Hello Everyone, Sorry for the late report.

This month I wanted to report about an interesting topic I discussed this past Saturday (8^th April) when I talked to a class of third grade students in a school called Yewetaoch Genet. I talked to them about the environment and what possible ways there are to protect the environment.

An interesting traditional topic I would like to share with everyone today is Yehidar Tis. Yehidar Tis is a traditional Ethiopian custom where on a day in the month of November people take out their trash and pile it up, and after making piles they burn the trash (nonflammable) in belief that the smoke from the trash will clear the air from harmful deceases.

Although the beliefs that the smoke clear?s out all the deceases in the air is not strongly believed as before, it is still practiced as a tradition, it is also helpful as all the trash of neighborhoods gets burnt the city becomes more clean for a while. 

At the end of my visit, I distributed the Eco Generation rulers to the students, which they were happy to receive as it was helpful for their Math?s classes. 

For my next Eco Generation activity in May, I am planning on working with a club on their environmental activity, which I will be reporting about once the activity is done next month.