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February 2021

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Editorial Board Members Editor-In-Chief

• Mr. Wassihun Asres • Mrs. Kidist Maru • Mr. Wondwossen Getaneh

• Dr. Saba Fikru • Mr. Daniel Shiferaw Ass.Editor-In-Chief

• Mrs. Zebiba Miftah • Mrs.Yamrot Nigussie • Mrs. Fiker Woudu
• Mr. Tadesse Tilahun
• Mr. Wondwosen Marou • Mr. Eyoubeleyou Admassu
Editors
• Mr. Sami Muctar • Mr. Dawit Temesgen
• Ms. Kidist Getahun
• Mrs. Getenesh Balcha • Mr. Henok Sirak • Mrs. Halib Gashaw
• Mr. Eskinder Alemayehu
Article Contributors • Mr. Tesfahun Leta

• Dr. Saba Fikru Layout Designer

• Abush Negash • Mr. Abebe Arega
• Ms. Kidist Getahun
• Berhan Deribew
Promotion & Distribution
• Rediet Abebe
• Mr. Tadesse Tilahun
• Dawit Legesse • Mrs. Medhanit Bejituwal
• Ms. Amen Zerihun
• Wubareg Admit

• Ghenet Akele

• Tesfaldet Belete

• Yonas Negussie

Address

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DR. SABA FIKRU, HEAD MEDICAL AND HEALTH
SERVICES

Tell us about yourself and your family Tell us about your strength and endurance
status. that uplifted you to this highest level.

It is my great honor and privilege to be a guest for During my childhood and adolescent time, being
our ET-Star magazine on this special day of the year. enrolled in a university was the only path for a well-
I have been in the practice of medicine for the last paying job and a decent satisfying life. There were
34 years, but I still feel energetic when it comes to limited fields that one can choose during those times.
practicing this field for another similar years as the So, my great interest to work with and help people,
field is my passion. I have served the airline for the last together with my passion for the medical field were
24 years as company doctor and as Head of Medical my driving forces that helped me to join medical
Services. I’m married and have 2 sons. school. In all my tasks and activities that I perform, my
greatest strength is my self-determination. Once I am
Highlighting the 75th Ethiopian determined to perform something, there is no going
anniversary, Share us your experience in back until I reach my goal. My self-determination,
Ethiopian Airlines. positive thinking towards facts of life and my respect
for people were my major strengths that have helped
Celebrating a journey that took 75 years is not me to reach my current level professionally as well as
something that is observed commonly. It is the my position in my community.
sum of several factors which includes but not
limited to highly skilled and motivated employees, As a woman, what challenges have you
strongly dedicated management most importantly, encountered, and how did you overcome?
satisfied and loyal customers. Every Ethiopian (can be experience that other women
employee including stakeholders working along could learn out of it?
with Ethiopian should be proud and happy of this
milestone achievement. Being part and parcel of I was 24 years old when I graduated, weighing 41 Kg
such “History making company” at this moment and was assigned to work in Nazareth Hospital. Being
is a great honor and privilege. During my time in the first female doctor in the hospital, most patients
this company, I have observed how the number of coming from the countryside were not willing to be
employees has increased from 4,000 to 17,000+, seen by me and kept on saying “but I want to be seen
the number of aircraft increasing to more than 100, by a doctor!” There were male health assistants that
Ethiopian Airlines reaching every part of the world, used to work with doctors during those times and my
the various business units of the company growing patients used to turn their faces towards these health
and blooming to the current level are some of the assistants to tell their problem. My patients were calling
major changes to mention. The 75 years of journey me “sister” and the health assistants kept on correcting
that brought the company this far had several them, but my patients were seeing them suspiciously
challenges to overcome, various ups and downs and and seem to think that they were being fooled. During
paying many sacrifices which we all should respect those times, the knowledge that most of our patients
today. Today’s generation should commit to take off from that area had was, doctors are males and women
from this platform and continue taking the company are nurses (calling them sister) and no more. Their lack
further on the journey for the next 75 years and more. of knowledge and innocence was very much visible in
their eyes which helped me to build my carrier and my
respect for them.

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Tell us your experience of writing on that my current page on the magazine, health corner,
Health Corner at ET Star Magazine. is rewarding me with several compliments that I
receive, and this is giving me the energy to keep on
Health corner must be my youngest magazine. I contributing more articles.
started to write various newsletters shortly after I
joined the company. It was that time where HIV/ Thank you for your time, and if you have
AIDS was a challenge. I observed that people in any additional message to include.
this company were not having the right knowledge
about the disease. After securing the necessary Ethiopian Airlines is the only government owned
approval from the management, I started my long company in Ethiopia providing comprehensive health
journey in the fight against HIV/AIDS. I used services to its employees. We all should respect this
to write consecutive educational newsletter on privilege and utilize appropriately. There is a saying
HIV/AIDS and hard copies were placed at main in Amharic “the gold in your hand being regarded as
gates within the company so that employees will copper” and it should not be so.
take them when going home. There were several
activities that I accomplished regarding HIV/AIDS I would also like to encourage women to take the
such as establishing counseling service and testing, lead in practicing and living “healthy lifestyle” in their
placing arrangements for HIV medications in private workplace, at home and with their communities. A
hospitals, securing workplace HIV/AIDS policy healthy woman living healthy lifestyle will be able to
that protects people living with HIV/AIDS against have a healthy family and many healthy families will
stigma and discrimination. Following years of HIV/ form a healthy community and society. Hence, on
AIDS consecutive newsletters, the next topic to this special day of “International Women’s Day”, I
appear on a similar longer consecutive newsletter humbly and respectfully like to encourage all women
was diabetes, which I tried to cover all the essential in this company to take the lead to be a living witness
topics as much as possible. I have a strong belief that of healthy living.
information is a vital tool for every development.
Hence, I try to select topics that I think employees I would also like to thank all my colleagues from
should know about and try to share them with. I see engagement section for all their work in this magazine
and once again, I thank them for inviting me.

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FLASH BACK

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ET-STAR GUEST

Capt. Zelalem Andarge, it is a pleasure to have you as our ET
Star guest for this edition

Please tell us about yourself.

If I wasn’t an airline pilot, I believe I would have been a historian; I’m very
passionate about world history and especially of Ethiopian history. I could very
easily say that I have read many books/articles that have passed my attention
regarding our history. I have also participated in the editorial of a few books in
the last few years. I was born in Addis Ababa but I’ve lived in several cities within
Ethiopia travelling with my family. I am currently working at Ethiopian Airlines as
a captain on Boeing 777/787. I am married and father to two children.

Tell us about your way to the aviation.

I have joined ET at a very young age, and my aviation history starts there. But as
most children do, I have always said “I want to be a pilot when I grow up”, when
asked what I wanted to become. And I am grateful I was able to follow my dream.

How do you describe a flying?

Flying has always been my passion and I really love it. I have always been interested
in astronomy since my childhood, and I guess I felt one step closer to the stars
when I am flying.

It is well known that you wrote an amazing book ‘ፀሐይ’ about
the first Ethiopian aircraft that was made here in Ethiopia and
Ethiopian aviation history. Please tell us more about it.

In 1935 “Tsehai” was made in Janmeda, Addis Ababa by a German pilot and engineer
Ludwig Weber with the help of Ethiopian Mechanics. Record shows that when the
Italian found the airplane, it has already a few flights. The Italians were surprised by its
beauty, it looks like a modern sports car. What surprised them the most was that, they
couldn’t be able to identify, the make and model of it (as they would assume that it
has been brought from abroad).

In 1937 “Tsehai” was taken to Italy to be kept in a museum. First, it was displayed
in Vanvitelli Royal Palace Caserta. Then taken to Turin for some time. In May 1977
when the biggest Italian Air Force Museum opened outside Rome in Vigna de valle,
“Tsehai” has moved again.

The original paint was changed to red. The airplane was on display in Vigna de Valle
until June 1985. In 1985 due to shortage of space and other reasons it was taken
to more secured Italian Air Force compound and kept there for 33 Years. After a
special help from my colleague and long correspondence with the museum and Air
Force authorities, I managed to go and see “Tsehai” in Italy. The museum authorities
informed me that they have decided to restore and display “Tsehai” back in the
museum. I believe that one of the achievements of the writing of this book is that my
enquiry about the aircraft led the authorities to restore “Tsehai” after so many years.

Please share with us unique experiences that you faced while
compiling this book.

One of the unique experiences is the chance I got to see the aircraft “Tsehai”.
This was an incredible instance that led me to be able to see the aircraft that was
described in the book. Being able to see the aircraft was the highlight of my
experience.

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How do you describe the purpose of the book for Ethiopian
Airlines and Ethiopia as a country?

As the book is about the first aircraft, first pilots, first mechanics in Ethiopia,
one can easily confirm that the book is about the early history of the Ethiopian
aviation and as it is based on research and facts, it is undeniable that the purpose
of this book is a very important piece of resources for Ethiopian Airlines and
its historical facts. Consequently, this book is part and parcel of the history of
Ethiopia as a country, as it covers most of the historical events of that time while
following the story of our aviation. I suggest everyone should read this book.

What inspired you to write this historical book and any
comments that you get in return?

The reason for me to write this is basically, the untold story of the first aircraft
made in Ethiopia “Tsehai” and the early achievement of our aviation stories,
which I would like to share it to my fellow Ethiopians. The story of an African
country in the early 1900’s, being able to manufacture an aircraft should be the
highlight of our achievement in aviation not just for Ethiopia but also for the
whole of Africa. This inspired me to share the facts and make my fellow Africans
proud. Any point or history that you recalled and said ‘Oh! This was really to
be told’ Part of the history that amazes me was during the early1930’s when
most of the western nations believe flying was only for white people, Ethiopia
had an organized fleet of aircraft, Ethiopian pilots and mechanics. Some of the
pilots were sent to Europe for further education. In 1935 when the war with
Italy broke out, 15 airplanes were supporting the Ethiopian army delivering
weapons, ammunitions, medicine. The aircraft were also used to travel military
generals and advisories to the battle field including the emperor himself.

Anything you would like to add?

I would like to take this opportunity to recommend that Ethiopian Airlines
which is one of the most respected and capable airlines in the world, should
establish an aviation museum which will enable us to share Ethiopian aviation
history to the world.

lways been my
sion”

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HEALTH CORNER

What is healthy eating?

Healthy eating is not about strict dietary limitations, Variety –eat variety
staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the
foods you love. It is also not the same as being on diet of foods each day.
because being on diet is temporary while healthy eating
is a habit. Healthy eating is all about feeling great about Choose healthy
yourself, having more energy, improving your health,
and stabilizing your mood. Healthy eating is making a carbohydrates
healthy eating habit that you can enjoy for the rest of
your life. and whole grains,

How do you make healthy eating a habit? eat healthy fats &

First, think about reasons for choosing healthier eating avoid unhealthy Dr. Saba Fikru
(Do you need to lose weight? Improve a health condition
such as poorly controlled diabetes?). This will help you ones, add Calcium Head Medical and Health Services
to set your own target. Then think of the small changes
you can make in your life, one change at a time which is rich food for your
manageable (such as cutting on sugar first to be followed
by cutting on salt, adding salad to your diet once a day bone health, eat foods high in fiber and above all, eat
ETC.), and set a goal that you can easily reach. As these
small changes become habit, you can continue to add more fruits & vegetables and create “a rainbow” to
healthier choices. Then, make a long-term goal that you
can use (such as committing yourself to eat vegetarian your healthy diet. The brighter deeper colored fruits &
dinner once in a week, adding vegetable food to your
meal everyday ETC.) vegetables contain higher concentrations of vitamins &

Healthy eating has three basic concepts; learning about minerals.
balance, variety, and moderation.
Moderation – You may start by reducing portion sizes
Balance includes eating from each food group—grains, of unhealthy foods & not eat them often. All foods,
protein foods, vegetables and fruits, and dairy products. if eaten in moderation, can be part of healthy eating.
Even sweets can be ok. This doesn’t mean to eliminate
the foods we love to eat. If you prefer to eat a heavy
breakfast, make sure that you choose a healthy lunch.
Do not eat too much or too little of one thing. You
should feel satisfied at the end of a meal but not stuffed.

Remember that healthy eating is a lifelong habit that is
based on balance, variety and moderation. Do not wait
to start developing this habit and do not lose hope and
give up easily if you can’t meet your expectation within
the time you set.

Where there is hope, there is life!

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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
Albert Einstein

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.
Florence Nightingale

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.
W. Clement Stone

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Theodore Roosevelt

ተስፋልደት በለጠ እኩየ ሞናሊዛ

Ground technician II

ያ ታላቅ ሰአሊ የውበት መስፈርት ጥግ

…………………………ሞናሊዛ ብሎ እሷን እንደሳለ

ብዙ ዘመን ቆጥሯል በሚስቱ ውበት ውስጥ እየተጃጃለ

የዳቪንቼ ወንድም እኔ ልሁን እና

አስመስሎ እንደሳለ የሚስቱን ቁንጂና

ሰው ከሚያይሽ በላይ የኔነትሽ ውበት ሰፍቶ እና ሩቅ ጠልቆ

……………………………………………………….መጥቆ

ምርኮኛሽ አድርጎኝ እኔን እንደገዛኝ እንዳቆመኝ ከበር

ዳቪንቼን ባልመስልም በተዋናይ ቀመር

ነገ አንድ እድል ስጭኝ ስላንቺ ልተንፍስ ስላንቺ ልናገር ::

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TEAM SPOT

Ethiopian Airlines and the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI) signed MoU of
collaboration and cooperation on areas of mutual interest and benefits. The partnership between Ethiopian
Airlines and Ethiopian Space Science has started last December.
The value of interaction and cooperation of these two organizations can strengthen their individual and collective
programs and further develop important friendships. The two organizations have a common ambition to work
more closely. The agreement is mainly to:
• Establish research and scholarly cooperative linkage and collaboration that would be of mutual benefit to

the two organizations in the field of aviation and aerospace engineering.
• Extend their cooperation to academic, research, and training areas that can support each other’s mandate

and to promote technological development of the two organizations.
• Both Parties agree that projects embarked upon may be continued subject to mutual consent to review and

renew same.
These two big institutions plan to do a lot of activities in collaboration in the short and long period. These
collaboration relates to :
• Sharing a feasible facility to support the technical research activities in the other.
• Provision of consultancy services for graduate students as well as staffs of the Parties. Also, provide and

facilitate postgraduate students to get paid/unpaid internship opportunity in the companies.
• Provision of research grant to the joint research projects upon the needs of the Parties.
• Transfer of used or scrap aircraft systems and subsystems for educational and research purposes per

governing policy and procedure of the parties.
• Exchange of staff for short, medium or long period that will enhance and guarantee further scientific and

scholarly cooperation in training and research as detailed in subsequent agreement.
• Organization and execution of joint research & development projects which will be supported by the

exchange of scientists, scholars and technical staff members.
• Developing research and development facilities together and use each other’s facilities for research and

training programs.
• Exploring access to funds from international organizations and foundations for collaborative research

activities and provision of equipment to enhance training, research and development.
• Exchanging publications for scientific, scholarly, training and information dissemination to strengthen the

relationship between the Parties.
By Henok Girma

Chief Instructor-Airframe
Head A/C AMT

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ET-NEWS HEADLINE

Ethiopian Cargo Transports More than 95 Million Stems of Flowers for Valentine’s
Season Addis Ababa, Feb 19, 2021

Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics services has transported 95,833,333
Million stems of flowers (4600 tons) from Nairobi and Addis Ababa
in a two weeks’ time.

Ethiopian shipped 1,600 tons from Nairobi and 3,000 tons from
Addis Ababa to Belgium, Cote d’Ivoire, Germany, Italy, UAE, the US,
South Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and many more destinations
through its vast global network.

Ethiopian Partners with UNICEF for Global Vaccine Distribution

Ethiopian Airlines, the multi-award winning and largest airline in Africa
is pleased to announce that it has become one of the leading airlines in
the world to have partnered with UNICEF to help secure the transport
of vaccines and other life-saving supplies worldwide. Ethiopian has
committed to prioritizing the transport of the life-saving supplies,
ensuring measures such as temperature control and security and adding
freight capacity to routes where needed.

Ethiopia receives WTTC’s Safe Travels Stamp

“This decision reflects Ethiopia’s commitment to maintaining the
standard safe travel protocols and procedures as we reopen our
doors to tourism and international visitors.” – Hailemariam Desalegn,
Chairman, Ethiopian Tourism Board

Ethiopia is the latest destination to be awarded the World Travel &
Tourism Council (WTTC) Safe Travels Stamp – the world’s first-ever
global safety and hygiene stamp – following major steps implemented
by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism last year to ensure safety for
residents, travelers, and workers and businesses in the tourism value
chain, as Ethiopia reopened its borders to international visitors.

https://corporate.ethiopianairlines.com/media/Press-Release

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THE BATTLE OF ADWA

The famous Battle of Adwa recognized and celebrated
annually in Ethiopia. It took place in the Northern part of
Ethiopia in March 1896. It was an action against Italian
encroachments south of (Italian colony) Eritrea on the
Red Sea. Though bound by the Treaty of Wichale (1889)
to friendship, the Italians and Ethiopians had different
opinions about the nature of that friendship. The Battle of
Adwa was fought over two days between Ethiopian forces
under Emperor Menelik II and invading Italian forces. It
was regarded as a major turning point in modern African
history with European Colonial power being defeated
and Ethiopia being recognized as a sovereign nation state
by the European powers.

Ethiopia was largely unknown to Europeans at that time;
they were aware of the coastal areas due to trade but
the central highlands had resisted any attempts to spread
European influence. The Italians wrongly assumed that
Ethiopia was made up of rival tribes and thought it would
be a quick victory for their 20,000 strong invasion forces,
only to face a united country with a much larger army. With
a good economy in place, Emperor Menelik had greatly
increased his ability to raise and equip an army and he was
able to reacted decisively when the Italian plans became
known. Within two months he had raised 100,000 troops
while the Empress Taitu raised 6,000. Equipment was
also greatly improved with in excess of 70,000 modern
rifles and 5 million rounds of ammunition being available
for the battle of Adwa not including artillery.

Today, Adwa still stands as a witness of what ordinary
Africans can do when they come together as farmers,
pastoralists, women and rural people, workers and artists.
They are able to score a decisive victory against colonial
and imperialist forces. It is a testament of the ability of
Africans to come together, despite cultural and ethnic
differences.

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The battle ensured Ethiopia’s independence, making it the only country in Africa to neveETr-Sbtare
colonialized. Yet, the impact of Adwa was global.

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Hilena Tafesse
From Ethiopian Airlines Digital
Ambassadors Facebook page

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ሴትነቴ ሴትነቴ ዉስጤ ያለዉ ንቀት ብቻ
ለኔ....ሴትነቴ ዉስጡ ባዶ ሲሆን ቀፎ
ለሴትነት % እያወጡ መፎገሪያ
ስስ ጐኔ በእናበረታታ ሰበብ ለኔ...
ከአንዲት አጥንት መሰራቴ ሴትነቴ ኩራቴ
በእኩልነታችን መሃል ሴራ መሸረብ መከበሪያ ማንነቴ
ያዉም ከግራ መነሻዬ መሰረቴ
አጋባኝና ግራ ለኔ.... መድረሻዬ ሰንሰለቴ
እፀ-በለስ ቀንጥሼ ሴትነቴ መጠቂያዬ ወንዝ እንድሆን ምንጭነቴ
ከእባብ ጋር እርሾ ጠንስሼ ከወንድ እኩል መጉደያዬ አይኔን ባይኔ እየኴልኩኝ
የፈጠረኝን ትዕዛዙን ጥሼ ጥያቄዉ ከኔ ሲደርስ መቀየሱ ኩልል ብዬ የምፈስ
በደመ-ነፍስ ከመካዴ ክቡር ገላዬን ለማጉደፍ ለማርከሱ ከዘመን ዘመን የምሻገር
በአጋሬ ጉሮሮ ጥንስሱን ማዉረዴ አላማዬን ከማሳካት የሚያግደኝ አሮጌዉ በአዲስ ሲታደስ
በጥፋቴ ከክብሬ መዋረዴ ተራራ እቅዴን አሸንቁሮ የሚያስንደኝ በአብራክ ክፋይ የምነዛ
መርገም ፍዳዬን እንደምድር አሸዋ የምበዛ
በልጅ ልጆቼ ደም ስር መስደዴ ለኔ...
ሴትነቴ ዉብ አካሌ ለእኔ...........
ለኔ..... አንተንም ያንንም በዉበቴ ማማለሌ ሴትነቴ መታደሌ
ሴትነቴ እጅ ወደላይ ያየኝ ሁሉ ምነፃበት ከበደሌ
ዉበቴ መማረኩ ልብ አካሉ የምስጢራት መገለጫ
የዉብ ተፈጥሮ ችሮታ አጃቢዬ መብዛቱ የድህነት በር ፀሃይ መዉጫ
አይኑን ማያ መስታወቱ ለአዳሜ ገፅታ አጃኢብ ነዉ የሰዉ መዉደዴ ስፋቱ የመስዋዕት ማቅረቢያ
ለቤት ድምቀት ብርሐን መዉጣት መግባት የሆነልኝ ለኔ ፅድቄ ለአለም ማስተማሪያ
ለጐን ሙላት ሆኜ ሄዋን የተከፋን በፀዳሌ ማስፈንደቄ የፍቅር መወለጃ
የብቸኝነት አረም መንቀያ እናትነት- መማለጃ
ለም አፈር ዘር ማብቀያ ለኔ...
ሴትነቴ ሚዛኔ ገነት አከለ
ለኔ.... ለሚለኝ ግራ ጐኔ Marketing coordinator IOCC
ሴትነቴ ገመድ ነዉ
ወጣ ስል 17
የነፃነቴ ማሰሪያ እልፍ አዕላፍ የወንድ መንጋ
በየት ወጣሽ?በየት ገባሽ? ቁጥርጥር
የሚሸኘኝ በዓይኑ
የእግሬ ዳና ወሰን መግሪያ ምራቁን እየዋጠ ምኞቱን እየዘረጋ

ለኔ... መንገዱንም እየሳተ አላማዉን ሲዘነጋ
ሴትነቴ መሸንገያ እንደዉሻ ሲከተለኝ
ጠረኔን አነፍንፎ

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የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ 75ኛ አመት ምስረታን በማስመልከት በ 5 /6/2013 አ.ም የግጥም ምሽት ተካሂዶ ነበር፡፡ በዚህ ምሽት ላይ
የተለያዩ ግጥሞቻቸውን ያቀረቡትን ተሳታፊዎች ምሽቱ እንዴት እንደነበር አስተያየታቸውን እንደሚከተለው ያቀርቡልናል፡፡

በመጀመሪያ ደረጃ የግጥም ምሽቱ ላይ የመሳተፍ እድሉ ስለተሰጠኝ አዘጋጆቹን ከልብ አመሰግናለሁ።

የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ በ75 ዓመት ታሪኩ ውስጥ ብዙ አገራዊና አለም አቀፋዊ የሆኑ መዚቀኞች፣ ፎቶግራፈሮች

፣ሰዓሊዎችን እና የተለያዩ የኪነ ጥበብ ባለሙያዎች ሲያሳትፍ እንዲሁም ተመሳሳይ ጉዳዮች ላይ ተሳትፎ ሲያደርግ

ኖሯል። ይህ የግጥም ምሽት ግን ለየት የሚያደርገው አንድ፥ በራሱ ሰራተኞች ለራሱ ሰራተኞች የተዘጋጀ ስለሆነ

እና ፤ ሁለት፥ ለመጀመሪያ ግዜ በግቢ ውስጥ መዘጋጀቱ ነው። ይህን ስል የግጥም ዋናው ጥቅም አዕምሮን

ማመራመሩና ዜማዊ በሆነ መንገድ ጆሮ ገብ መሆኑ ነው። ይህም በሰለጠኑት ሃገራት የአዕምሮ አካል እንቅስቃሴ

ተደርጎም ይወሰዳል። እናም ይህ አይነት ፕሮግራሞች መዘጋጀታቸው ሰራተኛውን ተሳታፊ ከማድረጉም በላይ

ዮናስ ንጉሴ የደከመን የስራ አዕምሮ ዘና ለማድረግና አዲስ አሳታፊ መድረክ መኖሩ በራሱ እሚመሰገን ነው።

Mgr. Customer Services Ramp እንደ ኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ አይነት ታታሪ፣ ደከመኝ፣ ሰለቸኝ ሳይል የሚሰራ በትህት እና በስነ ምግባር

የተቀረፀ ሰራተኛ ይሄ አይነት ፕሮግራሞች መኖራቸው ፣ ይበል የሚያሰኝ እንዲሁም የሚያበረታታ ነው።

በስተመጨረሻ የመጀመርያ ግዜ ፕሮግራም እማይመስለውን ዝግጅት ላዘጋጁት የEmployees Engagement Team በሙሉ ምስጋናዬን

እየቀረብኩ ፣ እንኳን ለ75ኛው አመት በዓል አደረሳችሁ አደረሰን እላለሁ።

በመጪዎቹ አመታት አየር መንገዳችን ከዓለም ካሉት ዋናዎቹ 5 ሜጋ አየር መንገዶች ተርታ ተሰልፎ የሃገራችንን አረንጓዴ፣ ቢጫ እና
ቀይ ሰንደቋን ጎልቶ ማየት ምኞቴና ህልሜም ነው።

February 12 የነበረው የስነፅሁፍ ምሽት በተለይ ኢትዮጰያ አየር መንገድን ለመሠለ ትልቅ እና በውስጡ
ብዙ አብረው የሚውሉ የእርስ በርስ ትውውቃቸው ብዙም ያልዳበረ በሺ የሚቆጠሩ ሠራተኞች ለያዘ
መስሪያ ቤት እንደዚህ አይነት አብሮነት የሚያጠናክ ሁነኛ መርሀግብር ሲዘረጋ ይሁን ያሠኛል።ደስም
ይላል።ደስም ይል ነበር።አርት ጉልበተኛ ነው።የመስራት አቅሙ በስጋ ፍላጎት ያልተገደበ ነፍስን የሚያወራጭ
፤በሀሴት ሲቃ የሚያተራምስ፤ልዩ ፍላጎት የሚመስል ፈልገነው የምንሄደው ፤ቀምሠነው የምንረካበትም
ነውና ምሽቱ እነዚህን ስሜቶች አጋርቶናል።ደራሲዎቹ ውስጣቸውን የተነፈሡበት፤ተደራሲዎቹ ሠምተው
አይተው ተደስተውም ግርምታቸውን ያስቀመጡበት፤አዘጋጁ ክፍል አብሮነቱን፤ሣቁን ፤ጨዋታውን፤የእርስ
በርስ ትውውቁን ፤ባጠቃላይ የነበረውን አውድ አይተው እኳንም አዘጋጀን ፤እንኳንም ጎንበስ ቀና አልን
ተስፋልደት በለጠ ብለው በሀሴት የተሞሉበት ደስ የሚል መልክ ያለው የበኩር ዝግጅት የማይመስል ይሁን ሁሌም ይሁን
Ground technician II የሚያሠኝ የተከሸነ ምሽት ነበር እና ከጥሩ የማሻሻያ እንቅስቃሴ ጋር ይቀጥል እላለሁ።አመሠግናለሁ ።!!!

ለተሰጠን እድል እጅግ በጣም እናመሰግናለን:: እንደዚህ አይነት መድረክ መኖሩ መስሪያ ቤታችንን የበለጠ
እንድንወደውና ሀሳባችንን በነጻነት የመግለጽ ክህሎታችንን ያዳብርልናል ፡፡በዚሁ ቢቀጥል ብዙ ችሎታ ያላቸው
ልጆች የሚወጡበት መድረክ እንደሚሆን ጥርጥር የለውም ፡፡ለሰው ልጅ ከስራ ባሻገር አይምሮውን ነጻ
የሚያደርግበት እንዲህ አይነት መድረክ ሲኖር ለስራውም ተነሳሽ እና ንቁ ይሆናል ብዬ አስባለሁ፡፡

አመሰግናለሁ

ረድኤት አበበ
Sr. HR officer

በአየር መንገዳችን በዓይነቱ ልዩ እና ዉብ በሆነዉ ፤በተለይም ደግሞ አንጋፋዉና ታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ
የ75ተኛ ዓመቱን ክብረ -በዓል በማስመልከት በተሰናዳዉ የግጥም ድግስ ከማዕዱ ተቋዳሽ በመሆኔ ታላቅ ደስታና
ክብር ይሰማኛል::ይህ ፕሮግራም ቀጣይና ወጥ እንደመሆኑ መጠን ሁላችንም የተሰጠንን ዓቅም በመንከባከብ
እንዲሁም ለመድረኩ በሚመጥን መልኩ ልናዳብርና ሁሌም የተሻለ ስራ ይዘን መቅረብ ይጠበቅብናል::

በዚህ አጋጣሚም ይህን ፕሮግራም እዉን ለማድረግ ከጅምሩ አንስቶ ዘወትር ሐሳብ ጉልበታቸዉን የሚያዉሉትና

ታላቁን ድርሻ የሚይዙት engagement team ወይንም ደግሞ የ ET News አዘጋጆችና የስራ ባልደረባዎቻቸዉን

ከልብ ላመሰግናቸዉ እወዳለሁ::ለተሳታፊዎችም ራሳችን የምንፈትሽበት፤ወደፊትም የኢትዮጵያ አየርመንገድ

ገነት አከለ በሁሉም ረገድ ሙሉ እና ዘርፈ -ብዙ ዓቅምና አገልግሎት ያለዉ መሆኑን እኛም ባለችን ትንሽ ዓቅም ለማሳዬት

Marketing coordinator የበኩላችንን አስተዋፅኦ የምናደርግበት ይሆናል የሚል ተስፋን ሰንቄአለሁ::
IOCC
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በመጀመሪያ እንግዳ አድርጋችሁ ስለጋበዛችሁኝ አመሰግናለሁ። እንደሚታወቀው የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ ሰራተኞች
በየደረጃው ታታሪና በተለያየ ክህሎት የተሞሉ ናቸው። እውነት ለመናገር የብዙ ሙያ ባለቤቶች ስብስብ ነው ደግሞም
አሰባሰቡ አገሪቷ ውስጥ በየዘመኑ እጅግ የተሻሉትን እና የተመረጡትን የያዘ መሆኑ ነው። በመሆኑም ከቅርብ ጊዜ ጀምሮ
የሠራተኛውን ክህሎት እርስ በእርስ ለማስተዋወቅ እና በማዝናናት ለመማማር በGroup Employee Engagement and
Change Management አማካኝነት እየተሰራበት ያለው ስራ ሊበረታታ እና ሊመሰገን ይገባዋል።

የዚህም ማሳያ የሆነው የመጀመሪያው የግጥም ምሽት እጅግ አዝናኝ እና ቁም ነገር ያለው አስተምሮትን ያዘለ ነበር። አውነት

ለመናገር በቅድመ ዝግጅት ወቅት ፍርሃት አሳድሮብኝ ነበር። ምን ያህል ይሳካ ይሆን? አቀራረቡስ የሰዓት አጠቃቀማችንስ

ዳዊት ለገሰ ብዬ ተጨንቄ ነበር ነገር ግን እጅግ የተዋጣለት እና ጥሩ ቅንጅት የታየበት ሆኖ አግኝቼዋለሁ።

FLEET EXPERT , MCC በቀጣዮ ጊዜ ሠራተኛውን ባማከለ ዝግጅቱን ሊመለከት በሚችልበት የሰዓት አመራረጥ እና የCOVID መከላከልን ግምት
ወስጥ በማስገባት በተሻለ አዳራሽ የመጠቀም እድል ቢኖረው እጅጉን የተመረጠ ይሆናል። ሌላው በተለያየ ምክንያት

በአካል መገኘት ላልቻሉ በVideo ወይም በተለያየ midea በመጠቀም እንዲያገኙት ቢደረግ መልካም ነው።

በእርግጠኝነት በቅንነት ከተሰራበት ከውጭ ከምናያቸው ዝግጅቶች የተሻለ ይሆናል። በድርጅታችን ውስጥ ያለው አቅም በውጭ አንቱ ከምንላቸው
የሚስተካከል እንጂ የሚያንስ አይደለም።

በአንድ ወቅት የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ ወደ ደብሊን በረራ ከመጀመሩ በፊት ኤግዚቢሽን ለማሳየት ሄጄ ነበር። በከተማ ውስጥ አለ ከሚባሉ ታዋቂ
ጋለሪ መሀል በሆነው ሌነስተር ጋለሪ ለማሳየት ዕድሉን አግኝቼ ነበር። በወቅቱም የከተማው ከንቲባ እና የተለያዩ አገር አምባሳደሮች በእንግድነት
ተገኝተዋል። በነበረው ሁኔታ የተደነቁበት እና የተገረሙበት ብሎም ለ3 ዓመታት አዛው በከተማው ትልቁ የጥበብ ማእከል ቆይቼ የስዕል ሥራዬን
እንድሰራ የመጋበዝ ዕድሉን አግኝቼ ነበር ነገር ግን እኔ የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ ሠራተኛ መሆኔን እና በአውሮፕላን ጥገና ሙያ እየሰራሁ እንደምገኝ
ስነግራቸው እጅጉን የተገረሙም ብቻ ሳይሆን እስከታዋቂው የከተማዋ FM ሬዲዮ ጣቢያ ተጋብዤ አገሬንና ድርጅቴን የማስተዋወቅ እድሉን
አግኝቻለሁ።

ይሄ አቅም በተለያዩ የድርጅቱ ሠራተኞች ላይ አለ በመሆኑም የዚህ አይነት ዝግጅቶች ይህን አቅም ለማውጣት እና ለመጠቀም ድርጅታችንን በሁሉም
መስክ ለማስተዋወቅ ብሎም በስራ ጫና ምክንያት ተቀብሮ እንዳይቀር ከፍተኛ አስተዋጽኦ ይኖረዋል።

በተረፈ ለዚህ ሁሉ ዝግጅት መሳካት ከመጀመሪያው ሀሳብ ማመንጨት ጀምሮ እና ዝግጅቱን እመድረክ ላይ በመምራት የነበረውን ስኬት ለማድነቅ
እና ለማመስገን እወዳለሁ።

ድርጅታችን ምንጊዜም ከፍ ብሎ አለምን ያዳርስ ዘንድ ምኞቴ ነው።

ብርሃን ደርበዉ ደስ የሚል የስነ-ጽሑፍ ምሽት ነበር፡፡መልካም ጅማሬ ነው ወደፊትም ተጠናክሮ ታዳሚያን እየተዝናኑ
Digital Sales and ቁምነገር የሚጨብጡበት እንዲሁም ኪነጥበብን ከሥራ አሰናስለው የያዙ የጥበብ ሰዎች የሚታዩበት
Marketing Officer መድረክ እንደሚሆን ተስፋ አደርጋለው፡፡

ዉብአረገ አድምጥ በመጀመሪያ ባለፈዉ በነበረን ክሽን ያለ (ጣፈጦኝ ነዉ) የመጀመሪያዉ የስነ ጽሁፍ ምሽት ላይ የነበረኝን
Senior Marketing ስሜት እንዳጋራ ስለጋበዛችሁኝ አመሰግናለሁ. እንደ እዉነቱ እኔ ያንን ያህል የተሳካ ምሽት እናሳልፋለን ብዬ
Officer II አላሰብሁም ነበር. ከወጣን በኋላ ታዳሚዎችን ስጠይቃቸዉ የነገሩኝም ይሄንን ነዉ. እንዲያዉም አንዳንዶቹ
ጦቢያ ራሱ ስመ ማህተም እንጂ ያለዉ ከእናንተ አይበልጥም ብለዉ እየፎከሩ ነበር (እኔ አረጋጋኋቸዉ እንጂ).
ደግሞስ የመድረክ መሪዎችን እነ ቅድስትንና አሚንን እንዴት እንዳደነቋቸዉ. እኔንም አስደምመዉኛል
በእርግጥ. የአሚን ድምጽማ ይለያል ያለ ማይክ Head quarter እየተሰማ ነበር አሉ. ሥነ ጥበብ አይደል
ገነን ላድርገዉ ብዬ ነዉ. እናም በአጭሩ ምሽቱ ያማረና ግቡንም የመታ ነዉ ብዬ አምናለሁ.

እንደምናዉቀዉ ሥነ-ጥበብ ትልቅ ሃይል አለዉ. አየር መንገዱም ይሄንን በመጀመሩ በተለይ ከምስረታ
ጀምረዉ ለሚደክሙት አክብሮቴ ይድረሳቸዉ. ስነ ጽሁፍን መድረክ ቢያፍነዉም ከሰዉ ልጆን ምናብ
እየተነነ መዉጣቱ አይቀሬ ነዉ. ዳሩ በአንድ ሰዉ ዙሪያ ተሽከርክሮ የሚቀርን ስሜት መንገዱን ካዘጋጁለት
ብዙዎችን አንድ ላይ መግመድ የሚችል ጉልበት አለዉ. አሁን ነጥቤ የስነ-ጽሁፍን ሃይል መተንተን
ባይሆንም ቅሉ እንዲህ አይነት ዝግጅቶች ከመዝናኛነታቸዉ ባለፈ አንድ የማይታይ የማይዳሰስ ነገር ግን
በስዉር የሚያያይዝ ህቡዕ ጉልበትን የመፍጠር ሃይል አላቸዉ.

እናም ተመሳሳይ ዝግጅቶች ቢቀጥሉ ነገ ከነገ ወዲያ በሃገራችን አሉ ከሚባሉ የስነ-ጥበብ መድረኮች አንዱ
እንደሚሆንና በሰራተኛዉም መካከል ጠንካራ የእኛነት ስሜት እንደሚፈጥር አልጠራጠርም. የኢትዮጵያ
አየር መንገድ ከስሙ እንደሚያመለክተዉ የሚያገለግለዉ ሃገርን ነዉ. የተሸከመዉም የሃገር አደራ ነዉ.
ስለዚህ በኪነጥበብና በኢትዮጵያዊነት ግማድ ተያይዘን አደራችንንም ሳናጎድል ለነገ እንደምናስረክብ
እምነቱም እዉነቱም ምኞቱም አለኝና የስነ-ጥበብ ምሽቱ አዘጋጆችና ይሄንን የተባበራችሁ አካላት በሙሉ
በርቱ ተበራቱ እላለሁ.

አመሰግናለሁ!

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Abush Negash
Customer Loyalty Department

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Oil on canvas 50x 150 cm
Oil on canvas 60 x120 cm

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አፍታ ቆይታ

”የኢትዮጵያ አየርመንገዱ ዚዳን”

ተወልጄ ያደኩት አዚሁ አዲስ አበባ ሲሆን የመጀመሪያና ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርቴን ያጠናቀኩት ደጃዝማች

ወንዲይራድ የመጀመሪያና መሠናዶ ትምህርት ቤት ነው። የከፍተኛ ትምህርቴን የተማርኩት አዲስ

አበባ ዩኒቨርስቲ ቢዝነስ እና ኢኮኖሚክስ ፋክሊቲ ሲሆን በ አካውንቲንግ እና ፋይናንስ በመጀመሪያ ድግሪ

ተመርቄለሁ። የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ ባወጣ የስራ ቅጥር ማስታወቂያ ተወዳድሬ በማለፍ በ ኮሌጅ ትሬኒ

ዘርፍ ድርጅቱን ተቀላቀልኩ። እ ኤ አ በ ዲሴንበር 08, 2008 በአካዉንታንትነት በመቀጠር ስራዬን ጀመርኩ።

በኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገዱ ዉስጥ ስራ ከጀመርኩበት ጊዜ ጀምሮ በተለያዩ የስራ መደቦች ላይ በመመደብ Yared Worku

የምወደዉን ድርጅት በማገልገል ላይ እገኛለሁ። Manager Receivables & Collection

እግር ኳስ ጨዋታን ከልጅነቴ ጀምሮ በመጫወት ነዉ ሰፊዉን የልጅነት እድሜዬን ያሳለፍኩት። የወጣትነት Control

እድሜዬንም ቢሆን እንዲሁ ባለኝ ትርፍ ጊዜ ሁሉ እግር ኳስን አዘወትር ነበር። ከሠፈር ትንሽ ቡድን ጀምሮ

ለትምህርት ቤት ፣ አ አ ዩ ለአካውንቲንግ ትምህርት ክፍል ፣ለ ኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ የሰራተኛ ማህበር እዲሁም ለ ፋይናንስ ክፍልን ወክዬ እግር ኳስ

ተጫውቻለሁ። በተለየ ሁኔታ ለኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ መሠረታዊ ሰራተኛ ማህበር ቡድን ከ ሰባት አመታት በላይ ተጫውቼያለሁ። በጊዜው የነበረውን

ቡድን ውስጥ በዋና እና ምክት አምበልነት ለቡድኑ ጥሩ አገልግሎት አበርክቻለሁ። ብዙ ጊዜ የምጫወትበት ቦታ መሀል ላይ ሲሆን ቡድኔ አሸንፎ እንዲወጣ

ከሁዋላና ከፊት ያሉትን የቡድን አጋሮቼን የማቀናጀት ስራ ትልቅ አስተዋጽኦ አበርክቻለሁ። ይህንንም አስመልክቶ የቡድን አጋሮቼ የመሀል ሜዳው ቴክኒሺያን

እያሉ ይጠሩኞል።

የእግር ኳስን በመጫወቴ ጤናማ እንድሆን ከማድረጉ በተጨማሪ ከተለያዪ ሰዎች ጋር እንድተዋወቅ እና መልካም ግንኙነት እንድፈጥር እረድቶኛል። እንዲሁም
የተለያዪ የማበረታቻ ሽልማቶችንና የምስክር ወረቀተቶችን አግኝቻለሁ። ካገኘሁዋቸው ሽልማቶች ውስጥ ጥሩ ትውስታ ያለኝ የኢትዮጵያ የሰራተኛ ማህበር
ኮንፌዴሬሽን (ኢሰማኮ) በሚያዘጋጀው የልማት ድርጅቶች የበጋ እግር ኳስን ውድድር ላይ የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድን ወክዬ ተጫውቼ አንደኛ በመውጣት
የዋንጫ ተሸላሚ ለመሆን በቅቼያለሁ። ይህን ውጤት ልዩ የሚያደርገው ከ አዲስ አበበ ዉጪ ሙገር ሲሚንቶ ሜዳ ላይ የተደረገ ውድድር ሲሆን ከእኛ ቡድን
የተሻለ የዚህ ውድድር ልምድ ካለው ተጋጣሚያችን የኢትዮጵያ ፖስታ አገልግሎት ድርጅት ጋር ሲሆን የሙገር አካባቢ አየር ንብረት በጣም ከባድና እግር ኮስ
እየተጫወቱ አየር ለማስገባት ለማስወጣት እጅግ ፈታኝ ነበር። በተጨማሪ አንድ የቡድናችን አጋር በሁለት ቢጫ ካርድ ከሜዳ መሰናበቱ ሌላው አስቸጋሪ
ገጠመኝ ነበር። በጊዜው ሜዳው ውስጥም ከሜዳ ውጪ የነበርነው ሁሉም የቡድኑ አባላት ጋር ተረዳድተንና ተጋግዘን ውድድሩን 2 ለ 0 በማጠናቀቅ ደስ
የሚል ውጤት እዲመጣ አድርገናል። ለመላው የቡድናችን አባላት በጣም አስደሳችና የማይረሳ ትውስታ ሆኖ አልፎዋል።

በተለያዩ ምክንያቶች አሁንም እንደ በፊቱ ብዙ እግር ኳስ ባልጫወትም ባገኘሁት አጋሚ ግን ውድድር ሲኖር ማየት ደስ ይለኞል።

በመጨረሻም ማስተላለፍ የምፈልገው መልእክት ላለፈው አንድ አመት በአለም አቀፍ ደረጃ በተከሰተው የኮሮና 19 ወረርሽኝ ምክንያት በተፈጠረው ጫና
እንደማንኛውም አለም አቀፍ አየር መንገድ ድርጅታችንም ላይ ያለው አሉታዊ ተጽእኖ በግልጽ የሚታወቅ ሲሆን መላው የድርጅቱ ሠራተኛ እንደተለመደው
ባለው የስራ ድርሻ የላቀ አስተዋጽኦ በማበርከት ያለንበትን ፈታኝ ሁኔታ አልፈን ለ 75 አመታት የጸና አየር መንገዳችንን ከፍ ብሎ እንዲበር የማድረግ ታሪካዊ
ሀላፊነት አለብን ከፈጣሪ እርዳታ ጋር።

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