Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - He tangata no te rohe o Bale, Etiopia, i kukume ia ki te whakaaro o te rere ngaio i muri i tana kitenga i tana hoa whenua a Haile Gebrselassie i patu i a Paul Tergat ki te wikitoria koura i nga Orimipia o Sydney 2000. I tiimata ia ki te whakataetae a-ao mo tona whenua i te 16 o ona tau ka wini ia i te mētara hiriwa 3000 mita i te 2005 World Youth Championships i Athletics, ka mutu i muri i tana hoa whenua a Abreham Cherkos. I taua marama o Noema i whakataetae ia i te Great Ethiopian Run a ka mutu i te tuawha, i te whakatakoto i te 10 km ara pai o 28:45.99. I te tau e whai ake nei ka eke ia ki te tuarima o nga whakataetae rangatahi i te 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, i awhina i nga taiohi o Etiopia, i arahina e Tariku Bekele, ki te mētara hiriwa a te roopu. Ko te angitu i runga i te ara i whai ake i muri tata mai i tana wikitoria i te taitara o Etiopia i te 10,000 mita, ka whiua a Tadesse Tola, ka wikitoria i te koura i te huihuinga i te 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics. I uru ia ki te 10,000 m i te Memorial van Damme i Brussels, a ko te tuawha i roto i te mara teitei, i whakaturia he taitamariki o te ao 27:02.81 i roto i te tukanga.