 8 Ethiopian birr per kg
- Carrots - 4 kg at 36
Ethiopian birr at 9 Ethiopian birr per kg
- Garlic - 1/2 kg for
25 Ethiopian birr at 50 Ethiopian birr kg
- Ijera Ethiopian Bread - 100 for 300
Ethiopian birr at 3 Ethiopian birr for each one
- Plastic bags
- 100 for 20 Ethiopian birr
- Oil, salt, charcoal and spices
donated
Companies from China, India, the Netherlands Germany, Belgium, and Saudi Arabia have been buying the best farm land in Ethiopia. Much of the produce and live stock is shipped out of the country for profit while local farm workers on these commercial plots are paid about 50 cents a day. During the G8 meeting in May 2012 the Obama administration announced that he had secured food aid from companies like Monsanto. This aid is likely to increase hunger in Ethiopia as the donation contaminates local seeds and impacts the price of food produced by local farmers. Total exports from Ethiopia were $2.231 billion in 2009. The items exported include coffee, gold, qat, leather products, live animals, oilseeds. These exports in 2010 went to China (13.9%), Germany (10.5%), Belgium (7.5%), Saudi Arabia (7.1%), U.S. (6.8%), and Sudan (4.6%). These policies are increasing hunger across Africa. We are encouraging an increase in organic farming by local people and a move away from industrial agriculture for export. Our volunteers are helping cultivate local organic gardens to support this process.
At the same time the United States is spending millions to build a drone base in Arba Minch, Ethiopia,
money that could be used to support access to water, organic seeds and tools to grow food for the people of Africa.
Don't Put Monsanto in Charge of Ending Hunger in Africa
by Yifat Susskind
ETHIOPIA: WE EXPORT FOOD TO IMPORT FOOD
U.S. drone base in Ethiopia is operational
PLEASE DOANTE TO SUPPORT OUR WORK IN ETHIOPIA
You are
invited to join Food Not Bombs in our work to make Africa's future
bright.
Addis
Food Not Bombs - Ethiopia
Ethiopia Vegan Association
P.O. Box
28305
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
0923933449
meshagem (at) gmail.com
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