• In almost all the colleges and faculty, there is a huge demand for text books, reference books, journals, computer software and hardware. If you are traveling to Ethiopia, or know someone traveling there any time of the year, you can take (or make arrangement to be taken) a small box of books or journals. If it is marked as "donation to the university", Ethiopian Airlines will usually cooperate with you and perhaps give you a waiver.

• The Computer Science program (which is under the Math Department) needs compilers (Visual C++ - Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Basic 5.0, Linux, Unix, Sun Java, etc), Journals (on object-oriented programming, Java, ATL, TCP/IP, networking, Internet, databases, etc), books (software engineering, database systems, Operating systems, Programming Languages, Numerical Analysis, Theory of Computing, Image Processing, Database Design, AI, Computer/Network Architecture).

The CS program also needs as much computer hardware as it can get. Many students are still working on 486 machines. The country can not have a competitive position in these age if our best minds do not have access to a decent technology. If you are a faculty member at a university in the US, Europe or elsewhere, or work in managing IT in a company, here is your chance to make a real difference in the country. 

• The majority of bright graduating students have limited resources to pay for TOEFL, GRE, GMAT exams and the application fees to pursue graduate studies in the US, Canada or Europe. There is already a group that helps to pay for 5-10 students every year only for TOEFL and GRE. You can help increase the number of benefiting students to as many as 20. Typically it is only about 5-10% of the graduating class in the Technology Faculty, for example, that wants to pursue advanced degrees. You can help many families and the country by helping these bright and gifted students achieve their potentials. If you are worried about brain-drain, think of what they will in-turn give back to their people an country later on (What Chinese and Indian professionals are doing everyday of the year in helping increasing the trained manpower of their country should be remembered here).

Interested individuals and parties are encouraged to directly contact the heads of departments and programs and talk to them how they could help. Our job here is just to direct your interest to them.

Important e-mail addresses:

Computer Science Program - maths.aau@telecom.net.et Contact Dr. Dida Midekso, head of the Math Department who also oversees the CS undergraduate program.

Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Departments -  technorth.aau@telecom.net.et . You may contact Dr. Abebe Dinku who is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs or you could send your message C/O Head of Department of the respective program.