Teaching, Research, and Service Opportunities in Ethiopia Ann A. O’Connell School of Policy and Leadership, EHE IPSC
• Population 90 million (2011) • Neighbors include Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea to the north, and Kenya to the South • Refugees: 63.9 thousand Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world. 2
• Recurrent food insecurity and tendency for rain failure and famine in the region • Famine, hunger, food-insecurity are recurring issues due to environmental, political, and economic issues • Population: 83 million (world bank) • Addis Pop: 2.8 STAT-PLANET LINK million • Up to 78% of population living on less than $2US per day • HDI = .328, ranking 157 out of 169 countries with data (US ranks 4rth; HDI = .91 • Expected yrs schooling for kids <7yrs old: 8.5 years • Adult Literacy Rate: 29.8% (males/females combined) 3
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September 2011 • Represent IPSC during the ICOPHAI Congress: First International Congress on Pathogens at the Human-Animal Interface – Impact, Limitations, and Needs in Developing Countries • Met with: – Faculty and administration at Addis Ababa University – Executive Director and Board of Directors for Mary Joy Development Agency (MJDA) – Toured local NGO supporting school completion for girls orphaned by AIDS – Toured Health Clinic supported by MJDA – Staff of the International Rescue Committee 5
ICOPHAI • Conference Link and One Health • OSU primary sponsor • Chairperson – Wondwossen Gebreyes, OSU Professor, Veterinary preventive medicine • Keynote – Dean Lonnie King, Vet Medicine – Confronting Infectious Diseases in an Interconnected World 6
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View from my room, Jupiter Hotel, Addis. 9
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At the Palace: Howard Goldstein; President of Ethiopia Girma Wolde-Giorgis; and me. 12
At the Palace: Bayleyegn Molla, Lonnie King, William Brustein, Larry Schlesinger, me, Howard Goldstein 13
• Tirussew Teferra, Ph.D. – Professor, Educational Research and former Dean • Mekasha Kassay, Ph.D. – Dean, College of Education • Jeilu Oumer, Ph.D. – Academic Vice President • Miriam Alemayehut – Director, Special Needs College • Debebe Ero – Faculty of Social Work – Chair Mary Joy Development Association Board of Directors • College of Education, Science and Math Faculty – Dr. Mulugeta Atnafu – Mekbib Alemu (Link to AAU) – Kassa Michael 14
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Graduate School of Education • Teacher education, educational leadership, early childhood care and education, community and youth development, curriculum design and special needs education • Committed and dedicated faculty and staff, working to scale up quality to an international level 16
GSE Needs and/or Constraints • Research Methodology, Statistics Education, Program Evaluation • National investment in inclusion and disability services/education, early childhood education, youth development, workforce development • Limited support for doctoral students (grants, mentoring, research opportunities) • Technology and Computer Issues • GSE wants to strengthen university-secondary school linkages • GSE wants to engage community organizations such as Mary Joy Development Organization for outreach, research opportunities for graduate students 17
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Community Organizations • Children’s Heaven – Supports young girls orphaned by HIV/AIDS to continue in school – Provides lunches and a Saturday school program – Link • Mary Joy Development Association – One of the largest NGO’s in Addis/Ethiopia – Education, health, workforce development, elder care, disability services – Link • Organizations are supported by Donations, not the government 24
% of Ethiopian adolescents 15-19 years who have comprehensiv e knowledge of HIV: Males: 32% Females: 21% (Source: UNICEF (2005- 2009 ) 25
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Mary Joy Development Association 31
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Mary Joy sponsored Health Center 34
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Opportunities • Research, Teaching and Service – Capacity building for research and research training/graduate education • AAU – collective will and vision, committed to working with OSU – EHE Seed Grant Collaboration – Invitation to teach statistics (regression) and program evaluation • Potential for Gateway in future • East Africa Liason – Abebaw Tezera Zerihun Thank you!! aoconnell@ehe.osu.edu 37
Thank you!! aoconnell@ehe.osu.edu 38
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