Comments on: Kilu Mammo! http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Anonx http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-156059 Anonx Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:55:39 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-156059 I bought the book for one very perceptive and astute 5 years old. She gave her comment on the two languages used to tell Mamo story: if you can't read the amharic, you read the english and if you can't read the english you read the amharic (her words). Yes. Then in the middle of the story, she asks, 'whats wrong with Mamo?'. Nothing. she asks again. He stumbled over a rock, ok. Frustrated, 'you dont understand, why does he not wear SHOESSSS? do they not have shoes over there?' At that moment, I wished they had put shoes on Mamo so I didn't have to explain whats not written. Then, I felt sorry for Mamo...in so many ways I bought the book for one very perceptive and astute 5 years old. She gave her comment on the two languages used to tell Mamo story: if you can’t read the amharic, you read the english and if you can’t read the english you read the amharic (her words). Yes. Then in the middle of the story, she asks, ‘whats wrong with Mamo?’. Nothing. she asks again. He stumbled over a rock, ok. Frustrated, ‘you dont understand, why does he not wear SHOESSSS? do they not have shoes over there?’ At that moment, I wished they had put shoes on Mamo so I didn’t have to explain whats not written. Then, I felt sorry for Mamo…in so many ways

]]> By: Oppoxiasnogita http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-156058 Oppoxiasnogita Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:34:23 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-156058 Cool news!, guy Cool news!, guy

]]> By: Elizabeth Addis http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-155992 Elizabeth Addis Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:36:22 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-155992 I like the article. Funny. I like the article. Funny.

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]]> By: Catie http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-107213 Catie Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:59:24 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-107213 Hi Othelia, Thanks for your inquiry regarding Ethiopia Reads. I serve on the Board of Directors and appreciate your question and concerns about where the money raised goes. Ethiopia Reads is truly a grassroots non-profit. In the U.S. we are all volunteers, except for one paid staff member. All of our staff in Ethiopia are paid. Our fundraising is very simple, it takes about $83 a day for us to keep our libraries open. A percentage of each book that we publish is distributed for free to Ethiopian children and then a percentage is sold here in the United States to raise money to fund our projects. We are "down to the bare bones" organization. I hope this helps you. As far as the English textbooks - the Ethiopian National exam that is required for admittance to University is in English. At a certain level of education, the provincial language becomes secondary and English becomes the primary academic language. So, yes, English books as well as provincial language books are needed. This Fall we received a grant to print books in Tigregna and Oromo - so our local language books now include those as well as the books we publish in Amharic and Sidama. Thank you - and if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Nolawi - thank you so much for your support of our project. Catie Dupont catie@ethiopiareads.org Hi Othelia,

Thanks for your inquiry regarding Ethiopia Reads. I serve on the Board of Directors and appreciate your question and concerns about where the money raised goes. Ethiopia Reads is truly a grassroots non-profit. In the U.S. we are all volunteers, except for one paid staff member. All of our staff in Ethiopia are paid. Our fundraising is very simple, it takes about $83 a day for us to keep our libraries open. A percentage of each book that we publish is distributed for free to Ethiopian children and then a percentage is sold here in the United States to raise money to fund our projects. We are “down to the bare bones” organization.

I hope this helps you.

As far as the English textbooks - the Ethiopian National exam that is required for admittance to University is in English. At a certain level of education, the provincial language becomes secondary and English becomes the primary academic language. So, yes, English books as well as provincial language books are needed.

This Fall we received a grant to print books in Tigregna and Oromo - so our local language books now include those as well as the books we publish in Amharic and Sidama.

Thank you - and if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Nolawi - thank you so much for your support of our project.

Catie Dupont
catie@ethiopiareads.org

]]> By: Othelia http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-107080 Othelia Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:53:03 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-107080 What percentage of donations at the ethiopiareads.org charity goes toward providing books and what goes into overhead for running the charity? Are the Ethiopian children also learning to read in English as well as their own language? A few years ago I spent a great deal of money shipping high school textbooks (biology, literature, geology, etc.) to Ghana where my step son was in the Peace Corps and I am hoping that the books are being utilized....they were printed in English. What percentage of donations at the ethiopiareads.org charity goes toward providing books and what goes into overhead for running the charity? Are the Ethiopian children also learning to read in English as well as their own language? A few years ago I spent a great deal of money shipping high school textbooks (biology, literature, geology, etc.) to Ghana where my step son was in the Peace Corps and I am hoping that the books are being utilized….they were printed in English.

]]> By: Nolawi http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-40859 Nolawi Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:55:20 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-40859 Thank you Catie! Thank you Catie!

]]> By: Catie http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-40427 Catie Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:30:14 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-40427 Tadias! Nolawi - thank you for the press! Thank you to everyone who has particpated in this thread. I encourage you to contact me if you have any questions regarding EthiopiaReads.org and its' current programs and future goals. I love the discussion about Silly Mammo and appreciate the feedback. I am thankful, as a member of the EthiopiaReads.org board, for the support we have received from the Ethiopian community, both moral support and financial. Without it, we cannot grow. We are always looking for volunteers and are open to suggestions. Feel free to contact me if you would like to be involved in our programs. Silly Mammo is available for purchase by visiting EthiopiaReads.org and clicking on the Buy Books link on the left side. You can also visit SilverChicks.com and click on the Ethiopia Reads link on the left. Thanks! Catie Dupont catie@ethiopiareads.org ethiopiareads@aol.com Tadias!

Nolawi - thank you for the press!

Thank you to everyone who has particpated in this thread. I encourage you to contact me if you have any questions regarding EthiopiaReads.org and its’ current programs and future goals.

I love the discussion about Silly Mammo and appreciate the feedback.

I am thankful, as a member of the EthiopiaReads.org board, for the support we have received from the Ethiopian community, both moral support and financial.
Without it, we cannot grow.

We are always looking for volunteers and are open to suggestions. Feel free to contact me if you would like to be involved in our programs.

Silly Mammo is available for purchase by visiting EthiopiaReads.org and clicking on the Buy Books link on the left side. You can also visit SilverChicks.com and click on the Ethiopia Reads link on the left.

Thanks!
Catie Dupont
catie@ethiopiareads.org
ethiopiareads@aol.com

]]> By: temari http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-29687 temari Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:24:40 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-29687 Just got the book for my kid bro... Just got the book for my kid bro…

]]> By: celebratelife http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-28922 celebratelife Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:38:35 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-28922 Don't know the story but will buy the book to support the cause. Don’t know the story but will buy the book to support the cause.

]]> By: Abebe http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27913 Abebe Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:40:09 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27913 Hey Nol, I just ordered the book too!! Hey Nol, I just ordered the book too!!

]]> By: MindWithOutC http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27866 MindWithOutC Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:30:57 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27866 [quote comment="27546"]MindwithC; hey people, its nice you are saying you want to get the book but I think its better to say I just got the book... eshi... its a few measly dollars so do something! ...[/quote] OK, now I did order. thanks for bringing it out to the limelight. [quote comment="27546"]MindwithC;
hey people, its nice you are saying you want to get the book but I think its better to say I just got the book… eshi… its a few measly dollars so do something!
…[/quote]

OK, now I did order. thanks for bringing it out to the limelight.

]]> By: Nolawi http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27546 Nolawi Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:31:00 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27546 MindwithC; hey people, its nice you are saying you want to get the book but I think its better to say I just got the book... eshi... its a few measly dollars so do something! Really; the email address is written so please do contact the people and send them the books... MindwithC;
hey people, its nice you are saying you want to get the book but I think its better to say I just got the book… eshi… its a few measly dollars so do something!

Really; the email address is written so please do contact the people and send them the books…

]]> By: really http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27526 really Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:47:59 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27526 We have the book. My son got a few giggles out of it. I remember the story from growing up as well. Illustration could have used some editing but that is beside the point. I say kudos for the guy who tried to keep the story alive. We are avid readers at our home, and hence support any effort to teach the younglings to read. Not sure if they still do book drives... have tons to share. We have the book. My son got a few giggles out of it. I remember the story from growing up as well. Illustration could have used some editing but that is beside the point. I say kudos for the guy who tried to keep the story alive. We are avid readers at our home, and hence support any effort to teach the younglings to read. Not sure if they still do book drives… have tons to share.

]]> By: shaleqa http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27522 shaleqa Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:18:03 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27522 But by the way, on the translation - silly is not really Qil, is it? Qilo is meant to be foolish - not silly! Silly is balege ! And Mamo is foolish - not balege! Ahya teshekimo balege yalem - mogn inji! Indew lemetiqes yakil neuw . . . But by the way, on the translation - silly is not really Qil, is it?

Qilo is meant to be foolish - not silly! Silly is balege !

And Mamo is foolish - not balege! Ahya teshekimo balege

yalem - mogn inji!

Indew lemetiqes yakil neuw . . .

]]> By: MindWithoutC http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27516 MindWithoutC Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:06:17 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27516 i am pretty sure, the book i had learned said Mamo Qilo too. :-) ... I would love to get that book as well. i am pretty sure, the book i had learned said Mamo Qilo too. :-) … I would love to get that book as well.

]]> By: shaleqa http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27351 shaleqa Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:39:06 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27351 come on ... it was mamoqilo as we all know it . . . www.mamoqilo.com you can't say Mamo Silly but you can say Mamo Qilo. You can also say Kilu Mamo. come on … it was mamoqilo as we all know it . . .

http://www.mamoqilo.com

you can’t say Mamo Silly but you can say Mamo Qilo.

You can also say Kilu Mamo.

]]> By: Selom http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27342 Selom Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:13:21 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27342 Nolawi, This is great! Thanks for shedding light on it. ...I heed your call to 'Do Something'. I, too, could swear it was titled "Mammo Qilu" back then and there. Although as I sit here, for the life of me I can't recall the story. Oy! Ha Ha! This actually means I have to read it! Following in this series should be one "The Ascerbic Wit and Wisdom of Aleqa Gebre-Hanna"! I say. Nol - you have a great site. ...Fun to read. Selam to All. p.s. - Is it just me, or does Mammo on the cover art look strikingly like Scottie Pippen?! Selom Nolawi,
This is great! Thanks for shedding light on it. …I heed your call to ‘Do Something’.

I, too, could swear it was titled “Mammo Qilu” back then and there. Although as I sit here, for the life of me I can’t recall the story. Oy! Ha Ha! This actually means I have to read it!

Following in this series should be one “The Ascerbic Wit and Wisdom of Aleqa Gebre-Hanna”! I say.

Nol - you have a great site. …Fun to read.

Selam to All.

p.s. - Is it just me, or does Mammo on the cover art look strikingly like Scottie Pippen?!

Selom

]]> By: Nolawi http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27323 Nolawi Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:39:06 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-27323 [quote comment="26928"]doro... i think that's right.. but u cant say "mamo silly" for a book i guess...[/quote] ha hah hah motukugn at mammo silly! [quote comment="26928"]doro… i think that's right.. but u cant say "mamo silly" for a book i guess…[/quote] ha hah hah motukugn at mammo silly!

]]> By: Shaleqa http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-26984 Shaleqa Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:41:51 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-26984 Thanks Nolawi! I have once seen this site before and I was thrilled by the good job! If we can not do such a big job, let's at least help when some one takes the initiative. I am just about to donate/or buy the book as well and plan to continue donating! The ferenji's donate out of good will - but for us, we are donating to ourselves (I would not even call it donating - we are sending money home!) The best way to help Ethiopia is to invest on the future and we do so by educating our children - they are our futures! An educated society will take of itself and the country very well! And . . . Charity begins at Home! Thanks Nolawi! I have once seen this site before and I was thrilled by the good job!

If we can not do such a big job, let’s at least help when some one takes the initiative.

I am just about to donate/or buy the book as well and plan to continue donating!

The ferenji’s donate out of good will - but for us, we are donating to ourselves (I would not even call it donating - we are sending money home!)

The best way to help Ethiopia is to invest on the future and we do so by educating our children - they are our futures! An educated society will take of itself and the country very well!

And . . . Charity begins at Home!

]]> By: bgFelasfit http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-26928 bgFelasfit Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:08:35 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-26928 [quote comment="26802"]i thought it was Mamo Qilu[/quote] doro... i think that's right.. but u cant say "mamo silly" for a book i guess... [quote comment="26802"]i thought it was Mamo Qilu[/quote]
doro… i think that’s right.. but u cant say “mamo silly” for a book i guess…

]]> By: Nolawi http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-26855 Nolawi Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:21:49 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-26855 NO Doro its kilu mammo apparently... but I have heard it said that way too! NO Doro its kilu mammo apparently… but I have heard it said that way too!

]]> By: Doro Mata http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-26802 Doro Mata Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:15:14 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-26802 i thought it was Mamo Qilu i thought it was Mamo Qilu

]]> By: Yemi http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-26788 Yemi Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:43:41 +0000 http://www.bernos.org/blog/2007/03/21/kilu-mammo/#comment-26788 Oh, I have this book! I just picked it up from a bookstore in Addis to read to my son. I am glad to hear the story behind it. Thanks Nolawi. Oh, I have this book! I just picked it up from a bookstore in Addis to read to my son. I am glad to hear the story behind it.

Thanks Nolawi.

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