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From: samuel Igbu (ypfdjbc@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Apr 01 2011 - 17:09:22 EST
By: Yishak Yared
Twenty years for nation building,
especially amidst external ill
intended hostilities, conspiracies
and open aggression, is very
challenging and hard task. All the
hostilities and open aggression
were emanated from extreme
jealousy and disgraced that Eritrea
didn’t go to the way of their wishful
thinking that it cannot carry
on as a nation by itself, let alone
be able to build a promising nation
with hard working people living in
harmony and peace. Hence, they
resorted to scare the people with
white propaganda campaign and
after realizing that what they were
doing was doomed to failure they
engaged to open aggression through
their subservient regime. But all
their white propaganda smear
campaign and open aggression
was foiled by the gallant and ever
more vigilant Eritrean people.
Eritrea stood firmly as a nation
and striving to build a nation that
is economically strong and where
there is equal opportunity for all
its citizens in terms provision of
services and resources.
With all the challenges that
Eritrea was facing during
those twenty years remarkable
developmental achievements have
been scored both economically and
socially. The achievements Eritrea
went through could be emphasized
numerically throughout the nation
Zoba Gash Barka: Land of Palm
Trees and Elephants PART III
but since I am talking about Zoba
Gash Barka with regards the tour
conducted to the region initiated
by the Ministry of Tourism I will
concentrate to what I and the tour
participants witnessed the multifaceted
developmental activities in
the region.
Zoba Gash Barka being the
largest region with rich natural and
human made resources has also
the prospect of being the center of
industry in terms of agro-industry
and agricultural related products.
The BANATOM, the milk and
milk products, and animal feed
factory established at Alebu and
its surroundings are commendable
examples for the area to become
one of potential industrial areas.
The BANATOM factory is
established to produce tomato
paste and banana juice. The factory
is engaged producing tomato
paste four months in a year during
the harvest of tomato. The other
months are dedicated for producing
banana juice. During our visit to the
factory on the 4th of March, 2011,
it was producing tomato paste.
The factory in order to work in its
full capacity needs fi ve thousands
of quintals of tomato and three
thousands of quintals of banana
per day.
The animal feed factory also
produces variety of products by
mixing different cereals including
maize, wheat, sesame, sorghum,
etc. Currently the factory sales
its products mainly to the animal
husbandry, Animal Breeding
Corporation of Eritrea, located
nearby the factory and to the local
people living in and surrounding
Alebu. The animal husbandry,
Animal Breeding Corporation,
currently possesses animals of
different varieties. Each type of
animal has the capacity to produce
up to 40 liters of milk per day.
Currently the Corporation is
providing 300 liters of milk to the
market every day. The future plan
of the corporation is to expand the
corporation to a higher level and be
able to provide milk to the nearby
milk factory that has the capacity
of processing milk products from
three to fi ve thousands of liters of
milk every day.
The Aqua Fresh factory and
the electric power station at
Alebu with the BANATOM, milk
processing plant and the Animal
Breeding Corporation have opened
the employment opportunities to
hundreds of Eritreans especially to
people in the areas of Alebu. Alebu
and its surrounding in the near
future with fl ourishing different
establishments and the increase
of work force has the prospect
of becoming an attraction for
businesses thereby become one of
the attractive cities in the country.
Equally with its growing will have
the attention of tourists both local
and international.
BANATOM factory
Animal food factory
Aqua Fresh factory
Alebu Animal Breeding Corporation
Sincerely
*YPFDJ British Columbia Chapter*
YPFDJ Goal and Purpose
- Our goal is to build a strong, conscious and patriotic youth movement.
Our purpose is:
- To raise the awareness and level of organisation of Eritrean youth to
serve our nation
- To reassert the identity, patriotism and unity of Eritrean youth
- To promote the participation of Eritrean Youth in the national
reconstruction of Eritrea as well as guarding the sovereignty of Eritrea
- To enhance the position and influence of Eritrean Youth in their
respective countries of residence.
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