Ecumenical charity opens school and implements agricultural project in western Ethiopia

Hungary’s Ecumenical Charity has opened schools and wells in the poor, drought-stricken Gambela region of western Ethiopia, and has also implemented agricultural development and community building programs and charities. Said on friday.

A charity said in a statement that it had built an elementary school in Thiekodi and set up a well to provide drinking water to 4,000 people in Itan.

In this area, where 90% of the locals are not farming, charities have built machine shops, distributed seed corn, goats, lambs and fishing gear and organized training on their sustainable use.

The program was implemented with the support of 125 million forints (€ 329,000) from the Government of Hungary. Hungary helps A humanitarian aid scheme in collaboration with the Ethiopian Evangelical Church (EECMY-DASSC).

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