Condolence Message from the Konso Intellectual Association (KIA) Statement of Condolence on the Passing of Professor Christopher R. Hallpike The Konso Intellectual Association (KIA) is deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Christopher R. Hallpike, a distinguished anthropologist, scholar, and long-time friend of the Konso people. Professor Hallpike dedicated a significant part of his academic life to studying and documenting the history, culture, social institutions, and

Dear Graduates of the 2018 Ethiopian Calendar Academic Year, The Konso Intellectual Association, on behalf of all its members, extends its heartfelt congratulations to you on successfully completing years of hard work, dedication, perseverance, and patience at various Ethiopian universities and reaching this important milestone of graduation. This joyful occasion is not only a celebration for the graduates but also a day of honor for your parents and families. Through their l

🎓🎉Warm Congratulations to Dr. Gebresilasea Gendisha Uke! 🎉🎓 The Konso Intellectual Association (KIA) proudly extends its heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Gebresilasea Gendisha Uke, an active member of the KIA Europe Branch, on successfully earning his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Health from Monash University, Australia. This outstanding achievement reflects years of dedication, perseverance, academic excellence, and a deep commitment to serving society through kn

Under the national plan of Ethiopia's Ministry of Education to construct 50 Model Secondary Schools across the country, Konso Zone was selected in 2023/24 as one of the first 16 locations to host a Model Secondary School. However, the project failed to commence as scheduled, causing widespread concern and disappointment among the people of Konso. This frustration was further intensified by previous development projects allocated to the area that had not been implemented due t

📚🌿 KIA Receives Landmark Research Book on Konso Wild Food Plants

The Konso Intellectual Association (KIA) conducted a ten month performance review meeting through an online platform with the participation of team members, branch coordinators, board members, and members of the General Assembly. During the discussion, the Association’s General Manager, Basire Balcha, presented the performance report and explained that one of the primary objectives of the Association since its establishment has been capacity building. In line with this object

The Konso Intellectual Association extends its warm greetings to all followers of the Christian faith on the occasion of the Glorious Resurrection, wishing you a peaceful and blessed Easter. As we reflect on the Easter and Resurrection holidays, we remember the great sacrifice paid by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who left the glory of His heavenly throne and gave Himself on the cross of Calvary. As scholars, although we live in different parts of the country and the worl

#SupportKonso | #KIA Donates 50,000 Birr The Konso Intellectuals Association (KIA) has provided 50,000 Ethiopian Birr in support of people severely affected by flooding in Segen Zuria Woreda, Konso Zone. It may be recalled that the Association had previously called on all its members both within the country and abroad to contribute according to their capacity to assist those impacted by the flood disaster and to help them secure sustainable, permanent shelter. Following this

የኮንሶ ምሁራን ማህበር (KIA) ከከና ወረዳ ዋና አስተዳደር ጽ/ቤት ጋር በመተባበር ለወረዳው የመንግሥት ሠራተኞች የአቅም ግንባታ ሥልጠና ሰጠ። በሥልጠና መድረኩ ላይ በ"አስተሳሰብ ለውጥ (Mindset)"፣ "በስሜት ልህቀት"፣ "በሥራ ሥነ-ምግባር" እና "በአገልግሎት አሰጣጥ ተደራሽነት" ርዕሰ ጉዳዮች ዙሪያ ሰፊ ግንዛቤ ተፈጥሯል። የከና ወረዳ ብልፅግና ፓርቲ ቅርንጫፍ ጽ/ቤት ኃላፊና የመንግሥት ዋና ተጠሪ አቶ ዘርፉ ላቄው በሥልጠናው ማጠቃለያ ላይ ተገኝተው ንግግር ባደረጉበት ወቅት፤ ሥልጠናው ለወረዳው ሠራተኞች እጅግ አስፈላጊ በመሆኑ በቀጣይ በሰፊው የሚሰጥበት ዕድል እንደሚመቻች ተስፋ ሰጥተዋል። የማህበሩ አባልና አሰልጣኝ እጩ ዶ/ር ሳሙኤል በርሻ እንደገለጹት፤ የሥልጠናው ዋና ዓላማ የመንግሥት ሠራተኛው ለችግሮች መፍትሔ ለመፈለግ ከአካባቢያዊ አስተሳ

የኮንሶ ምሁራን ማህበር (KIA) ከኮንሶ ዞንጨሠገን ዙሪያ ወረዳ አስተዳደር ጽ/ቤት ጋር በመተባበር ያዘጋጀው የሥልጠና መድረክ ተጠናቀቀ። በሥልጠና መድረኩ ላይ "የአስተሳሰብ ለውጥ (Mindset)"፣ "የስሜት ልህቀት"፣ "የሥራ ሥነ-ምግባር" እና "የአገልግሎት አሰጣጥ ተደራሽነት" በሚሉ ርዕሰ ጉዳዮች ላይ ለባለሙያዎች ጥልቅ ሥልጠና ተሰጥቷል። በማጠቃለያው መርሃ ግብር ላይ የተገኙት የሠገን ዙሪያ ወረዳ የአደረጃጀት ዘርፍ ኃላፊና ረዳት የመንግሥት ተጠሪ አቶ አለምገና አያኖ፤ "የተለወጠ አእምሮ ለፈጠራና ለሥራ ሁልጊዜ ዝግጁ ነው" ብለዋል። ባለሙያውም ከሥልጠናው ያገኘውን ዕውቀት በመጠቀም ለማኅበረሰቡ ለውጥ የሚተጋ መሆን እንደሚገባው አሳስበዋል። አቶ አለምገና አክለውም፣ ባለሙያዎች ሥልጠናውን ወደ ተግባር በመቀየር ለሕዝቡ ቀልጣፋ አገልግሎት መስጠት እን

የኮንሶ ምሁራን ማህበር (KIA) ከኮንሶ ዞን የሠገን ዙሪያ ወረዳ አስተዳደር ጽ/ቤት ጋር በመተባበር ለወረዳው ሲቪል ሰርቫንቶች የአቅም ግንባታ ሥልጠና መስጠት ጀምሯል። በህዝብ አገልጋይ የአስተሳሰብ ቅኝት (Glocal mind set for public servant)፣ በሥራ ስነምግባር እና ሙያዊነት ( Work Ethics and Professionalism)፣ በህዝብ አገልግሎት አሰጣጥ ( Public Service delivery) እና በስሜት ልህቀት (Emotional Intelligence) በሚሉ ርዕሶች ለወረዳው የህዝብ አገልጋዮች ለ2 ቀን የምቆይ ስልጠና መስጠት ጀምሯል። ሥልጠናውን የወረዳው ዋና አስተዳዳሪ አቶ ገዛኸኝ በራቆ በንግግር የከፈቱት ሲሆን፣ ማህበሩ የአካባቢውን የልማት ችግሮች በጥናት ለመፍታትና የአገልግሎት አሰጣጥን ለማሻሻል የሚሠራ "ከእኛ በእ

የኮንሶ ምሁራን ማህበር አዲስ አበባ ቅርንጫፍ ከዋና ጽ/ቤት ጋር በመሆን 130ኛውን የዓድዋ ድል በዓል ምክንያት በማድረግ ከአጠቃላይ አባላቱና አዲስ አበባ ከሚኖሩ የኮንሶ ተወላጆች ጋር ያደረገው ውይይት በስከት ተጠናቀቀ። የውይይቱ ዋና ዓላማ ጀግኖች አባቶቻችን ዘመናዊ መሳሪያ ታጥቆ በሀገራችን ላይ ወረራ ለመፈፀም የመጣውን ወራሪ ኃይል ድባቅ መትተው አንገት በማስደፋት ወደ መጣበት መመለስ የቻሉት፣ ልዩነቶቻቸውን በማጥበብና የውስጥ አንድነታቸውን በማጠናከር በእጃቸው የነበረውን ጥቂት መሣሪያ ከታላቅ ብልሃትና ጥልቅ የሀገር ፍቅር ጋር አቀናጅተው በመታጠቃቸው በመሆኑ፣ እኛ በሀገር ውስጥም ሆነ ከሀገር ውጭ ያለን የኮንሶ ምሁራን እኛን አስተምሮ ለቁም ነገር ያበቃው ታታሪው የኮንሶ ህዝብን ዘቅሰው ከያዙት ዘርፈ ብዙ ችግሮች አላቀን ማሻገር የምንችለው እንደ

🔴 Happening Now! The Konso Intellectuals Association (#KIA), Addis Ababa Branch, together with the Head Office, is hosting a public discussion forum in commemoration of the 130th Anniversary of the Victory of Adwa 🇪🇹 Members and Konso natives in Addis Ababa are gathered to reflect on the legacy of our heroic forefathers how unity, wisdom, courage, and deep love for country enabled them to defeat a modern invading force and secure victory. Inspired by the heroes of Adwa, w

Congratulations on the 130th Anniversary of the Victory of Adwa! The Konso Intellectuals Association (KIA) proudly extends its warm congratulations on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the historic Victory of Adwa. The Victory of Adwa stands as the foundation of freedom for Ethiopians and a powerful symbol of dignity and identity for Black peoples around the world. On this occasion, KIA expresses its heartfelt joy and conveys its wishes of peace and congratulations to

“The Konso Intellectuals Association (KIA) is an institution founded with a bright vision to solve the development challenges of the Konso community through research based approaches and to elevate the community to a better level,” said Honorable Mr. Fikru Birhanu, Chief Administrator of Kolme Woreda. The Konso Intellectuals Association, in collaboration with the Kolme Woreda Administration Office, has begun providing a two day training program for the woreda’s civil servants

The Konso Intellectuals Association (KIA) has begun providing training for public servants of the Karat City Administration on various topics. In collaboration with the Konso Zone Administration Office, the Konso Intellectuals Association previously delivered a two-day training for public servants of the Konso Zone in October 2025 (about four months ago). After making preparations to extend this training to all districts (woredas) in the zone and to the Karat City Administrat

ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ልማት የሚመጣው ጠንክሮ በመስራት ብቻ ቢሆን ኖሮ፣ በዓለም ደረጃ በታታሪነቱ የሚታወቀው እና የታታሪነት ተምሳሌት የሆነው የኮንሶ ህዝብ ከማንኛውም አካባቢ በላይ ወይም ባላነሰ በራሱ አካባቢ ልማት ማረጋገጥ በቻለ ነበር። ነገር ግን እውነቱ ይህ አይደለም፤ በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ የተስፋፋው ኢ-ፍትሐዊነት፣ ያልተመጣጠነ የሀብት ክፍፍል እና በየደረጃው ባለው የመንግስት የስልጣን መዋቅሮች ውስጥ ያለው የጥቅም ሰንሰለት በልማት ሂደት ላይ ከፍተኛ ተጽዕኖ ያሳድራል። በመሆኑም ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ልማት የሚገኘው በስራ ብቻ ሳይሆን፣ 👉የህዝብን ጥቅም የሚወክሉና የሚያስከብሩ አመራሮችን በየደረጃው በመገንባት፣ 👉ከሌሎች አጋሮች ጋር የህዝብ ጥቅምን ያማከለ ዲፕሎማሲ በመስራት፣ 👉በመንግስታዊ ቢሮክራሲ ውስጥ ጠንካራ የተያያዘ መዋቅር (institutional n

The Konso Intellectual Association, Yabello and Surrounding Areas Branch, conducted an awareness creation program for Konso Intellectuals living in the Teltele area. The awareness creation program was held yesterday, on February 15, 2026., in Kulcha town in a vibrant and well-organized manner. The Teltele Woreda Kulcha Town Administration Head, Engineer Barile Bayashe, attended the event and delivered a welcoming message. Following this, the Vice Chairperson of the Yabello an

The Konso Intellectual Association, Yabello and Surrounding Areas Branch, conducted an awareness creation program for Konso Intellectuals living in the Teltele area. The awareness creation program was held yesterday, on February 15, 2026., in Kulcha town in a vibrant and well-organized manner. The Teltele Woreda Administration Head, Engineer Barile Bayashe, attended the event and delivered a welcoming message. Following this, the Vice Chairperson of the Yabello and Surroundin

Yesterday, the intellectuals of Sorobo Kebele held a successful discussion focused on peace, unity, development, and good governance for the people of the Kebele. During the meeting, coordinators of the Kebele scholars were officially elected. Recognizing the vital role of intellectuals in fostering a peaceful, transformed, and prosperous Konso society, the Konso Intellectual Association expressed their heartfelt gratitude and appreciation for the community’s efforts to stren