User:Reda'e Halefom

REDA'E HALEFOM

Reda’e Halefom was born on 13 May 1983 from his father Halefom Weldesilassie and his mother Abeba Girmay in Southern Tigray in a small village called Girabo Hade Anbesa (Tsehafti). Like his peers in Wejeret (a place now under the Hintalo-wajirat administration), he used to keep goats, sheep and cows during his childhood.

According to information from his close friends and parents, he was fond of keeping cows in remote areas bordered with the afar which the community commonly called it qolla. Moreover, he was highly interested in education though there was no any sort of modern education in his environs. Thus, he recurrently asked his parents to sent him to the religious schools ( normally given by local priests of the orthodox church). But his father was not willing for Reda;e was the only child he had. His father wanted Reda’e to keep cattle and be a good farmer, which was the best life for then.

When the military rule in Ethiopia fall in 1991, lots of political changes occurred in the country. As a result, education prevailed to remote rural areas of the country. Like most of his peers, Reda’e got opportunity to join modern education which he strongly desired so far. And in 1991/92 he started modern education in Mehony (Raya-Azebo wereda)in Degol elementary school.

He was an outstanding student ranking with great distinction results every year. As a result, he completed grades two up to five within two years. And he always won any sort of inter-school and intra-school competitions. Meanwhile he interrupted his school and went to Eritrea (1996) and other parts of Ethiopia (1997/8) for he was highly eager to know about the ways of life out of his surroundings.

He was highly influenced by Marxist thoughts during his stay in Eritrea where he got great opportunity to read Marxist ideologies in the libraries of the Eritrean Peoples’ Liberation Front in Red Sea. And in fact, he insisted radical and transformational revolution as the best panacea to overcome deep rooted sociological challenges.

In 1999/2000 Reda’e joined his secondary school again. In his high school ages, he was one of the most outstanding students. And he joined his higher education in 2003/04 in Addis Ababa University where he studied Sociology and Social Anthropology for three years. While he completed his university life in 2006, he joined the country’s labor force in the same year.

From June to September 2009, he attended a three months training in Advanced English in the English and Foreign Languages University of Hyderabad, India. Hence he earned his first oversea certificate for the first time.

From 2006 up to know he is serving his country in several positions across times. As his interest is reading and writing, he has been producing several articles on the economic, social, and political issues spheres of his country-Ethiopia.