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Enkutatash – Ethiopian New Year

by Christine Killmeyer On September 11th Ethiopia celebrates its New Year’s Eve. Ethiopia’s calendar is based on the Copian calendar and thus has 13th months instead of 12 months. The …

World Health Day!

Happy World Health Day! On April 7th in 1954, the WHO introduced World Health Day for the first time ever. Since then, April 7th has been firmly established as international …

Clean water for everyone

By Caro Bartenschlager “On 28 July 2010, through Resolution 64/292, the United Nations General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation and acknowledged that clean drinking water …

Christmas in Ethiopia

By Christine Killmeyer Christmas in Ethiopia Christmas in Ethiopia is quite different to ours. Contrary to us, Ethiopians celebrate their pendant “Genna” or “Ganna” on January 7th, according to the …

Susi & das Volunteering

Hallo! Mein Name ist Susanna Leitner, ich bin 22 Jahre alt und studiere Rechtswissenschaften an der Universität Wien. Da ich mich sehr für Menschenrechte (generell Völkerrecht) interessiere, meine Studienrichtung auch …

Ahmed – Anekdoten aus Äthiopien

Hallo! Mein Name ist Ahmed Hemeada, ich bin gerade frische 22 Jahre alt geworden und derzeit studiere ich auf der WU. Vor nunmehr 4 Monaten hat mich mein Weg nach …