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Preventing COVID-19 One Bar of Soap At a Time
- June 25, 2020
- Posted by: Rob_PE
- Category: Healthy Villages
No CommentsOn a sunny Sunday afternoon in June, more than 500 women and men spread across the wide grassy area in front of the local Orthodox church. They were there as part of Project Ethiopia’s latest efforts to provide outreach, education, and soap to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable rural families.
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The Gift of Light
- June 25, 2020
- Posted by: Rob_PE
- Category: Healthy Villages
It’s 6:28 pm. The sun has set and you must spend the rest of your waking hours in darkness. The only option for lighting your home is an expensive, inefficient kerosene lamp that exposes your family to toxic fumes. This is the reality for the majority of families living in rural Ethiopia.
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New Lab Supports Innovative Science Education
- June 25, 2020
- Posted by: Rob_PE
- Categories: Access to Education, Schools
When students return to Dangla Meskerem Primary School in September, a beautiful, new building for science instruction and learning will greet them on campus. The new lab replaces a dilapidated building lacking electricity and proper storage for lab and teaching materials and will serve students in grades 3 – 8 (nearly 900 in total).