It has just been officially announced that three EthiopiaLives photographers have come 3rd, 4th & 5th respectively in a national photography competition in Ethiopia run by IFPRI and EDRI. There were 200 entries altogether from all over Ethiopia, so this is a fantastic result.

Congratulations to the three amazing photographers:

• Atakilti (blogs as Mango) (from Tigray, 3rd prize)
• Workneh (from AfD, 4th - honorary prize)
• Alem (from Tigray, 5th - honorary prize)

See all the latest photos at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cafod/

If you have any comments or would like to share your pictures, please email comments@ethiopialives.net

The EthiopiaLives team

The site you are now viewing is an archive of the EthiopiaLives project up to the end of 2005 which will remain online as a record of the project. This site is a mirror copy of the blog we hosted with 20six.co.uk.

20six have been making changes to their software which has meant we are no longer able to host the blog with them. However, the latest photos from the EthiopiaLives photographers are available on CAFOD's flickr site at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cafod/

If you have any comments or would like to share your pictures, please email comments@ethiopialives.net

The EthiopiaLives team

While we continue to have technical problems with our photo blog hosting at 20six, we have been lent some space by CAFOD on their flickr site.

For the latest photos from EthiopiaLives.net please visit:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cafod/

Thanks for bearing with us

The EthiopiaLives team

Ronaldo: "This man is working in a horse stable located in an area called Jan Meda, in the north of Addis. Here, horses are kept and given good care. People ride them and sometimes races are held in the field. He looks after the horses and their feed. Now, he his cleaning the stable and putting the waste out in the open air to dry it. This is the difficult part of the work. Feeding the horses, cleaning them and playing with them is the interesting part! The horse manure is sold to people who would like to use it as a fertilizer which is a good source of income to the institute." 

We are very sorry that the technical problems with our photo blog have taken so long to resolve. We have made some changes, and hope that the site should be fully available again in the next couple of days.
    The EthiopiaLives.net team

We have been having technical problems with our photo blog which have meant that pictures have not been visible for the last few days. We are working with 20six who host this site to fix the problems and we hope everything will be working again properly soon.

Thanks for your patience
    The EthiopiaLives.net team

Ronaldo: "Tap water is mostly available in the cities and many people have access in Addis. It is clean and safe to drink as it is chemically treated and filtered from a reservoir outside of the city. We use this tap water for washing clothes, bathing, cooking, drinking and watering the garden."

[Photo by Ronaldo | Email this photo to a friend]