A sweet aroma...

☕️ No wonder coffee grown around the world can be traced back centuries to the ancient coffee forests on Africa, Ethiopian Plateau.
Just like frankincense gives a sweet aroma as it catches fire in a coffee ceremony, an African mom is fragrant to her families and the society. She changes the scent of the environment while overcoming many challenges.

🤱 She stays up late taking care of her baby and gets up while it is still dark; and provides food for her family.

🧑‍🍳She spends time in the kitchen with the smoke from the firewood irritating her eyes and treks long distances even with her baby wrapped up at her back. She puts the needs of her children above her own.

🥣Fragrant from the kitchen or food conjures up images of an African mom. One important skill of African mom is that she enjoys cooking, makes coffee and prepares delicious local meals.

💕 Infact, she is a sweet aroma to her families and the society.
#Africanmotherhood
#ProudAfrican

✍Hana Melese

📌Apply environment-friendly methods and be the hand that promotes a healthy and sustainable Earth 🌍.

🎨 digital painting- Hana Melese
🎹 background music @abenuu

#climatechange
#sustainabledevelopment

@artopian

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⁹ ጕልማሳ መንገዱን በምን ያነጻል? ቃልህን በመጠበቅ ነው።
¹⁰ በፍጹም ልቤ ፈለግሁህ፥ ከትእዛዝህ አታርቀኝ።
¹¹ አንተን እንዳልበድል፥ ቃልህን በልቤ ሰወርሁ።

"How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you."
             -Psalms 119:9-11 NIV

#whiteboard_animation
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🔸Did you know that eight million metric tons of plastic is dumped into the oceans each year?

📌By 2050, ocean plastic is expected to outweigh all of the ocean’s fish.

🌍 Enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the earth four times.


🦈Did you know plastic garbage that ends up in the ocean kills over 1,000,000 sea animals every year?

🌪Did you know that chemicals derived from fossil fuels are used to make plastics and plastic pollution is a driving factor for climate change?

🔸Did you know that most plastic products contain BPA which is toxic and has severe health impacts?

✅What can you do?

💡Apply the 3 R's
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
✅Use less plastics, minimize waste generated at the 
source.
🔸Avoid unnecessary consumption ( በየስብሰባው የሚሰጠው የታሸገ ውሃ ቢቀርስ?!)🙄🤷‍♀ 🤦‍♀

✅Find new ways to use plastics that otherwise would have been thrown out.

📖plasic pollution facts

#stopplasticpollution
#reduce
#reuse
#recycle

#whiteboardanimation
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Acrylic on canvas
Size 30*40cm