Wikipedia Draft:Megersa Boshe Dano

Megersa Boshe is an Ethiopian Diplomat who was serving in Geneva and France representing the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from July 2014 to August 2020 and resigned because of human rights violations and the dictatorship activities of Ethiopian government on his people. He is Oromo who is not joined any political party in the Country but became diplomat at the age of 26 eventhough persecution from EPRDF starting from high school when he was studying in Lalo Aira secondary school and Nekemte comprehensive school.

Megersa Boshe was born in the small town of Begi, located in Western Wellega zone, Oromia. He was the member of Oromo struggle and has been fighting the injustice on Oromo and other Ethiopian people, especially on the working language of the Federal government of Ethiopia, that it must not be only Amharic, Afan Oromo and other languages must be included otherwise we will call the Federal government, the government of Amharic speakers which does not represent all Ethiopians said Megersa on many medias.

Megersa was the 2nd child for his mother and the 3rd for his father who married 3 wives. Megersa went to the local primary school and after completing grade 4 in Begi, he continued his studies at Lalo Aira schools in Aira town. The school was opened by Missionaries from Europe and administered by Mekana Yesus Church. The school is known by its excellence in teaching and making pass all students to University. Megersa was standing first up to grade 10 in Lalo Aira school, then he got 3.9 points out of 4 on the national examination but angry to his result, why it was not 4/4, he changed his school to Nekemte comprehensive high school to study pre-university class for two years and joined University of Gondar in 2007. After 4 years of study he was graduated by Public health from the University and assigned by government to work on a newly established zone at the time called Finfinnee Surrounding special zone of Oromia which is mostly Industrial zone in Ethiopia. Megersa assigned as Labour and Factory inspector under Ministry of Labour and social affairs. Looking to the injustice in the workplace, he was trying his best to present 3 research topics on how to change the work environment in the zone and how to make the zone attractive for all humanity. The OPDO cadres at the time could not accept his idea and continued to take bribe from industry owners to pollute the zone and violets the rights of employees and residents. After two years of struggle, Megersa resigned his job and started his own business. After 6 months of his business, he designed the way to struggle injustice in the Country at higher level, so getting vacancy from newspaper he applied to join Ministry of Foreign affairs at the time when Oromos are not joining that ministry due to the pressure from TPLF dominated government. After joining the Ministry, he has done outstanding jobs, like proposing the idea of ‘safe workplace for mothers’ he proposed to establish ‘day care’ in every government bigger Ministries. which the government applied and now implemented in many institutions. It is the program where government employee’s woman brings their baby to give care until six months as must and two years depending on the availability of the place. The project is already implemented in Ethiopia at the federal level. It was purely the idea of Megersa.

Religion

Megersa is evangelical Christian who was ministering in his church during his childhood. He was also one of the founders ‘fellowship of Oromo Christian university students (FOCUS) in 2008 when he was studying in the University of Gondar.

Education

Megersa received his first degree, in Health science, in 2010 from the University of Gondar found in the Gondar town. He studied international development and governance from the university libre de Bruxellel (ULB) in Brussels, Belgium. He constructed library in Dabat Wereda Prison for the first time in Gondar zone as his first-degree research on Prison health. He has got many courses in diplomacy, International health, environment, business and human resource management.

Main Contribution in government:

He proposed government offices to prepare places for feeding mothers. He presented this idea on Ministry of women meeting made in Adama in 2016. He defended his idea by reasoning Ethiopian law, that give maternal leave only 90 days at the time. If the health of children is to be protected, at least 6months breast feeding is must. This idea is distributed among government offices and the new law enforcing all federal government institutions to prepare suitable place for feeding mothers so that they can bring their baby to work place and treat them at least up to one year. Megersa started the project in Ministry of Foreign affairs, the Minister of Foreign affairs at the time Dr. Tewodros Adhanom, appreciated the idea and give order to construct classes for this purpose. Now legally and administratively this idea is applied in Ethiopia.

He was vice president of Ethiopian Occupational Health and Safety association even though he didn't done much due to diplomatic duty overlapped.

He wrote the proposal to start diplomatic relation between Ethiopia and Monaco. He is the first man to initiate Swiss investors to join business in Ethiopia in 2018 when a group Swiss business having 17 members visited the business opportunity in Ethiopia.

Contribution in Religion.

The second contribution is in building evangelical Christian churches in rural areas in Wellega through Mekana Yesus synods(Begi-Gidami synodis) found in the area. He funded remote area churches to be constructed and to be strong to the biblical principles and coming together for worship.

Contribution in Business

Even though he is Young, He established two trading companies operating in Ethiopia and cofounder of 3 companies. Currently he is human right activist and building Oromo struggle on strong base being with other Oromo intellectuals. He is active on Medias like Kello Media, Oromia media network and others in addition to many social medias platform. He is focussing on how his people join the business world and control their resource. It is possible the website created for this purpose in Oromo and English languages. the website is www.giban.org. He is the founder of Gadaa International Business association(under establishment and finalized many steps).

According to what he talks on medias in different languages, he is focussing on business and bringing people to be out of poverty by thenatural resources surrounding them. Every political problems happening in the Country is to control resource and uncivilized way of political administration according to Megersa Boshe explanation.

References

Oromia media network based in USA,

www.pressclub.ch

Kello media based in Washington DC

other many medias.

www.giban.org