The I-YES! initiative: Progress, further realizations and challenges

Tilahun Melkmau GetuPresident, coordinator and volunteer of I-YES!

AcknowledegmentsTo God

To my families: Mom, dad, brothers, sisters and relatives

To my wireless families: Beyene Aleme, Frau Dr. med. Eva-Maria Rao. Frau Dr. med. Inge Barten, Girma & Tsegenet, Yonas & Kaniya, Elsa Weiss, Abebe & Roman, Wubishet & Yodit, Ezera & Rahel, Petros & Kibert, Dani & Seble, Natnael Teshome, Wubishet Yibabie

To I-YES! scholars/scientists: Abreham Emishaw, Desalegn Melkmau, Mikiyas Taddesse, Wubishet Yibabie, Mertshet Solomon and Ethiopians who have joined I-YES!

Acknowledegments To all people who had donated to the first I-YES! Fund raising event

To all people who have donated (ready to donate to) the one year jubilee event

Friends: Fantastic 5 members, Kristian Frank, Marko

To all people who have inspired me

People who said no to me while pondering at the saying: "I am thankful to all those who said 'NO' because of them, I did it myself.''-the Nobel Laureate Albert Einstein

Agenda

Introduction One year progress of I-YES! Further realizations Challenges Summary Backups

The I-YES! initiative

I-YES! programs

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I-YES! sections

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Introduction One year progress of I-YES! Further realizations Challenges Summary Backups

One year progress of I-YES! Inspiring website made of 355 pages and subpages as well as 100+ hidden pages 10 commenced I-YES! societies 19 commenced I-YES! sections Progress in the implementation of the I-YES! programs I-YES! resources: 4000+ links of global universities and 1000+ priceless scientific

links I-YES! networking: 80+ Ethiopian scholars/scientists are networked via I-

YES! I-YES! research: The Progressive I-YES! Theorem (PIT) JoIn-YES! articles: 2 submitted and 3 in preparation Distinguished I-YES! Lectures (DILs): 86 novel topics I-YES! fund raisings: the first I-YES! fund raising event and the one year

jubilee of I-YES!

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Introduction One year progress of I-YES! Further realizations Challenges Summary Backups

Further realizations Keenness, hardwork, determination, strong desire and the audacity of hope to strengthen the I-YES! network to Evoke synergy among I-YES! societies and I-YES! sections Evoke synergy among I-YES! sections so as to effectively

implement the I-YES! programs Evoke synergy among the I-YES! societies so as to effectively

implement the I-YES! programs (Fully/Partially) implement the Progressive I-YES! Theorem

Make I-YES! a highly effective organization

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Introduction One year progress of I-YES! Further realizations Challenges Summary Backups

Main challenges Unsettled abroad life of several Ethiopian scholars/scientists

Strengthening the I-YES! network

Evoking a synergy among the I-YES! societies and I-YES! sections

Lack of keenness

Making I-YES! a highly effective organization

Establishing a regularly working I-YES! board

Lack of finance and time

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Introduction One year progress of I-YES! Further realizations Challenges Summary Backups

Summary "We are the change we have been waiting for."-the Nobel Laureate and the 44th President of USA Barak Obama

''Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.''-the inconceivable Nobel Laureate Nelson Mandela

"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."-the Nobel Laureate Albert Einstein

"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness."-the Nobel Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Summary (cont.) ''You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.'' -Jack London(American short-story writer and novelist whose works deal romantically with elemental struggles for survival. One of the most extensively translated of African American authors. 1876-1916)

"The time is always right to do what is right."-the Nobel Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."-Mahatma Gandhi

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."-Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (author of “the power of positive thinking”)

"A place for everything, everything in its place."-Benjamin Franklin

Summary (cont.) "Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.''-the Nobel Laureate Richard P. Feynman

"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."-the Nobel Laureate Albert Einstein

"If you don't have any charity in your heart you have the worst kind of heart trouble."-Bob Hope (was an English-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, author, and athlete

"If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."-the Nobel Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Introduction One year progress of I-YES! Further realizations Challenges Summary Backups

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I-YES! societies

I-YES! societies

I-YES! sections

I-YES! sections

I-YES! programs

I-YES! programs

በጣም አመሰግናለሁThanks a lotVielen Dank

Merci beaucoup