A Bit Of A Brain Drain
Friday, May 7th, 2010 | Uncategorized
The two friends to the left of me are leaving or have left.
When I tell people in Ethiopia that I’m from America, most people make some comment about how America’s a great country and they want to move there. In some ways I can understand this. America is much more wealthy than Ethiopia and from the outside it looks like the better place to be, but is it??
Recently, I was on an airplane where I met an Ethiopian man who had lived in the states for the last 30 years and was planning to return to Ethiopia for good once he retired. He started asking me for advice about the changes that he should be prepared for when moving from America to Ethiopia. I felt a little strange giving him advice, but I guess he figured that I had more information than he did since it had been so long since he’s lived in Ethiopia. Strange.
Sometimes people in Ethiopia seem to think that America is heaven, that the lives of Americans are easy, that we always have enough money and have better lives. For this reason, some of my friends are trying to leave Ethiopia and or have already left to find a “better life” in a wealthier nation. It makes me sad to see them go. It’s hard to make friends here and then say goodbye. As much as I’m excited that they have received a better opportunity for themselves in the way of a job, there are many things here that they will miss…like the sense of community, the warmth and hospitality of the people here, tasty injera, a sense of connection to a culture and a language that they have spoken since they were born, etc. They will also miss out on giving back to their own country which is in such desperate need of intelligent people like themselves.
Good luck my friends!
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