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Africa-Press<\/a> – Eritrea<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>After a long drive through the plains of Ubel in Mai-mne sub-zone, intense activities and movement of people, loud music from music shops, and big trucks waiting to be unloaded notified us that we have reached the town of Mai-dma. The businesses in the town such as restaurants and hotels were crowded. In the eve\u00adning, the town glitters with lights from the shops and all the house\u00adholds. There is no worry regard\u00ading electricity in Mai-dma and the surrounding villages, thanks to the 24-hour solar generated electricity in the area.<\/p>\n

Mai-dma is one of the busi\u00adest towns in the southern region of Eritrea. It is located in one of the strategically important routes in the country that connects the Gash Barka region through Shambqo, Ubel and Dembelas to the southern region of Eritrea. Endowed with natural resources such as grit and untapped mineral fields, the town was founded in 1964 as a small village. Owing to its strategic location however, the village showed substantial growth in a short time. Goods imported from the Sudan are distributed to the Southern re\u00adgion through Molqi to Mai-dma. Likewise, goods from across the southern region and even border towns of the neighboring coun\u00adtries are also passed on to the Gash Barka region through this course. As the local inhabitants in the surrounding villages be\u00adcame more business oriented, they started relocating to the then budding business hub in the area, Mai-dma.<\/p>\n

The village was transformed into a town in 2003; currently, it encompasses 12 villages under 3 administrative areas. according to recent census, the population of the town has surpassed 11,500. The inhabitants of Mai-dma are commonly engaged in farming, herding and commerce. There are about 325 commercial centers in the town, all of which run well for it is a commercial center.<\/p>\n

The type of soil and climate in the area is mostly convenient for plantation of fruits and vegeta\u00adbles. Guava, mango, tomato, im\u00adproved potato seeds, onion, let\u00adtuce and green vegetables being some of the main productions of the farmers in the area, there are around 40 small-scale fruit farms in Mai-dma. Although the fruit and vegetable farms are limited in size, the products reach mar\u00adkets as far as Asmara, apart from meeting the needs of the people of Mai-dma and the quality of the products is very good.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the social services in Mai-dma need a significant up\u00adgrade because the town is grow\u00ading in size and standard. Never\u00adtheless, it has access to the basic social services, such as health\u00adcare, education, water, commu\u00adnication, transportation and elec\u00adtricity.<\/p>\n

The healthcare infrastructure in the town, as the administra\u00adtor, Mr. Mehari Alazar, outlined, is still lacking because there is only one health center. For a population as big as Mai-dma, more investment need to be made and focus should be given to the health care sector because the population is growing fast. Yet, the health center is equipped with the necessary equipment and pro\u00adfessional human capital. Hence people from Molqi sub-zone are usually referred to the Mai-dma health center. Furthermore, the employees of the health center do their best to accommodate the health needs of the population. And for transportation of emer\u00adgency and critical patients, there is an ambulance in the town.<\/p>\n

The Eritrean society as a whole is now well informed when it comes of the benefits of educa\u00adtion and the role it plays in the success of their children. Speak\u00ading of education in Mai-dma, the education facilities in the town stretch from kindergarten to sec\u00adondary level. Moreover, because the town has expanded to the bor\u00addering villages, the nearby villag\u00ades have become part of the social makeup of the town. According to report, there are eight schools in the town, most of which were built after independence.<\/p>\n

According to the Director of Mai-dma High School, Mr. Mhretab Habtegabr, there was no Secondary School and stu\u00addents had to travel long distances and waste money and energy to get secondary level education. But then after one of the Middle Schools was upgraded to a Sec\u00adondary School, the burden of the students and their families was eased.<\/p>\n

The nature of the town activi\u00adties is possible hindrance to the education system in Mai-dma; children engage in business\u00ades and do not come to school. Though such occurrences are rare, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has given particular focus to the problem and has been toil\u00ading hard to minimize it.<\/p>\n

As part of the efforts to moni\u00adtor the students\u2019 performance and balance their inclination to commerce, Parent-Teacher- Association (PTA) meetings are held every now and then in the schools. Mai-dma Secondary and Junior School has a science and ICT laboratory building. The labs are properly equipped but has not been fully utilized yet. The par\u00adticipation of females in education sector in Mai-dma is an encour\u00adaging 48%.<\/p>\n

Mai-dma is one of the centers for which the Areza-Mai-dma solar power plant provides elec\u00adtric power. Previously, Mai-dma and all the surrounding villages of the Mai-mne and Areza sub-zones had no access to electricity. But now, things have improved and many of the villages in the area have uninterrupted access to electricity.<\/p>\n

Apart from household and busi\u00adness electricity requirements of the people, farmers demand ac\u00adcess to power their water-pumps and other agricultural materials for their farm. Mai-dma water department has been using diesel generators to pump water to the people, which is now done using the solar generated electricity. Hence, the electricity relief has also helped the people get access to easier water distribution and other social service facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe demand of the people has grown substantially with the growth of the town and so is the businesses, the number of wells and water facilities\u201d, Mr. Me\u00adhari said. At present, there are 8 wells which are now using solar powered water-pumps. Addition\u00adally, the administration has built two check dams to support un\u00adderground water. Thus, the water sector in Mai-dma is stable and for further security, the adminis\u00adtration is building another check dam.<\/p>\n

The communication and trans\u00adportation sector of Mai-dma sur\u00adpasses many villages and towns around the area. There are gov\u00adernment and private buses that work on the roads to and from As\u00admara, Ubel, Barentu, Molqi and other towns and cities in Gash Barka. There are mobile network towers in the town, which has in its way boosted the commercial life of the people in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eritrea. After a long drive through the plains of Ubel in Mai-mne sub-zone, intense activities and movement of people, loud music from music shops, and big trucks waiting to be unloaded notified us that we have reached the town of Mai-dma. The businesses in the town such as restaurants and hotels were crowded. 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