Meet Ras Kella Wala

Freelance Help in Emergency, Trainer, Creator and Volunteer in Shashamane

As times get more challenging, it is fitting and important to focus on in-cooperating key life-“saving” skills on a compulsory level at every school!  Especially in the grassroot communities, where the quality of education is very basic, ambulances are scarce and proper health care is the last thing to expect, there is definitely a growing need that needs to be recognized.

In these times where cooperate funding in awareness spreading is at a historical low, sharing life-saving skills is the first budget to be dropped or disregarded when things get tight in making ends meet. Understandably, it could be due to the high prices quoted by media outlets to advertise positive awareness whereby individuals that see the gap simply cannot afford it, and cooperates’ are stifled and scared to invest due to the increasing inflation and around the world.

This is why I had to take time out to introduce you all to this amazing Rasta from St. Lucia’s who is forging his own unique repatriation journey to Shashamane Ethiopia, while single handedly making a difference in helping others.

Ras Kella Wala is a certified Red Cross trainer and a volunteer who gathered his world of knowledge across continents to be here in Shashamane Ethiopia.  He came to the Yawenta Children’s Center, to passionately share his “Helping in Emergency” training to the students and staff, which he delivered over a 2 day session at the end of June 2024.  His training is on basic methods and examples on how one should act and react when someone around them is facing a state of emergency, or otherwise in need of help.

He also elaborates on how to identify or analysis the kind of help the person needs and how not just to do things with good intentions, as without knowing- while attempting to save a life, we can do more harm than good. 

I felt the importance of interviewing such a driven elder immediately, and share what inspires him to the world in the hopes of inspiring others. It is a reminder of the impact a single person can make in another person’s life, (UBUNTU), without cooperate support, media and as our elder put it so rightly -“without borders”. 

There is no limit to what can be done if we put our mind to it!

Would love to hear your thoughts and comments! More wonderful posts coming up about our 2nd quarter here at the Yawenta Children’s Center, and our road trip to Addis Ababa (the capital) to see “The Spirit of Ubuntu Documentary” so stay tuned!