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Encounter with Ethiopia
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Poem/Reading : Keiko Koma
Music : Idaki Shin
Editing/Composition:Katsuaki Saito
We visited the town of Gode for the first time in August 2000. The hospital was in urgent need of medical equipment, having numerous patients suffering malaria, epidemics, and other diseases. A lot of children were lying on the floor. We made a promise to the doctor to send an X-ray machine. On our return to Japan we selected an appropriate type of X-ray machine and purchased it through our foundation, Dinquenashe, that had already started three months before. Having some difficulty to transport it, we finally took it with us and delivered it to Gode hospital by ourselves later the same year. People there were extremely happy to see that we kept our promise and said that our continuous support would be the most precious light of hope for the people of Gode. During this trip, we came to realize that the most fundamental problem was the condition of the water, its quality and supply. Most human diseases are caused by drinking dirty water. So we are planning a new water supply system, in cooperation with the water authority of Ethiopia and a number of Japanese engineers, that is going to be installed before long. I appreciate your attention and ask for further support to our new program.