A Japanese expert from a non-profit organization called “Community Road Empowerment (CORE)” visited the project site in Jinka, southern Ethiopia in December 2023 and March 2024. He had meetings with local engineers and local residents to propose how to implement low-volume road construction in the areas with black cotton soil, […]
MNGD： Component3
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The 5th Joint Coordination Committee will be held on September 30th.Date: September 30th, 2023.8:30 – 13:00 (Ethiopia Time) *14:30 －19:00（Japan Time)Venue: ICT Hall, Jinka University, Jinka, Ethiopia and Online.
In August 2023, MNGD project members visited an area about 1 km south of the center of village B in South Omo zone, Ethiopia. The residents of village B must pass through this area to reach the health center. However, this area is covered with black cotton soil, which makes […]
In August 2023, MNGD project members visited an area about 1 km south of the center of village B in South Omo zone, Ethiopia. The residents of village B must pass through this area to reach the health center. However, this area is covered with black cotton soil, which makes […]
In 2019, MNGD project members and residents of Village B worked together to repair the road in front of the primary school. Three years later, in November 2022, we repaired the deteriorated parts of this road with the resident.Video of this demonstration and an interview with Prof. Fukubayashi and Mr. […]
We have created and published a video introducing the activities of the MNGD project, focusing on the demonstration of road improvement in South Omo, Ethiopia in 2019. Please have a look!
”ZAIRAICHI 6: MNGD Special issue 04-Making Networks for Glocal Development”was published. ・Cover and Contents etc. ・ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROAD TRAFFIC IN RURAL ETHIOPIA: THE CASE OF SOUTH OMO ZONE. Gebre Yntiso; Tamene Deysmi; Argachew Bochena ・APPENDIX –contact–MNGD Office
In parallel with the preparation work for the full-scale driving experiment at Jinka University, Dr. Fukubayashi of Miyazaki University, Dr. Kaneko and Dr. Shigeta of Kyoto University conducted a survey of a 2.7 km section of road that local residents had requested for road improvement, identified necessary bridges and drainage […]
In March 2023, Prof. Fukubayashi from University of Miyazaki, Prof. Kaneko and Prof. Shigeta from Kyoto University went to Jinka in southwestern Ethiopia for the MNGD project. The main purpose of the visit was to prepare for a full-scale driving experiment on the campus of Jinka University. They asked workers […]
A series of videos of each leader talking about their progress at Ehime University on February 3, 2023. Lastly, the message from the leader of component 3, Prof. Kaneko (Kyoto University). Playlist of the interviews 2023
In November 2022, the Project worked with local people to repair deteriorations of the road surface at the site where small-scale road improvement was carried out in December 2019. In this project, the research team is searching for methods of participatory construction using new technologies that are currently being researched […]
In November 2022, the Project organized a low-volume roads improvement training workshop at Jinka University. Dr Fukubayashi from Miyazaki University provided a presentation, “Spot improvement of low-volume roads using Do-nou method.” South Omo Zonal Office and South Omo Ethiopian Road Administrations officials participated the workshop and learned how to improve […]