To be or not to be circumcised?

Do you remember in the bible(Gn. 17: 10-13) every male among you, when he is eight days old, shall be circumcised...and it goes on ... you must get circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it must serve as a sign of the covenant between me and you.. ..finally, the World Health Organization and UNAIDS have announced last Thursday getting circumcised reduces the risk of contracting HIV infection in men by 60% .The study have recommended that circumcision should be used as part of HIV/AIDS prevention for heterosexual men.To read..http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/news68/en/index.html

Grossly over populated

Yes... the earth is getting crowded by a day . According to the UN population divisions, world population will reach 9.2 billion in 2050.While the population expected to remain the same in western countries,....in develeoping countries the population will just keep on rising.

What are we afraid of?

Two days ago, I attended my first Ethiopian Funeral ceremony. It was a very sad and heart breaking experience for me. When I heard about a 21 years old young man hang himself after he left a hospital within an hour, all I could think of is the young man did it for crying out for help. The ceremony was great and very fancy. The flowers, the foods, the candles and even people were well dress in black . We, Ethiopians are very good at aftermath. We are good at helping during death and wedding, but why aren’t we that good at crisis intervention?Why are we good at “J ib kehed wesha chohe?" I hear here and there about mental illness in our community. I myself had a very close family memeber who went through sever depression but, luckily he came out of his depression with the help of God and his family. I can't help but wonder if this incident is a wake-up call for our community.
My concern is it would be too late before we wake up and smell the coffee, so let’s stop the stigma with mental illness and talk about it. For the young man, may his soul rest in peace and give strength to his family