Sallamnesh was able to join the Azedebo team yesterday
morning. Due to work obligations in
Addis, she was delayed by a few weeks, we are all happy to finally have her out. Sallamnesh will work alongside Temesgin as an
onsite assistant manager. Each is expected
to lead through actions, and provide additional monitoring support to Ejigu and
I. Sallamnesh has the potential of being
a critical part of the project management team.
She explained yesterday that she was very excited for the opportunity to
work with ER, and even more so to be a role model for the woman in the
community.
Upon her arrival we
ran through introductions as well as her role as an onsite assistant
manager. She was welcomed by each of our
workers, though the young woman took special notice. Most of which were very shy, though a couple
attempted to take Sallamnesh aside and ask her about her having position in almost male dominated field.
Sallamnsh seemed to take it in stride, smiling saying a few short
words (from what I understood her response
was long the lines of “oh its nothing”), grabbed a hammer, called upon a male assistant and confidently began
swinging away.
I am really looking forward to working with Sallamnesh in
creating leadership workshops that focus on empowering young woman through building personal confidence just
as much as skill sets.
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| Sallamnesh looking over the nearly completed perimeter fence. |
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| The crew. Were all a bit tired after a long day. And yes i know I have what looks to be soot all over my face. We earn our pay out here ;-). |
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| Sallamnesh and Wendumu working together to finish the perimeter fence line. |
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| Swinging away. |
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| Where we are. Thats 4 dump trucks of boulders in the middle. |
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