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School feeding of near 1000 pupils in Tigray is secured by a generous donation of 45.000 €
Now it is possible to continue the financing of the exemplary Laeley Seken school meal program, which is successfully organized entirely by local private Ethiopian initiatives and financed by donations from Germany.
The Laeley Seken school is located in a remote rural area of the northern Ethiopian province Tigray, in the region of the provincial town of Abiy Addi, northwest of the provincial capital Mekelle.
Since 2024, the children have received a warm meal once a day. The food is stored at the school and was purchased with donations from Etiopia-Witten e. V. It consists mainly of rice and spicy legume porridge, prepared according to a traditional recipe. The village community from which the children come is responsible for cooking. In addition, on certain days, the children receive large cereal bars for children instead, which are specially fortified with proteins and vitamins. This helps to counteract malnutrition.
The school's dedicated teachers carefully supervise this program and report that it has been well received by the students, which is reflected in the sharp increase in attendance. The number of students present has increased from 75% to 95%. The proportion of children who arrive late has dropped from 12% to 1.2%.
We are delighted with this result!
Since the economic and political problems in Tigray are far from being settled, it may be that, contrary to expectations, we will have to continue to finance school meals even after the coming harvest season. This is now well secured by this generous donation.
Children queuing for the school feeding
Having to start with morning tea and nourishing biscuits
1000 medical gowns for Ayder Hospital of Mekelle University Mekelle from GIZ Germany and Etiipia-Witten Assoc.
As part of the SARC I program, Etiopia-Witten responded to the need for medical gowns for 1000 new medical students at Ayder Hospital. The 1000 medical gowns were produced locally in Mekelle with the logo of Ayder University Medical School and the logo of German Etiopia-Witten with the German flag. The SARC I organization and the handling of the financing with €7000 was carried out by the German Etiopia-Witten Assoc. with funds from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and supported by the funding program: Hospital Partnerships of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ).
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