By now, you should know that I am a frustrated and angry African residing in the US. Since I am a fairly recent immigrant (only thirty three years in this country), I am still attached to my roots and culture. Therefore, I still think and dream in my native language and follow the news about Ethiopia and Africa on a daily basis. That is where the frustration comes from. I listen to the news and read the newspapers and follow up with magazines such as The Economist and the like on a regular basis. So continually hearing about the constant conflicts, hunger, poverty and disease problems in Africa is an everyday experience and is always in the back of my mind no matter where I am. That leads to the frustration that I as an individual could not do anything to address the problems that millions of Africans face each day. Then , a few weeks ago, during the G8 conference, my frustration reached to a boiling point after hearing that the G8 countries are going not only forgive debts but are planning to spend additional billions of dollars, Euros etc. over the next five years to do the same thing that they have been doing over the last 30 plus years. I have had enough of it. I had to do some thing about it in my own limited capacity. I decided that I had to tell the world that we can not continue with our old ways. We can not afford to continue to support corrupt governments while their people are suffering and dying by the millions from hunger, malaria and HIV/AIDS. Their people continue to suffer from abject poverty while their so-called leaders are wallowing in luxury, wealth and opulence in their own country and at their overseas homes and businesses. You know the rest of the story… Well what am I going to do about it.. we will see.. tomorrow.