Comments on: Why Girls Gotta Run: Interview with Dr. Patricia E. Ortman

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[...] Z. Tegegn Exclusive Interview With Ethiopian Legend Teshome Mitiku (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) Why Girls Gotta Run: Interview with Dr. Patricia E. Ortman A Conversation with Haile [...]

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Haile Gebrselassie Featured Speaker at GGRF Fundraiser at Tadias Magazine — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:33:13 +0000

[...] foundation – which was profiled here last year – was established in 2006 to provide funds for athletic shoes, clothes, meals, [...]

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[...] foundation – profiled here on Tadias Magazine in October of 2009 along with an interview with the organization’s [...]

By: Mrs. Deirdre Lay

Mrs. Deirdre Lay — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:00:15 +0000

Watching Joanna Lumley last night – I thought The Girls were SO fantastic,
and would love to send some money for some shoes.

By: Gates Foundation Gives Emory $8.16 Million to Help in Ethiopia at Tadias Magazine

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:41:52 +0000

[...] Why Girls Gotta Run: Interview with Dr. Patricia E. Ortman Mothers Of Ethiopia Part V (Huffington [...]

By: Kebebush Tesfaye

Kebebush Tesfaye — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:41:29 +0000

Dear Martha

Thank you for airing this news, I know Dr. Patricia in person & and I have been in some of her art exhibition, she is an extraordinary person, her commitment for the cause is beyond one can imagine. She is a tireless and never says quit kind of person, I would say to each and every one of us we can play an important role if we step up on her plate to help those children who are unable to help themselves.

Thank you Dr. Patricia

Kebebush

By: Emuye

Emuye — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:53:34 +0000

HI Marti, i read the article. Thank you for giving us this useful information. I love your articles. keep it up. I appreciate Dr. Patricia for what she is doing.

By: Henok Sema

Henok Sema — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:43:22 +0000

Thank you Martha for telling this story. Girls Gotta Run, you guys are true human beings. I myself was a track and field reporter in Ethiopia. I have traveled to Asela, Bekoji, Asasa, and parts of Bale, where Ethiopia's long distance running sensations hail from. All the young runners ask for is SHOES. Too expensive for them, cost about the price of a cow to buy proper running shoes. GGRF, check out what A Running Start is doing in East Africa. There is a possibility of working together.

By: Mikias

Mikias — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:42:23 +0000

I absolutely loved this story. Dr. Patricia Ortman, what you are doing is highly needed and of course rewarding! We Ethiopians should be doing more of this, instead of bickering amongst each other. That’s why I love Tadias Magazine for bringing us so many interesting, very well written, informative, inspiring and entertaining stories. I love you guys and please keep it up! And thanks Martha.

Your loyal reader,
Mikias

By: Pat Ortman

Pat Ortman — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:15:08 +0000

Thanks to everyone who replied! We look forward to hearing from and working with those who are interested.

Pat

By: Yemane

Yemane — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:49:54 +0000

Martha, this is great article and great program. …, empowering young athletics to succeed in life and in return to help back the communities and follow the footsteps to empower the future children is wonderful thing to do. The girls will be happy and encouraged to aspire high and become fruitful citizen of tomorrow.

I will be in touch to help.

By: Mike Z

Mike Z — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:27:19 +0000

Dr. Ortman – I really appreciate what you are doing to help out these girls.

By: Mekonen Woldemariam

Mekonen Woldemariam — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:51:54 +0000

It’s an excellent article and real informative. Thank you Martha and Tadias for educating us on this important issue that we all should be concerned about and help in any way we can.

By: Landra

Landra — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:22:28 +0000

Great job I enjoyed the article and I learned something. Keep up the good work.

By: Steve Rogers

Steve Rogers — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:31:30 +0000

Fabilous! Patricia, you are an amazing and incredible person. What an inspiring and touching story. Only if the world had more people like you who embrace the world with open arms and give with open hearts. I will certainly support GGRF. You will hear from me soon! Thank you Tadias and Matha.

xoxo

By: Pat Ortman

Pat Ortman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:23:27 +0000

Thank You, Martha and Tadias!

By: Good News Ethiopia » Dr. Patricia E. Ortman of Girls Got to Run

Good News Ethiopia » Dr. Patricia E. Ortman of Girls Got to Run — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:38:34 +0000

[...] Dr. Ortman was inspired by a 2005 Washington Post article by Emily Wax entitled: Facing Servitude, Ethiopian Girls Run for a Better Life. The piece highlighted the grim realties faced by young girls in Ethiopia, including having one of the lowest rates of female enrollment in primary schools. Young girls in Ethiopia also face one of the highest rates of childbirth injuries in the world. According to the United Nations Population Fund 1 in 27 mothers in Ethiopia face the risk of dying during labor. In comparison, as the Huffington Post points out in its introduction of Hanna Ingber Win’s Mothers of Ethiopia series, “In the U.S., a woman has a 1 in 4,800 chance of dying from complications due to pregnancy or childbirth in her lifetime.” Perhaps Wax’s most powerful line comes from a 13-year-old girl named Tesdale Mesele who says: “I also run because I want to give priority to my schooling. If I’m a good runner, the school will want me to stay and not be home washing laundry and preparing injera.” Read Story on Tadias Magazine [...]