Acknowledgements

I am honored offered with the chance of participating in such important

international conference, pan African workshop for professional media production

building capacity in feature writing, photo journalism, and documentary film

production. I kindly respect and extend my gratitude both organizer namely

UNESCO representative Dr. Sasha and Ethiopian film association president, owner

and Dean of Blue Nile film and TV academy Ato Aberham Haile Beru with his

strong wife Tsigareda for giving me a chance to be part of this workshop funded by

American, Swedish, and the government of French. I would like to express my

deepest appreciation, I take the privilege of express my esteem and profound sense

of gratitude to all coordinators and trainers which donated their time to the

proper implementation of the workshop program thy gave for as class work and

assignment the purpose of their workshop was the intention of well familiarized

with media communication work in international standards, well understanding

also performing not only preparing the activity as a paper, presenting in the class

but also they make us leading performer during work time by creating opportunity

to prepare in the topic of photo journalism, documentary film production and

feature writing prepared by UNESCO coordinated by Blue Nile film and TV

academy. They were extraordinary excellent perfect organizers and coordinators,

they were acquainted us with all over the world professionals, diplomats, Africa

union officials and African diasporas they are both act as trainees and trainers

experience sharing among other activities. After the accomplishment of this and

objectives of the workshop helps the trainees to increase their potentials and

improving work activity issues that will enable me and my colleagues for the

future hop perform as effective, efficient, qualities and being concerned for proper

planning, implementing, controlling, developing and evaluation as well particular

of media communication as a whole. In addition, they give a lesson it assesses the

relationship of between the real world demanded, perseverance and our

proficiency.

Within this short period of time I saw in the conference participant sharing their

country untold history and act as ambassador. We were officially engaged in

international negotiations as a diplomatist to acquaint our country, particularly

from those little elite Diasporas who serve our continent their parts was very great.

From them Ato Aberham Hayile Beru one of our prominent good will ambassador

of Ethiopia indeed we need educated people for the purpose of diplomacy,

international relation and mediation. Film production one of a tools to

communicating and acquaint our country in a peaceful manner. Our strong and

intellect person to promote our country are Ato Aberham with his wife I saw them

in this workshop their talent, devotion, dedication and capacity role to play very

great. I saw particularly Ato Abreham dissection after observing the documentary

films his critics are professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of

works of art. I think you are better to resume our country film makers criticize

them to be professional and fame around the world. I remember what I read the

article about need of modern education. Towards the end of the 19th century

however, several things accentuated the need for modern education. The

emergence of the country as a victory over the Italian in the Battle of Adwa in

1896, while heralding a “promise of new Ethiopia” for the nationals, gained

international recognition for the country so that several European and Asian

countries expressed their wishes to establish embassies and negotiate treaties. The

war itself alerted the exceptionally far-sighed Epreror-Menelik to realize the

inadequacies of church education if Ethiopia was to remain independent. As

Pankhurst (1962:256) reports, upon his return to his capital victoriously from the

Battle of Adwa the Emperor stated:

“We need educated people in order to ensure or peace, to reconstruct our country and to

enable it to exist as a great nation in the face of European power”.

Dear all trainers which serves us enthusiastically namely Robert Naylor, Hillary

Beared, Tomica Anderson and Eliza Anyangne, Stephen Rudder, Russell

Frederick etc… miss you mach; you love not only your profession but also your

trainees sincerely. I wish you have a good journey and all the best in your future

endeavors! You are prominent photographers, novelists, editors, lecturer, and

professional journalists. I respect your profession, performance, love you

professional support and mentorship of your trainees. During tutoring us you gave

opportunity for your student and you were a great feeling to see your students’

progress within these thirty days. I think your quality education, thinking for others

and concern was extraordinary excellent you gave for us love and affection. You

gave for your students more than this words you were kind, humble, generous,

virtue (connoisseurship), most of all a thoughtful caring you committed to the lives

of yours students. All of you are all aspects of activity make you important keep it

up! Your commitment in the direction of your profession is so great. This saying

remembers me Japanese proverb "Better than thousand days of diligent study is

one day with a great teacher".

I think our trainers were making voice for the voiceless, activist, feminist and their

work also connecting African Diarspora to make this continent in a better place.

I am not trained journalist

Our final trainers Eliza Anyangne with Tomica conversation Eliza came to us to

share her experience she is intellect, black, strong woman She is from Cameron

West Africa specially central Africa she is born in Cameron lived when counted in

10 countries of three continent mostly sub share Africa. I can speak English and

French I need to know different languages I am practicing Amharic language but

not speak now (apologies now) I am working full time journalism at this time.

How could you tell us become journalist without education and worked on it? Well

it is good question; I am not trained journalist. I know a sort of comfortable

training needed for it. I was attending training in UK when we talks about changes

of journalism peoples I was called community coordinator. I love my job the social

media and I was asked such type of journalist to be called as journalist. I heard

from the senior guardian journalist question fifty presents of UK journalist have

not trained but they trained vocational education. Hence, I am confident to do

Journalism because journalism is mind set, a practice a set of skills rather than

qualification. The qualification I do have a bachelor degree in European business

and French MA in management and another master’s degree in international

development. A while I worked in NGOs and the guardian, Film recorded

presentation were inspired very mach to be as journalist 2010 Bill and Melinda

Gate foundation all over the world tenth anniversary of sustainable development/

the millennium development goal I was invited to attend and talk about it. In

Ghana I was seating in Accra I was spent part of my time in NGO and part of my

time in journalism I have got a chance to come to Ethiopia experience in water and

sanitation area in the NGO. I was spent parts of my time in NGO parts of my time

in journalism. Journalism is a work changing the world in better place; you can

work as an activist and so forth. I was started as freelance and editor in the

guardian. My parent wants to join engineering, lawyer something for the future as

an income. After that I need to work by using my degrees working as a guardian

writer /online editor/ my family was interesting to be working in the guardians

despite some problem before.

She is working on the guardian news paper as writer/online editor. She is spokes

person of African in CNN and BBC.

Class work by provided by Robert, Hillary

Our feature writing teachers Robert, Hillary, they instilled for us confidence and

make learning a fascinating calling. Thank you!

I am honored offered with the chance of participating in such important

international conference, pan African workshop for professional media production

building capacity in feature writing. I kindly respect and extend my gratitude to the

owner of Blue Nile film TV academy, Aberham Haile Beru for giving me a chance

to be part of this opportunity organized by UNESCO funded by American,

Swedish, and the government of French.

The interview between me and my partner Samuel Abreham

Part one

Me: would you tell me your name first?

Samuel: my name is Samuel Abreham.

Me: could you explain when you did graduate from Blue Nile film and TV

Academy and the knowledge you acquired?

Samuel: well, I graduated from it 2013 academic year in the stream of Camera and

Light

Me: What is your work at this time?

Samuel: I recording the event of the work shop.

Me: What class you attended?

Samuel: All class I attended Camera and Light, documentary film making, photo

journalism and feature writing (all training areas which provided by the

conference).

Me: How do you get the training?

Samuel: because so far I haven’t had such opportunity to learn about professional

media production building capacity in feature writing; because as you see the

trainers are professionals who are from different parts of the world, especially

professionals from USA. You see if we get experiences of others it would develop

our skill in the area we are being trained. It is inspiring I got lot knowledge from

it.

Me: how do you think this training helps you to develop your profession on the

areas of you receive training?

Samuel: since I have been exposed to the practical aspects of the areas of the

training, I have got tangible knowledge to apply it for my future career.

Part two

Samuel: would you tell me your name first?

Me: my name is Berhanu Tadess Taye

Samuel: with related to your education…?

Me: my Educational Background is present as follows

At this time I am a student of film script writing at Blue Nile film and TV academy

and pan African workshop for professional media production building capacity in

feature writing

From 2011 to 2014- MA: Degree in Managements of Vocational and Business

Education-AAU

From 2007 to 2011- BA: Degree in Educational Planning and Management-AAU

From 1992 to 1997–Diploma: in Home Economics- Kotebe College of Teachers

Education and computer literate etc…

Samuel: would you explain about your work experience?

Me: My work Experience from among other present as follows

1. From 13/12/2011 to the present: Industry extension core process head and

coordinator and Institutional Quality Audit as Expert, Gulele Sub-City

2. From 23/2/2004 - 21/6/2006: MoA, expert- food security and disaster

prevention : department head- plan and program department head- food

security and disaster prevention

3. From 8/7/97 - 22/2/2004: as Technical Vocational Education and Training

(TVET) Teacher: Tigray, Debube and Oromia, Amhara regions respectively

etc.

Samuel: Do you have any Contributions with related to your work and writing

Me: contribution and script writing…

1. Provided training on Energy efficiency stove production (EES) which

is training for trainers by Save the Children UK for 10 days which

generally emphasises on income generating activity for women, 2004.

2. Provided training for Technical Vocational Education and Training

Institutes (TVETI) that is teachers, students and staffs members for a

month.

3. Provided training for Woreda 2 Yeka Sub-City enterprises, gilds and

different organization like association on the issues of air pollution

sponsored by Daughters of charity (DOC) by using leisure time from

2014 to 2015.

4. Training manuals, articles and project proposals completed for different

enterprises that can be accessed and available on website

http://www.sliedshare.net berhanutadesse uploads.

I can conclude that

I was published Project on Air Pollution in the context of Ethiopia based on Kaizen

philosophy published in Social Medias. The purpose of the study project proposal

is to assess Air Pollution in the context of Ethiopia. I want to share my views on

the problem that the country has faced and on some of the practical remedial

approaches to the problem at hand and designed this mini project for the purpose

of obtains funding from donors. I am enthusiastic to lend a hand with by providing

innovative practical training based on Kaizen philosophy for individuals

formulating them in to micro and small enterprises and entrepreneurs on reduction

of air pollution and family planning even at rural area. I was written and published

autobiography in slide share.net.

I am film script writing student at Blue Nile film TV academy On behalf of the

Blue Nile film academy I would like to welcome to pan African workshop for

professional media production building capacity in feature writing in Alliance

Ethio Francaise. I got in this workshop a lot knowledge like open discussion by

asking new arrival from the oldest comers of trainers. Our four trainers come at

different time they were asked themselves as open interview sharing their

experience for the trainees asking and answering time. Showing films for us at

Saturdays afternoon.

Tomica and Eliza Anyangne class work

Class work given by Tomica and Eliza Anyangne I prepared based on true story I

would like to invite you to my reads our Gulele Sub-City TVET office work with

the collaboration of OIC TVET institution (donors) thy trained migrant student and

graduates them.

The uncovered story of Ethiopia was always talked and heard about war, migration

and famine it influences as detaching from the world as tourism destination. But

the reverse to be true happens here in Ethiopia. Graduation ceremony undertaken

few weeks before, the graduates’ students came from 18 different country. The

event also happened Oct, 11-12-2015. Opportunities Industrialization Centers

Ethiopia /OIC-E/ is an indigenous nonprofit making community based

humanitarian organization which was established in January 1973. It was initially

started with the initiative of concerned Ethiopia community leaders who secure

support from their target communities with the approval of host of host

government and with technical support from OIC international and with technical

support from OIC international and an initial five-year funding from USAID.

OICE was formerly registered as local NGO by the ministry of Justice of Ethiopia

and since with the TVET Agency OICE. Works in close collaboration with

UNHCR, ARR the ministry of Education, the ministry of labour and social affairs

and with many existing agencies working in the community.

According to deputy director of ARRA Ato Ayalew Aweke also mentioned that.

The vocational and skill training the OIC_E provided to refugees benefited

refugees not only during their stay in Ethiopia but also in the areas where they

ultimately settled. It is enough to recall testimonies of south Sudanese refugees

where OIC-E used to run a successful vocational and skill program.

More added that UNHCR representative in Ethiopia Mrs. Clementine Awu

Nkweta-Salami, message after expressing “I would like to take this opportunity to

congratulate you on the successful completion of the training course. This is indeed

good news from all of us it lays the foundation for a better future for you, your

countries of origin and beyond, while we all know that you, the graduates, were the

main actors in this intensive one year training program, you would not have

reached this occasion without the support and dedication of the Government of

Ethiopia represented by the Administration for Refugees and Returnees Affairs,

(ARRA) the opportunities industrialization centers- Ethiopia (OIC_E), which

implemented the training, and UNHCR-

As the project would not have been possible with-out the generous support of the

donor community, please allow me to express my sincere gratitude to all those who

supported its implementation.

Refugees are eager to embark on skills training, and development developing their

livelihood is one of the cornerstones of UNHCR’s policy on refugees, and this

training program is part of the implementation of that policy. As we say in

UNHCR even “1 refugee without hope is too many”. While the people and

Government of Ethiopia maintain an open-door policy for refugees and continue to

create an environment whereby refugees can live in harmony with their host

communities, it is incumbent on the internet only community to continue to

support the skills training and income generating activities so that you as graduates

can begin to earn your livelihood and eventually become self-reliant. Before I

conclude I would like to encourage all of you to see today’s milestone as just the

beginning and not the end of the journey. You should prepare yourselves to exploit

every available opportunity to further refine and deepen your knowledge and skills

so as to improve your competitive advantage in the manpower market wherever

you might be .congratulation!

On behalf of my office I would like to Congratulation! Opportunities

Industrialization Centers Ethiopia TVET institutions regular students 2007/2015

academic year in different department i.e. Building Electric installation, Plumbing,

Carpentry and joinery, Basic computer skill, Hairdressing beautification and

decoration, Auto- mechanics, Basic metal work one year complete training.

From Sub-City TVET office institutional quality audit expert Ato Berhanu Tadesse

message really I proud those graduates success and our country willingness for

refugees by accommodating and providing equal opportunity as a nation provide

training which is fulfilling world of work. They come from more than 18 countries

majority of them from Africa including Middle East country like Yemeni the

TVET institution also trained and graduated more than 482 trainees majority of

them are refugees. I would like to say that your efforts have paid off (yield good

results)! One year hard work with a lot of ups and downs of life have come to an

end, is the junction for the beginning of a new set of professional duties and

responsibilities. After successful completion of your training at OIC, now you are

ready to shoulder responsibilities and serve your country. This would obviously be

the first phase to practice what you have acquired from the training institute. You

have endured all the challenging, assignments, of hands on practical work. This is

as a result of your relentless effort and commitment. I wish you all success in your

life and best in your future endeavor never quit your professional journey!

Graduation day is a pleasant and joyful day because it is a day on which one’s

training of TVET successes is realize. However, it is not an end of professional

journey but an end of a specific program. Education is an instrument to combat

against social and natural problems. Your education at OIC must have created the

preliminary awareness some problems. The key to open door problems and have a

better insight is to further study to have a qualitative understanding of our

environment in order to exploit it better.

I would like to extend my sincere appreciation and heartfelt gratitude to, donors

who support the expensive training program and their contribution entire activity

one way or another. I am interesting to add the blessing words of Amanda Bradley

expressions “There’s meaning in every moment. There’s meaning to be found in

every moment, in everything we think and see and do…. There’s purpose to be

found in every challenge, and joy in every dream that we pursue.

Therefore, they deserve respect, for those donors who allocate expensive money

for the training programs!

There’s warmth in every kindness we ourselves may give… “There’s meaning to

be found in every moment, in every hour of every day we live.

Wishing you all life’s happiest things and knowing you’ll have them, too, if just

half of the joy you give to others comes back in turn to you”!

I owe much to donors for their assistance!

Still we Ethiopian are a home of Eritrea, South Sudanese, and democratic republic

of Congo migrants and others respectively. A lot of migrants in our TVET i.e.

Opportunities Industrialization Centers Ethiopia (OIC) in our sub-city and other

Sub-City TVET institutions offers training for them, the former name of the

institute also (ETHIO Fetan TVET institute) found in Addis Ababa the locality

name also “Enkulale Fabrica” they attend their education peacefully and graduate

their training with success by getting good grade (they can able to make their

project for the aims of making their own money). Indeed we are starting image of

security, law and order, labor which made it the African's strongest safe nation to

live comfortable place for our own nation and also for others migrants. Since they

are family of us we are glad to receive and teach them without discrimination.

Let me conclude by using best quotes on positive attitude for all of us "A positive

thought is the seed of a positive result. If you don't like something, change it. "If

you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. The most significant

change in a person's life is a change of attitude. Right attitudes produce right

actions. The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves

the impossible. Be the change you want to see in this world. Forgive others and

you'll be forgiven". I almost always pray for peace and tranquility for African

people! God bless Africa I wish we live together without hostility!