The Awuramba community
Bahir Dar, July 17, 2023 (AMECO) -Awuramba community is found in the north-western part of the Amhara National Regional State, south Godar Administrative Zone nearby eastern part of Lake Tana areas.
The origin and history of Awuramba community, it is highly associated with a person whose name is Zumra Nuru, a founder and community leader of such community.
The Awramba community is a self-sufficient one that follows four principles: respecting equality of women, respecting children’s rights, caring for the elderly and avoiding bad deeds. Later, they also added “Accepting all humans as brothers and sisters” to the list.
Besides the majorities of the founders of the community including the leader of the community were originally Muslim in religion though they changed immediately their belief into the spirit of strong working culture, respect all human beings and believe in equality, making love and peace for common life as well as avoiding harmful traditional practices including the religious supported ones among others.
Currently they are neither Muslim nor Christian, rather their emphasis is respecting a Devine Power (God) as well as shared values and principles of their own. Awurambas, then, is a community which is founded for the most part, by men and women, fired with strong conviction and purpose, which banded together and deliberately chose to be strong workers. By so choosing, they reversed both the traditional prestigious hierarchy and patriarchy system. Instead of aspiring to “rise” in the social ladder, they are aspiring to ‘social equality’ through social cooperation and gender equality.
Source: Walta
