Our journey continues north today, departing from Bahir Dar on the south side of Lake Tana and we drive along the eastern side of the lake for about 2 hours, headed for our next destination of Gondar, on the north end of Lake Tana.

 

Along the way we meet up with our implementing partners at Glimmer and Organization for the Rehabilitation and Development of Amhara (ORDA).  Over the last two years, we have implemented 23 water projects with them in the Degola Chincaye area.  It is a Sunday, so not many villagers or community members are around the projects, but we want to check in on the status of our projects in this area.  To complicate our time, some heavy rain clouds are hanging around, so we experience some light rain and thunder to hurry our stops along.

 

These projects are part of a larger Glimmer Integrated Community Development on which Glimmer has been working since 2010.  Fortunately, many of our sites are close together in this ICD, so we were able to visit 7 projects in just a little over three hours.  I think the rain was a motivator to move things along!  We visited Shenkor Mesk 1 & 2, Abakaloye, Sist, Agam, Tijitu Agam and Bado Michael.  Most of these projects were completed in late 2011 or early 2012, but two where part of our 2010 projects.  All of the projects that we visited were functioning “well”.  Plus, the ever present children of Ethiopia (who manage to appear out of nowhere!) made our time, although short, a joy and blessing at each site.

 

As part of Glimmer of Hope’s work in this area, they are adding two new primary schools in Abakaloye and Agam.  At both schools, our projects have been positioned nearby the schools to serve the students and teachers (as well as community) with safe clean water.

 

As the rain begins to pick up pace, we decide it is to time seek dry shelter…..where else than the Dashen Brewery near Gondar.  Famous for its beer, it also makes a great roasted (sort of like BBQ) chicken.  As you can see from the picture, the group enjoyed both!


 

Our journey continues north today, departing from Bahir Dar on the south side of Lake Tana and we drive along the eastern side of the lake for about 2 hours, headed for our next destination of Gondar, on the north end of Lake Tana.

 

Along the way we meet up with our implementing partners at Glimmer and Organization for the Rehabilitation and Development of Amhara (ORDA).  Over the last two years, we have implemented 23 water projects with them in the Degola Chincaye area.  It is a Sunday, so not many villagers or community members are around the projects, but we want to check in on the status of our projects in this area.  To complicate our time, some heavy rain clouds are hanging around, so we experience some light rain and thunder to hurry our stops along.

 

These projects are part of a larger Glimmer Integrated Community Development on which Glimmer has been working since 2010.  Fortunately, many of our sites are close together in this ICD, so we were able to visit 7 projects in just a little over three hours.  I think the rain was a motivator to move things along!  We visited Shenkor Mesk 1 & 2, Abakaloye, Sist, Agam, Tijitu Agam and Bado Michael.  Most of these projects were completed in late 2011 or early 2012, but two where part of our 2010 projects.  All of the projects that we visited were functioning “well”.  Plus, the ever present children of Ethiopia (who manage to appear out of nowhere!) made our time, although short, a joy and blessing at each site.

 

As part of Glimmer of Hope’s work in this area, they are adding two new primary schools in Abakaloye and Agam.  At both schools, our projects have been positioned nearby the schools to serve the students and teachers (as well as community) with safe clean water.

 

As the rain begins to pick up pace, we decide it is to time seek dry shelter…..where else than the Dashen Brewery near Gondar.  Famous for its beer, it also makes a great roasted (sort of like BBQ) chicken.  As you can see from the picture, the group enjoyed both!