NGOs undertaking over 20 mln. birr dev't projects

Harar - Non-Governmental Organizations in Harari State have reportedly been executing various development works with an outlay of more than 20 million birr.

Agriculture and Rural Development Bureau Head, Abdulkadir Adem, told WIC that the NGOs are implementing the projects in 19 kebeles with acute socio-economic problems.

Abdulkadir said the development activities include HIV/AIDS prevention, health, potable water supply and natural resources conservation.

The 11 NGOs are also participating in education and capacity building, care and support for orphans and the disabled, natural resources development, family planning and reproductive health services, modern dairy farming, fighting Female Genital Mutilation and other harmful traditional practices, he added.

According to Abdulkadir, the development activities will benefit more than 20,000 inhabitants of the state.

Among the NGOs engaged in the development works are Menschen fur Menschen, SOS, Hohete Misrak, OSSA, Harari Relief and Development Association, DKT Ethiopia and Cheshire Ethiopia.

Last year, nine NGOs carried out various development activities with 15 million birr benefiting more than 15,000 people, Abdulkadir recalled.

(WIC)