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： Road in Ethiopia
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In Jinka, at the end of September. Around noon on the day of the regular market, it rained heavily. When I visited the market in the afternoon after the rain finally stopped, it was crowded with people. However, I had to watch my step so as not to slip and […]
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!
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 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 […]
Local Staff on the Project The project would not be able to move forward without the presence of our local staff members who play an active role in the field. The photo shows Mr. Darwit, a vehicle manager and driver, wiping down a project vehicle after a heavy rainfall. He […]
What it means for highway to be there When heading from the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU) to the Adama Science and Technology University (ASTU), we use the highway. The green signs that come into our sights remind me of those in Japan. Three lanes of smooth asphalt […]
【Field report 017】 A hundred of cows which the project members encountered on the way to Jinka, South Omo Zone. There are several ethnic groups of pastoralists who keep cattle, sheep or goats. They do grazing every day and, occasionally, use traffic roads. When a road is packed with cattle […]
【Field report 014】 Ethiopian natural feature is mountainous. When you move from one town to another, you can often find huge rocks crop out from the window of the vehicle. On the surface of the rocks, there are sheeting cracks, which tell us its weathering of years and years. ＊You […]