Ethiopia: Investments of the economy as means for the fight of the poverty

Perspective life - enterprises help humans in emergency (openPR) - Unterdiessen, 21 December 2006 - „the Äthiopier ever poorer “, quotes the star in November 2005 the äthiopischen sociologist Dessalegn Rahmato. Although Ethiopia, according to opinion of numerous experts, has so much fruitful country the fact that it could supply itself problem-free and export even still grain belongs the country to one of the poorest countries of this world.

But even the most fruitful country wants to be watered and managed. This again requires however not only know-how, but in particular the appropriate financial means for agricultural machines and technical equipment. And exactly here the difference between theoretical planning games and the reality of a country, that shows up with an annual Pro-Kopf-Einkommen of 100 USD (source: KfW development bank) technologically and economically not even in a the position is to ensure the supply of the population with clean drinking water let alone, to guarantee a medical basic taking precautions for all humans.

In an interview we asked Mr. Axel Haasis, leader at the b2b-Spendeninitiative „perspective life - enterprises help humans in emergency “took part donation humans for humans, Karl Heinz Böhms Ethiopia assistance, for humanitarian and economic situation in Ethiopia, which activities of the donation and which efforts and measures are to be seized, in order to improve the life situation of humans in Ethiopia further.

Question: Mr. Haasis, why could from your view to today the life situation of many humans in Ethiopia, living in absolute poverty, not are fundamentally improved - despite 4.4 billion euro remission of debts by the G8 at the beginning of June 2005, international financial assistances of annually over a billion euro and the activity of more than 300 alone in the capital Addis Abeba more registered and relief organizations active in Ethiopia

Answer - Mr. Haasis: If one considers that Ethiopia with more than 75 million inhabitants into for instance a population strength has like Germany, the national budget however with less than 3 billion euro lies, our Federal Budget against it with approximately 270 billion euro, becomes fast clear that Ethiopia has still another far way before itself to improve the life situation of the population.

Question: In the context of the b2b-Spendeninitiative we ask to support enterprise your organization with donations to the building from drinking water wells to. Which meaning is attached to the further development of the water supply system in Ethiopia in view to the life situation of humans and the economic development of Ethiopia

Answer - Mr. Haasis: In the rural regions of Ethiopia, in which humans for humans works, have straight 18 per cent of humans entrance to clean drinking water. In these areas failure illnesses and stomach intestine viruses, which will transfer by dirty water, lead pretty often to death, since hardly medical supply is present. Humans for humans contributes in all project areas by the building from wells and spring intercepting structures to an improvement of the potable water supply and thus to a clear improvement of the life situation of the population. In the last 25 years Karl Heinz Böhms Ethiopia assistance already established,000 water places over 1. The building of wells in the proximity of the villages means particularly for the women and girls a large change in their everyday life. Traditionally they are responsible to get the water of often kilometres away distant water places in heavy Tonkrügen. This task stresses several hours. If the girls and women are relieved of this time-intensive task by a well in village proximity, they have to visit or to an independent activity attend the chance a school to contribute approximately by tailoring or weaving something to the family maintenance. For the Mrs. Äthiopiens this means a large step into the self-sufficiency.

Question: A heading under the Karl Heinz Böhms Ethiopia assistance humans to the assistance calls is the sentence „a helping instead of Mitleiden “. Which exactly connects her donation humans for humans with this sentence and about what characterizes itself, as Karl Heinz Böhm formulates it: „Assistance for self-development “

Answer - Mr. Haasis: Before 25 years Karl Heinz Böhm - it moves by the pictures of the Hungernden from the Sahel zone - with its call in the transmission has „bets that… “expressed, which it is called not only at the screen to also suffer to help but even actively in order to create more justice in the world. „Helping instead of Mitleiden “characterizes therefore as guidance motive very well, which before-lives Karl Heinz Böhm with humans for humans. Assistance for self-development is the basic principle of our long-term projects in rural Ethiopia. They develop in communication and co-operation with the population. In many remote municipalities the assistance can begin only if the population creates entrance together with humans for humans by the building of a road. Then larger construction measures can follow such as wells, hospital wards and schools, which enable humans finally to develop.

Question: Non-profit relief organizations see themselves again and again suspended with the reproach of missing transparency in view to the donation use and a Verschwendung of donation means. Which principles do humans for humans in view to the use of the donation means follow

Answer - Mr. Haasis: Humans for humans puts very large value on the economical utilization of funds for administration and public work. This is controlled annually by renowned chartered accoutants. Due to this responsible handling donation funds humans for humans carry the donation seal of the German Central Institute for social questions (DZI) in Germany, the Austrian donation quality seal as well as the certificate of the ZEWO in Switzerland. The administratives expense of the donation in Germany are below ten per cent. The DZI classifies this as low.

Question: Converted according to data of the UN-special correspondent for the right to food, Jean Ziegler, verhungern 100,000 humans per day, 36 million humans per year. Every five seconds dies a child under ten years at malnutrition and their direct consequences. Frightening numbers, behind which human fates of inexpressible wrong stand. On what do you lead back it that reporting excludes itself so rarely over it in film, radio and television

Answer - Mr. Haasis: I see there still another completely different problem: The continent Africa is represented in the media particularly with frightening pictures and numbers to poverty, war and diseases. Africa is considered as the forgotten continent. In order to bring humans here, a piece far more near and motivate it to help and not away-watch, it is important to Africa to obtain positive stories from Africa and point successes out of development assistance.

Question: Mr. Haasis, 2005 a joint conversion of approximately 2 Billiarden and/or 2,000 billion euro gained the European Top-50 enterprise. During however 2005 a representative study to consequence, accomplished by Meinungsforschungsinstitut forsa, which constituted social and social commitments of spent amounts in the framework at the large companies on the average „only “about 0.1 per cent of the annual turnover, were there with the small enterprises on the average proud 3.1 per cent.

What will mean it for the the situation the of human in Ethiopia, if alone the Top-50-Unternehmen of Europe their „the Corporate Social Responsibility “instead of with 0,1 per cent with a a per cent of its annual turnover calculation deceive and of these annual 20 billion euro ten per cent in Ethiopia active relief organization like the the their flow will In what respect you consider it in this connection conceivable or necessarily to take in particular the large concerns on the part of the policy just like by the consumer still much more strongly into the obligation in order to be able to fight the poverty not only in Ethiopia but on the whole world lastingly

Answer - Mr. Haasis: With such sums could in countries, as are moved for example Ethiopia, naturally much. The ten per cent of 20 billion euro, addressed by you, would nearly already correspond to the äthiopischen national budget. From our view it would be however many more important and lasting, if our economics would decide to take and contribute with appropriate investments to a better economic growth in Africa the African continent as a business partner seriously. Many asiatic enterprises recognized that Africa can quite become also over a billion humans an interesting sales market for different articles. Most European enterprises think here very at short notice and see no net yield in the first years of an economic commitment on the black continent. The question arises to me whether this thinking for the development of our European economy is really trend-setting.

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Over „perspective life - enterprises support humans in emergency "
The initiative is an action alliance of different b2b-Portale and enterprises, which jointly start a donation call for humans in emergency. The donations flow directly to the relief organizations involved. In the context of the donation initiative enterprises of all industries between that are called 01. and 31 December 2006 to support with a small donation the work of the donation „humans for humans “, Karl Heinz Böhms Ethiopia assistance, and „the ark “, a child and juvenilia. In the center of all communication measures of the initiative the Internet portal www.spendenaktion-perspektive-leben.de particularly developed for the donation initiative is located, on which for the duration of the donation call all activities of the partners taken part in the initiative are united.

Further information to the b2b-Spendeninitiative „perspective life - enterprises help humans in emergency “just like the possibility of supporting and of registering with one hyper+left in the donor listing with a small donation contribution the work Karl Heinz Böhms Ethiopia assistance, keep enterprises on the Website www.spendenaktion-perspektive-leben.de.

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