Jimma

Jimma is a very small place; a trip of five to ten minute on a taxi will cover the whole townish village. Jimma is in a region called Oromia, which means that all people in that region talk in the language of that region, which is called Oromingya or Oromifaa. Its about 337 kilometers southwest from Addis Ababa. Its a coffee growing region. Its green all throughout the year. Its supposed to receive the highest rainfall during the rainy season when compared to the rest of Ethiopia.

Mom works at Jimma University as a lecturer in Biochemistry. Jimma University is said to be the second-biggest university in Ethiopia, the first one being Addis Ababa University, in Addis Ababa. Jimma University has innumerable number of courses running throughout the year and has more than 11,000 students.

I worked for around five months at the university hospital laboratory and the laboratories at the Laboratory School of the university. I did some voluntary service, helping with the servicing and maintenance of laboratory equipment, mainly microscopes and spectrophotometers.