ብዕለት 16-03-2017 ሰለስቲኡ ኣብይተ ትምህርቲ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ከሰላ ብሓባር ተጠርኒፈን ኣብ ቀጽሪ መባእታ ቤት ትምህርቲ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ዕዉት በዓል መዛዘሚ ናይ 2016-17 ዓመተ ትምህርትን ዝኽሪ መበል 40 ዓመት ምምስራት ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ከሰላን መመረቕታ ናይቶም 12 ክፍሊ ዝወድኡ መበል 17 ዙርያን ድርብ በዓል ብድምቀት ኣኺቢረን ውዒለን፣ ኣብዚ በዓል እዚ ዕድመ ዝተገብረሎም መራሕቲ ሃይማኖት ካህናት ደብረ መድኃኔ ዓለምን እንዳ ቅዱስ ሚካኤልን። ዳይረክተር ዘይመንግስታውያን ኣብያተ ትህርቲ ናይ ዞባ ከሰላ ሓው እስታዝ ባብክር ኬላይ። ሓለፍቲ ኮማት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን። ከምኡ’ውን ሓለፍቲ ማሕበረ ኮም ህንዳውያን። ሱፐርቫይዘረት ኣቦ መንበር ማሕበር መማሃራን ዞባ ከሰላ ተሳቲፎም ነይሮም

 

CatholicSchool 7

 

መድረኽ ልክዕ ስዓት 3።00 ድ.ቀ. ብመምህር ወልደሂወት ቀለተ ተኸፍተ፣ መምህር ወልደሂወት ሓደ ድሕሪ ሓደ ንተሳተፍቲ ናይቲ በዓል ናይ እንቋዕ ድሓን መጻኹም መልእኽቲ ብምትሕልላፍ ን5ተ ስዓት ዝኣክል ዘሎ መደባት ንመድረኽ ዝመርሑ ተማሃሮ ኣረ

 

CatholicSchool 8

 

ኣለይቲ መድረኽ ነቲ ካብ ተማሃሮ ዝተዋጽኡ ኣባላት ክፍሊ ባህላዊ ጉዳያት ናይ ሰለስቲኡ ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ብሽማግለ መማሃራን ተመልሚሎም ዘዳለዉዎ መልእኽቲ ሓዘል ተዋስኦታትን መዛሙርን ደርፍታትን ዋዛ ምስ ቁም ነገርን ሓንቲ ድሕሪ ሓንቲ እንዳተበላለጹ ብቋንቋታት ትግርኛ - ዓረብ - ትግረ - ብሌን - እንግሊዝ - ከምኡ’ውን ኣምሓርኛን ናይ ህንዲ ባህሊ ብግቡእ ሰሪዔን ከቕርባ እንከለዋ። ነቲ ዘቕርብኦ መደብ ዝገልጽ ብመልክዕ ግጥሚ እንዳሃባ ብኽልቲኡ ቋንቋታት ማለት ብትግርኛን ብዓረብን ክሳብ መወዳእት ግዜ ብጽፈት መሪሐንኦ፣ ኩሉ እቲ ተማሃሮ ዘቅረብዎ መደባት ከም ኣብ ስደት ምህላዎም መጠን ባህሎም ንኽፈልጡን ክዕቅቡን ዘዛኻኽር ኢዩ ነይሩ ኪብሃል ይከኣል፣ ብዝርዝር ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ባህልን ልምድን ናይ ሕዝቢ ዘንጸባርቕ ስለዝነበረ ከኣ ተፋተስቲ ናይቲ በዓል ዝመሰጠን ዓቢ ኣድናቆት ዘሕደረን ትርኢት ነበረ

 

CatholicSchool 9

 

ካብቲ ዝዘመርዎ መዝሙር ንልቢ ዕዱማት ዝመሰጠ ሓደ ከምዚ ዝብል ነበረ።- “ከነመስግን ኢና …… ከነመስግን። ኣብ ስደት ኮይና ከነመስግን። ትምህርቲ ከፊትኩም አምሃርኩምና። ከነመስግን ኢና ከነመስግን፣ ድሮ 40 ዓመት ኮይኑ ዕድሜኪ። ንክንደይ ብሉጻት ዘምሃርኪ። ኣቦይ ኣደይ ሓወይ ሓፍተይ ሓሊፎም በኣኪ። ከነመስግን ኢና ከነመስግን፣ ዕድለኛታት ኢና ምዃና ደቅኪ። እንታይ ምኮና እንተዘይትህልዊ። ዕድመን ጥዕናን ይሃቦም ንዝመስረቱኪ። ከነመስግን ኢና ከነመስግን” ዝብል ነበረ

 

CatholicSchool 10

 

ኣብ መንጎ ናይቲ ዝካየድ ዝነበረ ምርኢት “ቃል ተማሃሮ” – “ቃል መማሃራን” ብመምህር ክፍላይ ወልደጋብር። ቃል ኣባ ገብራይ ኣካያዲ ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ከሰላ። ቃል ሓው ባብክር ኬላይ ወኪል ዘይመንግስታውያን ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ተዋሂቡ

 

CatholicSchool 11

 

ንተማሃሮ ወኪሉ ቃል ዝሃበ ተማሃራይ።- ድሕሪ ናይ ክብሪ ሰላምታ ንኹሎም ተሳተፍቲ ናይቲ በዓል ድሕሪ መሃብ። ንኹሎም ነቶም ነዚ ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ እዚ ኣብ ቦታ ስደት ከፊቶም ብትምህርትን ሰነ-ምግባርን ተኲስዂስና ክንዓቢ ዕድል ዝሃቡና ክቡር ነ.ኄር ኣባ ማሪኖ ሃይለን ንካህናት ማኅበር ካፑቺን ካቶሊካዊት ቤ ክርስቲያን ኣመስጊኑ፣ ብፍላይ ከኣ ነባገብራይ ቢኢደማርያም ኣካያዲ ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ካቶሊካዊት ቤ ክርስቲያን ከሰላ ብቀረባ ኮይኖም መዓልታዊ ንጥፈታት ናይ ኣብያተ ትምህርትና ብምክትታልን ኣድላይ ዝበልዎ ንዕቤትና ዝሕግዝ ምኽርን ሓሳባትን ዝህቡና ልዑል ምስጋና ይብጽሓዮም ኢሉ

 

CatholicSchool 12

 

ነቶም ቀለማዊ ትምህርቲ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ብሃገራዊ ኣተዓባብያን ሰናይ ተግባራትን መልሚሎም ዘዕብዩና ዘለዉ ክቡራን መማሃራን ክብርን ምጎስን ይኽኖም ብምባል። ኣብ መወዳእታ ከኣ ናይ ተማሃር ግደን ከዘውርርዎ ዘለዎም ጽቡቕ ጠባይ ኣዘኻኺሩ

 

ቀጺሎም መምህር ክፍላይ ወልደጋብር ንመማሃራን ናይ ሰለስቲኡ ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ወኪሎም ብዛዕባ ትምህርቲ መግለጺ ሂቦም

CatholicSchool 13


መም. ክፍላይ ንተሳተፍቲ ዘስምዕዎ መደረ ከምዚ ዝስዕብ ነበረ:--

ክቡራት ኣጋይሽና እንቋዕ ብደሓን መጻኹም፣ ብምቅጻል ብስመይን ብስም መሳርሕተይ መማሃራንን ልባዊ ሰላምታይ የቅርበልኩም፣

ብምቅጻል “ዝኽሪ ናይ 40 ዓመት ምምስራት ናይ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ንስደተኛታት ኤርትራ” ኣብ ትሕቲ ዝብል ቴማ ናይ መባእታን ማከላይን ላዕለዋይን ቤት ትምህርትታት ተጠርኒፈን ኣብ ዘለዋሉ ህሞት በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ምዝዛም ናይ 2016-17 ዓመተ -ትምህርትን ናይ 40 ዓመት ንሕጻናት ስደተኛታት ኣብ ዓውዲ ትምህርቲ ተጸሚዳ ዝሃበቶ ኣገልግሎት  ትዝክር ከምዘላ ብምዝካርና እንቋዕ ናብዚ ክቡር ዕለት ኣብቅዓና  እብል

ንፉዕ ተማሃራይ ከም ንፉዕ ሓረስታይ ይምሰል፣ ሕማቕ ድማ ከም ሃካይ ሓረስታይ ከምዝብሃል ሎሚ ድማ ኣብዛ ዕለት እዚኣ ኣብ መንጎ መማሃራንን ተማሃሮን። ፍልጠት ንምሃብ ኣብ ዝተገብረ ናይ እንካን ሃባን ዓውደ - ትምህርቲ ብፍላይ ተማሃሮ በብስርሖም ውጺኢት ፍረ-ጻምኦም እተፍልጥ ዕለት ምዃና እተዘክር ኢያ

ነዚ ኣብ ላዕሊ እተጠቅሰ ዓውደ - ትምህርቲ ተዋሳእቲ መን ኢዮም ንዝብል ሕቶ። መምህር። ተማሃራይ። ወለድን ኢዮም፣ እዚኣቶም ኣብ ስርሖም ሓደ ከም ሰለስተ ወይ ሰለስተ ከም ሓደ ኮይኒም እዮም ኪሰርሑ ዘለዎም፣ ካብ ሰለስቲኦም ሓደ ምስ ዝጎድል ዓወት ናይ ተማሃራይ ክረኣ ኣይክእልን ኢዩ

ተማሃሮ ብማዕረ ይማሃሩ። ብማዕረ ይምርመሩ። ብማዕረ ድማ ይቅጽዑ። ፍረ-ጻማ ጻዕሮም (ውጺኢቶም) ግን ኣብ መንፋዓቶምን ኣብ ምክትታል ወለዶምን ብዝያዳ ዝተመርኮሰ ይኸውን

ትምህርቲ ብግቡእ ንኽኸይድ ስርዓተ - ሕጊ ቤት ትምህርቲ ተሓልዩ ምስ ዝኸይድ ኢዩ

ከምቲ ኣብ መእተዊ ዝኽሪ ናይ 40 ዓመት ዝተረቁሐ ወይ ናብ ወርቃዊ ኢዮቤል እትኸይድ ዘላ ቤት ትምህርቲ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ንስደተናታት ዕድመ ናይ ወዲ ሰብ ዘምሀረት እንተበልና ቃል ኣጋንኖ ኣይኮነን፣ ከመይ ኣብያተ ትምህርትና ብዘይ ናይ ዜጋ ኣፈላላይ ከም ኤርትራውያን ኢትዮጵያውያንን ሱዳናውያንን ህንዳውያንን …. ኣብ ናይ ፍልጠት ጎደና ኰይና ኣስታት ልዕሊ 24,000 (ዕስራን ኣርባዕተን ሽሕ) ተማሃሮ ዘምሃረት ፍልጥቲ ቤት ትምህርቲ ኢያ

እዛ ን40 ዓመት ዝኸውን ፍልጠት ንሕዝባ ዘካፈለት ካቶሊካዊት ቤተ-ክርስቲያን። ብፍላይ ብማኅበር ካፑቺን ዝግበረልና ዘሎ ሰናይ ተግባራት ብስመይን ብስም መማሃራንን ቀጽልዎ እንዳበልኩ ጻማኹም ካብ ኣምላኽ ርኸብዎ እብል

ኦ ወለዲ ገዛ ኣብ ከውሒ ምስ ዝህነጽ ኢዩ ተሪር ዝኸውን። ንፉዕ ተማሃራይ ድማ ናይ ወላዲ ምክትታል ምስ ዝህልዎ ልክዕ ከምዚ ዝበልክዎ ጽንዑን ንፊዕን ይኸውን ኢሎም    

ካብዚ ቀጺሎም ከኣ ኣባ ገብራይ ቢኢደማርያም ኣካያዲ ኣብያተ ትምህርትና ከምዚ ክብሉ ቃሎም ኣስምዑ:-

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ዝኸበርኩም ኣጋይሽና:

ብመጀመርያ ናብዛ ክብርቲ መዛዘሚት ዕለት ዓመተ ትምህርቲ 2016-17 ብደሓነ-ሰላም ዘብጽሓና ልዑል ፈጣሪ ክብርን ምስጋናን ንእኡ ይኹን። ኣሜን

ክቡራት ተሳተፍቲ ሎሚ’ውን ከምቲ ልሙድ ኣገባብ ኣበዓዕላ መዛዘሚ ኣብያተ ትምህርትና ኣብዛ ንእሽቶይ ዳስ ዳስ ፍልጠትን። ናይ መጻኢ ምዕባለ እትእምትን ኰይና በዚ ኣጋጣሚ’ውን ኣብያተ ትምህርትና  ንኹሉ ዜጋ ብዘይ ኣፈላላይ ነርባዓ (40) ዓመት ዝኸውን ዝበርከቶኦ ናይ ትምህርቲ ዕድልን ፍልጠትን። እንዝክረሉ ጊዜ ከምዝኾነ ዝያዳ ሓበሬታ ክህብ እፈቱ

CatholicSchool 15እዚ ዓቢ ውጽኢት ናይ ትምህርቲ ምዕባሌ ዝተረኽበ ግን ተቀባል ጋሻን ፈታዊ ትምህርትን ዝኾነ ኃው መንግስቲ ሱዳን ባዕልና ንባዕልና ንክንመሃርን ንክንመሓደርን ነጻ ዕድል ስለዝሃቡና ኢዩ

ደቂ ሰባት ናይ ዝተፈላለየ ልምድን ባህልን ሕብረተ-ሰብኣዊ ዝንባለታትን ሕዞም ስለዝጐዓዙ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ድማ ብሰንኪ ብርቱዕ ኲናት ካብ ሃገሮም ዝተመዛበሉ። ናብ ኃው ጐረቤት መንግስቲ ሱዳን ብብዝሒ ዝተሰደ ሕዝቢ ኤርትራ ብምርኣይ ዝያዳ ብዝርድኦ ቋንቋን ባህልን ብዘይ ናይ ዜጋ ኣፈላላይ ን40 ዓመት ነዚ ገዚፍ ናይ ትምህርቲ ስነ-መዕበያ ፕሮጀክት (project) ቁጠባዊ ምሕደራ ሀሰስ ብምባል ብሰናይ ተበግሶን ጻዕርን ኣኅዋት ካፑቺን ይስራሕ ከምዝነበረን ከምዘሎን ክጠቅስ እፈቱ፣ ከም ኣብነት ክቡር ነፍሰ-ሄር ኣባ ማሪኖ ምስ ብጸቶምን ብዙሓት ገበርቲ ሰናይን ማኅበራትን ገዳማትን ናይዚ ዓቢ ስራሕ ዕማም። እጃሞም ከምዘበርከቱ ህያው ምስክር’ውን  ኢዩ

CatholicSchool 16

ካቶሊካዊት ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ብኃልዮት ማኅበር ካፑቺን ነቲ ብ1977 ኣብ ንእሽተይ ዳስ ዝጀመረቶ ብምዕባይ ከም መባእታን ማእከላይን ደረጃ ስሩዕ መደባዊ ትምህርቲ ንስደተኛታት ኤርትራውያንን ኢትዮጵያውያንን ክሳብ 1997 ማለት ን20 ዓመት ኣገልግሎቱ ከም ዝሃበ ከዘኻኽር እፈቱ፣ እቲ ብላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ስደተኛታት (UNHCR) ዝካየድ ዝነበረ ቤት ትምህርቲ ላዕለዋይ  ደረጃ ኣብ 1997 ዓ.ም. ናይ ምዕጻው መደብ ስለዝጀመረ። ንሰለስተ ዓመት ብሓባር ድሕሪ ምስራሕ ኣብ 2000 ዓ.ም.  ስለዝተዓጽወ። ካቶሊካዊት ቤተ - ክርስቲያን ናይ ላዕለዋይ ትምህርቲ ሓላፍነት ብምውሳድ ክትቅጽሎ ስለዝተረኽበት እንሆ’ውን ድሮ 20 ዓመታት ኣብ ኣገልግሎት ከምዘላ እንዳሓበርኩ። ሎሚ ዓመት ከኣ ንመበል 17 ዙርያ 12-ክፍሊ ዝወድኡ ነመርቕ ከምዘሎና እንደገና ብዝያዳ ከብርህ እፈቱ

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እኩብ ድምር ናይ 40 ዓመታት ብዝሒ ተማሃሮ ኣብ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ዝተማሃሩ ኣስታት 24,000 (ዕስራን ኣርባዕተን ሽሕ) ኪኾኑ እንከለዉ 60% ደቂ ተባዕትዮ 40% ድማ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኢዮም

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ዋላ እኳ ስደት መሪር እንተኾነ እዚ ናይ ትምህርቲ ዓወት ዝተረኽበ ግን መማሃራንን  ወለድን ጽቡቕ ድላይ ተማሃሮን ብሓባር ስለዝሰርሑ ኢዮም ኪብሃል ይከኣል፣ ፍረ ናይዚ ሓባራዊ ጻዕሪ ከኣ ክሳብ ሎሚ ተማሃሮና ኣብ ናይ 12 ክፍሊ መርመራ ንዩኒቨርስቲ ብጽቡቕ ነጥቢ ይሓልፉ ከምዘለዎ ኩላትና እንፈልጦ ሓቂ ኢዩ፣ ስለዚ’ውን እቶም በዚ ዝሓለፉ ተማሃሮና ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ዓውዲ ስራሕ ተዋፊሮም ግላውን ማሕበራውን ሃገራውን ግቡኦም ዝፍጽሙ ብዙሓት ዘጋታት ከምዘፍረየት ዘይርሳዕ ሓቂ ኢዩ

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ክቡራት ወለዲ ተማሃሮና ብፍላይ ናይ ዝሓለፈ ጊዜን ናይ ሎሚ ግዜን ከነወዳድሮ ከሎና ዓቢ ፍልልይ ከምዘሎና ክንርዳእ ይግባእ፣ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ምዕባሌ ተክኖሎጂ ስለዘይነበረ ኩሉ ሰራሕ ብናይ ሓንጎል ርድኢት ነበረ፣ ናይ ሎሚ ግን ብተክኖሎጂ ዝተሰነየ ስለዝኾነ ደቅና ኣብ ካልእ ኣድህቦ ከይወደቁ ጊዜ ትምህርቶምን መጽናዕቶምን ክንከታተል ከምዘሎና ክንርዳእ ኣሎና፣ ስራሕ ንቃላት ይቅድም ዝብል ምስላ ተጠቅምና ኲልና ብሓባር ፈተውቲ ትምህርቲ ክንከውን ንጽዓር፣ ብዘይ ትምህርቲ ሕይወት ዋጋ የብሉን

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ኣብ መወዳእታ።-

ኃው መንግስቲ ሱዳን ኣብ ጐድንና ደው ብምባል ዕድል ትምህርትን ሞራልን ስለዝሓገዙና የሞጉስ፣ በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ከኣ ከተማና ከተማ ከሰላ ኣኣንጋዲት “ሃገራዊ ፈስቲቫል ተማሃሮ” ኮይና ብምምራጻ ሓጎስ ይስምዓና፣ ዕዉት ኪኸውን ከኣ ንምነ፣ ደቅና ዝዓብይሉን ዝማሃርሉን ስለዝኾነ ከኣ ተማሃሮና እጃሞም ከበርክቱ ምዃኖም ቃል ንኣቱ ኪብሉ ቃሎም ኣስምዑ

ብኣጋጣሚ ምምስራት 40 ዓመት ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ኣስታት 38/40 ዓመት ዘገልገሉ ገዳይም መምሃራን ንአብያተ ትምህርትን ስልማት ተዋሂቡ

CatholicSchool 21ቃል ኣቶ በብክር ኬላይ ወኪል ዘይመንግስታውያን ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ኣብ ዘስምዕዎ ቃል እዚ ቤት ትምህርቲ ኣብ ትሕቲ ጽላል ትምህርቲ ሚኒስተር ኮይኑ ካብ ዝምስረት እንሆ ኣርብዓ ዓመት ይዝክር ኣሎ፣ ኣብዚ መዋዕል ከዓ ክሳብ ለይቲ ሎሚ ዘካይዶ ዘሎ ዓብይን ዝነውሔን ዝበለጸን ሓደ ካብተን ዘይመስግስታውያን ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ጽፉፍን ስሩዕን ከምዝኮነ እናመስከርና። በቲ ዝገብሮ ዘሎ ሰነ-መዕበያ ኣዚና ንኾርዕ፣ ምኽንያቱ እዚ ት/ቲ ብዘይ ኣፈላላይ ዜጋ። ሃይማኖት። ንኹሉ ጠርኒፉ ብነጻ ኣገልግሎት ዘወፊ ስለዝኾነ ክትቅጽልዎ ነተባብዕ፣ ዓቕምና ብዝፈቅደልና ከኣ ኩሉ ጊዜ ኣብ ጐንኹም ከምዘሎና ከረጋግጸልኩም ንፈቱ፣ ከምኡ’ውን በቲ ተማሃሮ ዘቅረብዎ ባህላውን ትምህርቲ ሓዘል ምርኢት ኣዚዩ መሳጥን መሃርን ከምምዃኑ መጠን ኣብቲ ብሃገር ደረጃ ዝቀርብ “ፈስቲቫል ተማሃሮ” ተማሃሮኹም ክሳተፉ ምኳኖም የረጋግጸልኩም ኪብሉ ዘረቦኦም ደምደሙ

ኣብ መወዳእታ ነቶም ኣብዚ ዓመት ትምህርቲ ብትምህርቶም ጸብለልትነት ዘርኣዩ ናይ ሰለስቲኡ ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ንፉዓት ተማሃሮ ነቲ ተዳልዩሎም ካብ ኣዚሎ (መዋዕለ ሕጻናት) ክሳብ 11 ክፍሊ ሽልማት ዝወስድሉ ጊዜ ስለዝበጽሐ ነባ ገብራይ ሽልማት ንኪዕድሉ ናብ መድረኽ ደየቡ። ኣባ ገብራይ ከኣ ነባ ሰሎሞን ነጋን ነባ ጴጥሮስ ወልደና ናብ መድረኽ ዓደምዎም፣ ሽዑ ምዕዳል ሽልማት ሓደ ድሕሪ ሓደ ብሰላምን ብስነ-ስርዓትን ተዛዘመ

ብሰላም ኣጀሚሩ ብሰላም ኣብ ፍጻሜ ዘብጽሓና ኣምላኽና ምስጋና ይኹኖ፣ ንዝመጽእ ዓመተ ትምህርቲ 2017-18 ከኣ ዕድመን ጥዕናን ሂቡ ብሰላም የራኽበና። ኣሜን

Three Eritrean Catholic Church schools for Eritrean refugees in Eastern Sudan held double ceremonies on 16 March 2017 in Kassala marking end of academic year 2016-2017 and celebrating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the schools. Also celebrated was the graduation of 12th graders from the school for the 17th time since the UNHCR-run high school was phased out in year 2000.

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Held at the compound of the Catholic Church's elementary school inside Kassala, the colourful ceremony was attended by Church leaders of various Eritrean denominations; Ustaz Babikir Kelay, director of non-governmental schools in the Sudanese education ministry; head of Sudanese teachers' union, as well as invited representatives of Eritrean, Ethiopian and Indian communities.

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Opened by welcoming remarks of head-teacher Weldehiwet Kelete in Arabic and Tigrigna, the ceremonies lasted for five hours of entertainment that consisted of educative dramas, satire, folkloric songs and poetry - all  presented in Eritrean languages - Arabic, Bilen, Tigre and Tigrigna. Amharic and English were also used in certain parts of the ceremony. Even Indian traditional folklore was put on the stage. The preparations reflected the life of Eritreans in exile and their determination to stick to their culture and identity.

 

 

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Speakers included representatives of the teaching staff and students as well as Father Ghebrai and Ustaz Babikir Kelay. The student represetnative expressed profound gratitude to the initiators of the school and paid special tribute to the late Father Milano Haile and his brothers in the Cappuchin mission for their big efforts to keep the schools going. Father Ghebrai Bedemariam, the current director of the schools, was also thanked profusely for his continued follow up of the schools and his vital day-to-day support to refugee students.

 

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In his speech, Father/Aba Ghebrai stated that the Catholic Church schools in Kassala taught in the past 40 years a grand total of 24,000 young children of denominations and regions of Eritrea. Of the total, 40% of the children who attended the schools were girls and 60% boys.

The Church's first elementary school in Kassala was opened in 1977 by the efforts of Cappuchin brothers, among them the late Father Marino, who welcomed any young refugee looking for education. The refugee students at the start were both from Eritrea and Ethiopia. For the first 20 years, the school was limited to elementary education. When the UNHCR-supported [and ELF-run] refugee high school in Kassala commenced to be phased out in 1997, the two schools worked together for three years till 2000. But as of that year, the Catholic Church took the full responsibility of continuing high school education for Eritreans in Kassala. That is why, he said, the school is graduating its 17th batch of 12th graders this year.

CatholicSchool 5The Sudanese official, Ustaz Babikir Kelay, appreciated the work of the mission school and pledged the support of the Sudan for this worthy education project.

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The ceremonies closed after distributing prizes for outstanding performers among the students and certificates for teachers who served the school for up to 40 years since its founding.

ኣብዚ ዝሓለፈ መዓልታት ብመሪሕነት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ተወዲቡ ዝተጸውዐ ናይቲ ሰልፊ  መሪሕነት ዞባ ኢውሮጳን ካብ ጨናፍርን ዝተሳተፍዎ ናይ ሰለስተ መዓልታት ዋዕላ (ኮንፈረንስ) ተኻይዱ። መሪሕነት ሰልፊ ነዚ ዋዕላ ዝወደበ ብዘይካቲ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ግዚያት ብኤልትሮኒካዊ ኣገባብ ዝካየድ ኣኼባታት ገጽንገጽ ተራኺብካ ብዛዕባ ኣገደስቲ ሰልፋውን ሃገራውን ጉዳያት ናይ ምዝታይ ኣገዳስነት ብኣባላቱ ክቐርብ ዝጸንሐ ለበዋታት መሰረት ብምግባር እዩ። እዚ ናይ ዞባ ኤውሮጳ ዋዕላ ናይ’ቲ አደብ መጀመርያ ኮይኑ ኣብ ካልእ ኩርነዓት ዓለም ምስ ዝርከቡ ኣባላት ሰልፊ እውን ብተመሳሳሊ ኣገባብ ክቕጽል  ተታሒዙ ዘሎ መደብ እዩ።

ኣብዚ ዋዕላ ዝተዘተየሎም ኣቐዲሞም ብመሪሕነት ሰልፊ ዝተጸንዑን ቅድሚ ዋዕላ ናብ ኣባላት ዝተዘርግሑን ንድፊ ዛዕባታት፡  “1) ዲሞክራሲ፡ ግዝኣተ-ሕግን ትካላዊ ኣሰራርሓን ኣብ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፤ 2) መትከላትን ፖሊሲታትን ዝምድናታት ሰዲህኤ ምስ  ተቓወምቲ ውድባት ኤርትራንን ጐረባብቲ ሃገራትን፤ 3) ኣብ ተሓድሶ ሰልፊ እንታይ ክንገብር ንደልን ንኽእልን።” ዝብሉ ምንባሮም ከኣ ናይቲ ዋዕላ እዋናውነትን መሰረታውነትን ዘርኢ እዩ። እዚ ዝቐረበ መዛተዪ መጽናዕታዊ ጽሑፋት ከም ዝሕብሮ እቲ ዋዕላ ናብ ውሽጣዊ ሰልፋዊ ጉዳያት፡ ናብ ጉዳይ ሓድነት ሓይልታት ተቓውሞ፡ ናብ ዝምድና ምስ ጐረባብትን ኣብ መጻኢ ንሰልፊ ዝጽበይዎ ናይ ምሕዳስ መደባትን ዘድሃበ ምንባሩ ምርዳእ ይከኣል።

እዚ ዛዕባታት ብደረጃ ዋዕላ ብኣካል ተራኺብካ ግዜ ወሲድካ ክዝተየሉ እንከሎ፡ ኣገዳስነትን ኣተገባብራን ኣብዘሓዊ ግዝኣት፡ ልዕልና ሕጊ፡ ደሞክራስያዊ ማእከልነት፡ ተሓታትነትን ግሉጽነትን ዝብሉ መሰረታዊ መርሆታት ብዝምልከት ኣብ ዝርዝር ከም ዝኣቱ ርዱእ እዩ። ከምኡ ከኣ ነይሩ። እዚ ሰልፋዊ መትከላት ብመንጽር’ቲ ሓፈሻዊ ደሞክራስያዊ ዓምድታት ከመይ ክተሓዝ ከም ዝግበኦ ዘረድእ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ኪኖ ብዛዕባ ኣሰራርሓ ሰልፍኻ ምርዳእን መጻኢ ራኢኻ ምስፋሕን ምስ ኣድማሳዊ ደሞክራስያዊ ኣጠማምታታት ዘላሊ እውን እዩ። እዚ ከኣ ዕላማ ናይዚ ዋዕላ ሓባሪ ኣብ ርእሲ ምንባሩ ኣፍልጦኻ ናይ ምስፋሕ ዕማም’ውን ዝነበሮ ኣስተምህሮኣዊ እዩ።

ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኣብ ቅድሚ ናይ ኤርትራ ሓይልታት ለውጢ ተገቲሩ ዘሎ ብደሆ፡ ፍልልያትካ ኣመሓዲርካ ኣብቲ ዘሰማመዓካ ኣትኪልካ ብሓባር ንቕድሚት ክትስጉም ምኽኣልን ዘይምኽኣልን እዩ። ኣብዚ ዋዕላ ንዝምድና ተቓወምቲ ሓይልታት ዝምልከት ኣርእስቲ ምቕራቡ ከኣ ንእዋናውነት ናይዚ ዋዕላ ዘርኢ እዩ። ተሳተፍቲ ናይዚ ዋዕላ መሪሕነቶም ኣድማዒ ጽላል ኣብ ምፍጣር ተበግሶ ንክወስድ ዕዙዝ ለበዋ ምቕራቦም ከኣ እቲ ዋዕላ ክሳብ ክንደይ ከምቲ ትጽቢት ዝተነብረሉ ከም ዘድመዐ ዘመልክት እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ብዙሓት ዘልዕልዎ’ሞ ወትሩ ኣዛራቢ ዝኸውን ዝምድና ምስ ጐረባብቲ እዩ። እቲ ወሳኒ ውሽጣዊ ዓቕሚ ምዃኑ’ኳ እንተዘየዳደየ  ምስ ጐረባብቲ ዝግበር ዝምድና ከኣ ተራኡ ኣትሒትካ ዝረአ ስለ ዘይኮነ ወትሩ ምልዓሉን ምብሳሉን ነውሪ ኣይኮነን። ብመንጽር እዚ ኣብዚ ዋዕላ ነቲ “ዝምድናና ምስ ጐረባብቲ፡ ኣብ ምክብባርን ናይ ሓባር ተረባሕነትን ዘትከለ ኣብ ሕድሕድ ጉዳያት ኢድ ምትእትታው ዘየፈቅድን እዩ” ዝብል እምንቶ ሰደህኤ ከም ዝዝተየሉ ምግባር  ኣብ ነቲ ዝጸንሐ መትከልካ ደጊምካ ንምንጻር ዝሕግዝ ነይሩ።

ተሳተፍቲ ዋዕላ ነቲ ዝቐረበሎም ሰነዳት ዝውሰኽ እንዳወሰኹ ኣየስርሕን ዝብልዎ ድማ እንዳነከዩ ናቶም ናይ መጻኢ ናይ ተግባር መምርሒ ከም ዝኸውን ንምኽኣሉ ዘርኣይዎ ናይ እንካን ሃባን ተሳትፎ ከኣ  እቲ መድረኽ ኣብ ግቡእ እዋን ዝተጋብአ ምዃኑ ዘርኢ እዩ። ተሳተፍቲ ነቲ ዝቐርበሎም መዘራረቢ ንድፊ ሰነዳት ምስ ኣዝዩ ንኡስ ምምሕያሻት ተቐቢሎም ምጽዳቖም ድማ መሪሕነትን መሰረታትን እቲ ሰልፊ ብሓባር ክስጉሙ ከም ዝጸንሑ ዘረድእ እዩ።

በዚ መሰረት ብመሪሕነት ኮነ ብመሰረታት ዝተኸደ መንገዲ ዝነኣድ ኮይኑ፡ እዚ መድረኽ ካብ ተመዓዳዲካ ምውቕቓስ ኣውጺኡ ኩሎም ወገናት ኣብቲ ኣውንታ ኮነ ኣሉታት በብጽሒቶም ክወስዱ ዝሕግዝ እውን እዩ። እቲ ንኡድ ስራሕ ኣብ ምዝታይን ምጽዳቕ ነቲ ዝቐረበ ሰነዳትን ዝድረት ዘይኮነ፡ ኣብቲ ቀንዲ ጉዳይ ምትግባር ንኹሎም ዝጽበዮም ሓላፍነት ኣሎ። እቲ ቀንዲ ናይ ኩሉ መእሰሪ ተግባር ስለ ዝኾነ። ከምቲ ኣብ መወዳእታ  ናይቲ ዋዕላ ዝወጸ መግለጺ ኣመልኪትዎ ዘሎ ተሳተፍቲ ቁጠባዊ ዓቕሚ ሰልፎም ንምሕያል ወፈያ ኣካይዶም። እዚ ድማ ነቲ ኣብቲ ዋዕላ “ናትና” ዝበልዎ መደምደምታ ከተግብርዎ ምዃኖም ዘመልክት እዩ።

እዚ ቀንዲ መንቀሊኡ ሰልፊ ምሕዳስን ካብዚ ዘለዎ ናብ ዝበረኸ ደረጃ ምስግጋርን ዝኾነ ናይ እንካን ሃባን መድረኽ ቀጻሊ ስለ ኾነ ኣብ ካልእ ከባብታት ዘለዉ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ከሎ ጌና ክቕረብሉ ዝግበኦም እዩ። መሪሕነት ሰልፊ ከኣ ኣብ ከምዚ ኣገዳሲ መድረኻት ንዝቀርብን ናይ ኣባላቱ ሓሳባት ኣካል መጻኢ መደባቱ ገይሩ ክሰርሓሉ እዩ።

ኣብ ወደባዊት ከተማ ምጽዋዕ ዝርከብ ባንክ ኤርትራ ኣብ መጀመርታ ወርሒ መጋቢት 2017 ብራሻይዳ ኣብ ሰዓታት ለይቲ ከም ዝተሰርቀ ምንጭታትና ካብቲ ቦታ ሓቢሮም። እቲ ብሰንኪ ሕጽረት መራኸቢ ደንጉዩ ዝበጸሓና ሓበሬታ ከም ዝገለጾ፡ እቶም ዕሉላት ሰረቕቲ ካብ ራሻይዳ ኮይኖም፤ ብለይቲ ኣብቲ ባንክ ኣብ ተረንሸዋታት (መሸመዓት) ተቛጺሩ ዝነበረ ሓድሽ ናቕፋ፡ ናይቲ ባንክ መስትያት ብጥንቃቐን ፍሉይ ጥበብን ሰይሮም ኣብ ኣይስዙ ዝዓይነተን ካይን ምስ ካልእ ንረት ጽዒኖም ከምዝወሰድዎ ተፈሊጡ።

እዞም ራሻይዳ ካብ ምጽዋዕ ብሽዕብ ሓሊፎም ብወገን ግርማይካ ናብ ሱዳን ከእትዉዎ መደብ ስለዝነበሮም፤ ምስቲ ኣብ ዓንቀጽ ግርማይካ ናይ ምቁጽጻር ሓላፍነት ዝነበሮ ናይ ኮለነል መዓርግ ምስ ዝነበሮ ኣዛዚ’ውን ኣቐዲሞም ኣብ ረብሓ ዝተሰረተ ስምምዕ ነይርዎም። እንተኾነ እዚ ውዲታዊ ሓበሬታ ኣቐዲሙ ኣብ ኢድ ካለኦት ናይ ጠቕሚ ተወዳደርቲ ሓለፍቲ ወዲቑ ስለ ዝነበረ፡ ነቲ ብጠቕሚ ተዓዲ ኣብቲ ውዲት ዝነበረ ኣዛዚ ኣወጊዶም ባዕላቶም መንገዲ ዓጽዮም ጸኒሖም፡ ነተን ሰዓተን ሓልየን ዝመጻ መካይን ክኽልክልወን ምስ ፈተኑ ካብተን ገንዘብ ጽዒነን ብኻልእ ንብረት ሸፊነን ዝነበራ ሰለስተ መካይን እታ ቀዳመይቲ ነቶም ኣብቲ ሓለዋ ዝነበሩ ብተኹሲ ኣወጊዳ ምስ ጽዕነታ ናብ ሱዳን ክትሓልፍ እንከላ እተን ክልተ ግና ከም ዝተታሕዛ ክፍለጥ ተኻኢሉ።

እዚ ከምዚሉ እንከሎ፡ ኣብ ሱዳናዊት ከተማ ከሰላ ዶላር ሂብካ ከም ድላይካ እቲ ሓድሽ ናቕፋ ተሽርፈሉ ድንኳናት ከም ዘሎ ተሓቢሩ። ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ናቕፋ ኣብ ኤርትራ ብኣዝዩ ጸቢብ መቑነን ንደቂ ሃገር ኣብ ዝወሃበሉ ኩነታት ኣብ ሱዳን ግን ከም ድላይካ ምዃኑ ንብዙሓት ዘገርም ኮይኑ፡ እቶም ነቲ ጉዳይ ብቐረባ ዝከታተልዎ እዚ ኣብ ከሰላን ካኦት ከተማታት ሱዳንን ናቕፋ እንዳሃበ ዶላር ዝእክበሉ ዘሎ ድንኳናት ዋናታቱ ላዕለዎት ወተሃደራዊ ሓላፍቲ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ምዃኖም የረጋግጹ። ባንክታት ኤርትራ ነቲ ተራ ኤርትራዊ እምበር፡ ንውሱናት ሓለፍቲ ግና ክፉት ምዃኑ እውን እቶም ተዓዘብቲ የረጋግጹ። ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ኣብ ዘካየዶ ቃለመጠቕ ናብ ኤርትራ ኣትዩ ብናቕፋ ክሽረፍ ዝግበኦ ዶላራት ኣብ ሱዳን ከሰላ ይኽተር ከም ዘሎ ከም ዝተኣመነ እውን ዝዝከር እዩ።

ኣብ ምስራቓዊ ሱዳን እትርከብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ስደተኛታት ቈልዑ ኤርትራ ዝኾነት ቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ፡ ብዕለት 21 መጋቢት 2017፡ ናይ 2016-2017 መደብ ትምህርቲ ብዓወት ዛዚማ። ኣብቲ መደብ ምዕጻው ቤት ትህምርቲ ናይ ክብሪ ኣጋይሽን፡ ወለዲ ተመሃሮን ነበርቲ ሓውሲ ከተማ ወዲ ሸሪፈይን ተኻፊሎም። እዚ፡ ናይ'ዛ ኣብ ዶብ ኤርትራን ሱዳንን እትርከብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ፡ መበል 32 ዓመተ-ትምህርቲ ምዃኑ ኢዩ።

 

ናይ ሎብ ዘበን ትምህርቲ ብ11 ሓምለ 2016 ምስ 637 ዝኾኑ ምዝጉባት ተመሃሮ ተጀሚሩ። ካብዚኦም፡ 22 ተመሃሮ ብበብዓይነቱ ጸገማት፡ ኣብ መንጎ -ትምህርቶም ኣቋሪጾም። ካብቶም ክሳዕ መወዳእታ እተማህሩ 615 ተመሃሮ፡ 42% ኣዋልድ ነይረን።  ካብ ሓደ ክፍሊ ናብ ላዕለዋይ ክፍሊ ዝሓለፉ 545 ክኾኑ ከለዉ (ማለት 88.6% ካብ ጠቕላላ ቊጽሪ)፣ ናይ ምሕላፍ ዕድል ዘይረኸቡ 70 ኢዮም፤ ካብዚኣቶም 48 ኣውዳት፡ 22 ከኣ ኣዋልድ ኢየን።

Wadsheriffey 2

ካብቶም ኣብ በዓል እተሳተፉ ናይ ክብሪ ኣጋይሽ፡ ኡስታዝ ኣል-ዙሄር ኣጃክ፡ ሓላፊ ናይ ዘይመንግስታዊ ቤት ትምህርትታት ኣውራጃ ከሰላ፣ ከምኡ ከኣ ኣባ ገብራይ በእደማርያም፡ ሓላፊ ካቶሊካዊ ቤት ትምህርቲታት ምስራቓዊ ሱዳን ነይሮም። ከምኡ'ውን ሓው እድሪስ እስማዒል፣ ገዲም ተጋዳላይ እስማዒል ናዳ፣ ሓው ዓሊ ሑመድ ዲናይ ኣብቲ ጽንብል ካብ እተኻፊዓበይቲ ደቂ ሃገር ኢዮም። ከም ዝፍለጥ፡ ሓው እድስሪስ እስማዒል፡ ንስዉእ ዑስማን ኣሕመድ ተኪኡ ብግዚያውነት ንቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ ዝከታተልን ንስራሓታ ዘዋሃህድን ዘሎ ሃገራዊ ዜጋ ኢዩ።

ተመሃሮ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ ነቲ ምዕጻው ቤት ትምህርቶም ብባህላዊ ሙዚቃን፡ ደርፍን  ምርኢታትን ግጥምን ገይሮም ድምቀት ክህብዎ ውዒሎም። ዲይረክቶር ቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ ዝኾነ መምህር ተኽለሃይማኖት እልፉ (ወዲ እልፉ) ሓደ ካብቶም ኣብበዓል መደረ ዘስምዑ ነይሩ። ኣብ ዘረብኡ፡ ንዂሎም እቶም ንቐጻልነት ቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ ዝሓልዩን ዝሕግዙን ማሕበራትን ባእታታትን ዕዙዝ ምስጋና ብስም ተመሃሮን መማህራንን ኣቕሪቡ። ብፍላይ ከኣ ነታ ኣብ ሃገር ስዊዘርላንድ እትርከብ ማሕበር ረድኤንቘልዑ ኤርትራ፣ ንክፍሊ ትምህርቲ ኣውራጃ ከሰላ፡ ከምኡ ከኣ ንመሓዛ ቤት ትህምርቲ ዝኾኑ ኣባ ገብራይን ፍሉይ ምስጋና ኣቕሪቡ።

Wadsheriffey 3

 

ቀጺሉ'ውን ንስዉእ ዑስማን ኣሕመድ፡ ካብ ነዊሕ ዓመታት ጀሚሩ ክሳዕ ዕለተ ሞቱ ከይሰልከየ ዘበርከቶ ታሪኻዊ ህዝባዊ ኣግልግሎቱ መጐስ ብምቕራብ ተመሃሮ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ ንምሉእ ህይወቶም ከም ዝዝክርዎ ኣረጋጊጹ። 

ቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ ብ1984 ኣብ ራኩባታት/ተንዳታት ንስደተኛታት ቈልዑ ኤርትራ ምምሃር ጀሚራ። ብ1988 ብሓልዮት ሰብ ሰናይ ግብሪ ደቂ ሆላንድ ዘመናዊ ህንጻታት ተሰሪሑላ፣ ጸኒሑ ከኣ ብ2005 ብነብሰሄር ኣባ ማሪኖ ሃይለ (ናይ ሚላኖ) እቲ ዝኣረገ ህንጻታት ተሓዲሱ፡ ካልእ ክፍልታት ከኣ ተወሲኹሉ። ክሳዕ ሎሚ ንቤት ትምህርቲ ክብ ዝበለ ሓገዛት እተወፊ ዘላ ማሕበር ረድኤት (ኣሰ) ብጥቅምቲ 2005 ኣብ ከተማ ጅኔቭ ዝቖመት ኢያ። ንሃለዋትን ንምምሕዳርን ቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ እትከታተል ማሕበር ቀይሕ መስቀልን ወርሕን ኤርትራ ኢያ። ሃገረ ሽወዴን ዝምቕማጡ ዶክቶር ሃብተሚካኤል ተኽለብርሃን ሓላፊ ናይታ ማሕበር ኰይኑ ምስ ኲሎም መወልትን ተሓጋገዝትን ቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ ኣድላይ ርክባት የካይድ። ንቐጻልነት ቤት ትምህርቲ ንክሕግዙ ከኣ ንዂሎም'ቶም በታ ቤት ትምህርቲ ዝሓለፉ ደቂ ሃገር፡ ፍሉይ ማሕበር ኣቚሞም፥ ክሳዕ ስደተኛታትና ኣብ ዝሓሸት ኤርትራ ዝምለሱ፥ ድሃይ ናይ ቀደም ቤት ትምህርቶም ክገብሩ በብጊዜኡ ጻውዒት ምስ ኣቕረበሎም ኢዩ።

The Wad Sherifey elementary school for Eritrean refugee children ended its 32nd academic school year on 21 March 2017 in the presence of invited honour guests, parents and residents of the refugee township near the Eritrea-Sudan border.

 

Started on 11 July 2016, the current academic year opened classes with 637 registered students. Of this, 22 students left the school due to various reasons, including economic problems to their parents and third-country resettlements. The school year thus ended with 615 students, 42% of them girls. Those who passed the final examinations were 88.6% of the total while 70 students could not pass the final examination. The report added that 48 of those who failed to pass from one class to the next were boys, and only 22 girls failed.

 

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Among the dignitaries and elders attending the ceremony were Ustaz Al-Zibai Ajak, director of non-governmental schools in the Kassala region; Father Ghebrai Bedemariam, friend of the school and director of Catholic Church schools in Eastern Sudan, and Idris Ismail, acting school supervisor who continued the work of the late Osman Ahmed who passed away six months ago. Also present were known elders like Ismail Nada, and elderly Eritrean patriot, Ali Humed Dinai and others. The school children entertained guests with Eritrean folkloric music, dances, songs, poetry, jokes and drama staged in Eritrean languages.

In his address at the school closing ceremony, the school director, Mr. Teklemaimanot Elfu, expressed profound gratitude to the Sudanese education officials in the Kassala region and to Father Ghebrai for his continued cooperation with the Wad Sherifey School Administration.

Mr. Teklehaimanot Elfu also paid tribute to the late Osman Ahmed who tirelessly served the school for over two decades. The school director also expressed deep gratitude to the Swiss charity Organization in Geneva (ASEE - Association Suisse Enfance-Erythree) and other friends of school, past and present, who have been working hard to keep the refugee school going for so many years.

Wadsheriffey 3The school was started in 1984 in make-shift tents until modern buildings were constructed in 1988 with the help of charitable groups in the Netherlands. The late Father Marino Haile of Milano further modernized the school in 2005 and ASEE of Switzerland has been active as of October 2005 to cover major expenses of the school which is administered under the Eritrean Red Cross-Crescent Society (ERCCS). Dr. Habtemichael Tekle of Sweden is the current president of the ERCCS, an old Eritrean charity which closely follows up the situation and needs of the refugee school in Eastern Sudan.  Dr. Habtemichael Tekle continually calls former students of Wad Sherifey Refugee School to come together and seriously think of supporting the continuation of this vital school for refugee children until their happy return to a democratic Eritrea. 

 

ብቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰደህኤ ዝዳሎ ዕላዊ  ልሳን  ---- ሕታም ቁጽሪ 54

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‘One day, I hope, I will go’: How Trump’s ban hit an Eritrean refugee camp in Ethiopia

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I saw the impact of Trump’s travel ban from an Eritrean refugee camp in Ethiopia where some people have been waiting for resettlement for years.

Migration policies may seem abstract, and when combined with representing migrants and refugees as merely numbers, they blur the human dimension of displacement.

 When I saw him a few weeks after Trump’s executive order on refugees was introduced, he looked as if he had been crying for days

One of Donald Trump’s first executive order as the 45th president of the United States of America issued on 27 January 2017 limits the annual number of refugees to be resettled in the United States to 50,000 a year, as opposed to Barack Obama’s pledge last September to increase the US’s annual resettlement targets to 110,000.

I worked in an Eritrean refugee camp in Ethiopia where I met people who were directly affected by this decision – people who have been waiting for resettlement for three years and who were due to leave for the US in February 2017.

In the last few days of January, they were told they would have to wait longer, as the programme got suspended for 120 days. And nobody really knows for how much longer.

Steady escape

In October 2016, a United Nations inquiry into human rights abuses in Eritrea reported that crimes against humanity have been committed in the country since 1991. The number of people fleeing Eritrea, which according to Amnesty International is of the most repressive, secretive and inaccessible countries in the world, has been steady, but with a recent sharp increase in child and youth refugees escaping into neighbouring Ethiopia.

On average, around 3,000 refugees cross from Eritrea to Ethiopia every month; in February 2017, according to the Adminstration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA), 3,367 Eritreans arrived in Ethiopia. More than 1,000 people arrive each month in Hitsats, the newest camp established by the Ethiopian government nearly four years ago in the Tigray region bordering Eritrea.

The camp hosts approximately 11,000 refugees, and four in five of them are under the age of 35.

I worked in Hitsats for six months, and I witnessed the refugees’ trajectories of waiting for resettlement  (ie the selection and transfer of refugees from a state in which they have sought protection to a third state which has agreed to admit them) as refugees with permanent residence status. The countries that accept most refugees on resettlement programmes include the US, Canada and Australia.

The very long waiting game

Waiting is a fundamental aspect of every refugee’s life. Men and women, some with children, queue outside UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in the camp, clinging to their ration cards and other paperwork while sheltering from the morning sun. The emotions swing from a sense of hope to resignation and despair.

Resettlement is a privilege rather than a right – It is available to less than 1 percent of the most vulnerable refugees worldwide

First, it’s waiting for an interview. Then it’s waiting for the interview’s result. The determination process involves many factors, including the resettlement country’s capacity as well as nationality preferences.

So far, there are no known resettlements in Hitsats because young, able-bodied men – the overwhelming demographics of the camp – do not generally fall within the priority category for resettlement of “Survivors of Violence and Torture” even though everyone that I spoke to was imprisoned in Eritrea.

Eritreans eat a meal they received at the Milan train station on 11 June 2015, among 100,000 asylum seekers who crossed the Mediterranean to Europe so far that year (AFP)

Merely leaving Eritrea without the regime’s authorisation carries the punishment of a prison sentence of up to five years, so every unsuccessful attempt – and I met people who tried to escape the country three to five times – leads to detention in conditions that amount to degrading and inhuman treatment, such as underground cells and shipping containers in temperatures as high as 50 degree Celsius.

Resettlement lies within the core mandates of UNHCR, specifically, providing persons under its competence with international protection, humanitarian protection, as well as permanent (also called durable) solutions. However, resettlement is a privilege rather than a right: it is available to less than 1 percent of the most vulnerable refugees worldwide.

The boat that sank in the Mediterranean in mid-January had 70 refugees from Hitsats camp on board

This leaves millions of refugees at risk of remaining in a protracted situation of exile, without an opportunity to rebuild their lives.

In Ethiopia, there was a target of 5,965 refugees to be referred for resettlement in 2015. Of this targeted number of referrals, only 2,120 cases had been resettled by August 2015. In 2016, access to resettlement for refugees in Ethiopia was limited to a target of 6,465, which constituted the largest resettlement plan in Africa.

Those refugees who are lucky enough to be accepted for resettlement – in Ethiopia, this rate is as low as 0.09 percent of the overall registered refugee population – may wait even several years to leave a refugee camp as a result of the lengthy vetting process that involves the Departments of State, Defense and Homeland Security screening together with other US intelligence, security and law enforcement agencies, including the National Counterterrorism Center and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as well as Interpol.

The conditions if you stay

Refugees who are not selected for resettlement face harsh conditions in the camp, such as endemic malaria, and very few livelihood and integration opportunities in Ethiopia. There are restrictions on those seeking to leave the camp, and limitations on their rights and freedoms, including lack of work permit.

Unable to envisage their future in Ethiopia, on average 1,000 Eritreans leave Hitsats every month – that is equal to the number of those who arrive

UNHCR acknowledges that extended residence in a refugee camp can have a serious negative impact on people who live there. Unable to envisage their future in Ethiopia, on average 1,000 Eritreans leave Hitsats every month – that is equal to the number of those who arrive. Those young men just cannot wait anymore. They are leaving Ethiopia irregularly, making dangerous journeys through Sudan and Libya, hoping to finally reach Europe by boat.

The boat that sank in the Mediterranean in mid-January had 70 refugees from Hitsats on board. There was mourning marked by deafening silence in the camp that is usually full of music as it hosts a remarkable number of talented young musicians.

Since the resettlement programme was established in 1980 by the UNHCR, more than three million refugees have been resettled in the US.

The executive order announced by Trump on 27 January 2017 suspended the programme for 120 days and cut the number of refugee admissions by about 37 percent compared to the post-1975 average number of annual refugees admitted – from 79,329 per year to just 50,000. This may mean that there will never be successful resettlements from Hitsats refugee camp to the US.

Stuck in the pipeline

Less than a month after assuming his role as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees at the beginning of this year, Filippo Grandi visited Ethiopia. He spoke to refugees in Hitsats camp, warning them against risking their lives by embarking on dangerous journeys to Europe: “We will do our best to create opportunities here and to improve resettlement placements and other legal ways of migration so that refugees will not expose themselves to danger.”

On 30 January, Grandi wrote that he was “deeply worried by the uncertainty facing thousands of refugees around the world who are in the process of being resettled to the United States”. Given that the US provides about 40 percent of the refugee agency’s funding, the commissioner had to tread carefully.

I spoke to one of the young refugees in Hitsats who was meant to leave for the US in February after years of being stuck in the resettlement pipeline. Over the period of six months when I saw him regularly, he seemed to gradually deteriorate. When I saw him a few weeks after Trump’s executive order on refugees was introduced, he looked as if he had been crying for days. I asked if he had any news regarding his departure. He replied, “One day, I hope, I will go.”

The new redrafted executive order was issued by Trump in March 2017, clarifying that the ban “shall not apply to refugees who, before the effective date of this order, have been formally scheduled for transit by the Department of State”. I hope that my friend from Hitsats will now be able to leave.

– Dr Natalia Paszkiewicz is an anthropologist with a particular interest in migration and refugee studies. She has been working with refugees for over ten years in the UK, Malta, Ethiopia and Djibouti. 

Source=https://martinplaut.wordpress.com/2017/03/28/how-trumps-ban-hit-an-eritrean-refugee-camp-in-ethiopia/

 

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