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Graduation at MVTC
Mekanisa Vocational Training Centre (MVTC),
which is now called "Gudina Tumsa Holistic Training Centre", is one of the
EECMY-DASSC-KNH project engaged in income generating activities and providing
skills for less privileged children mainly from EECMY-Hostels. The centre
is established in 1986 and begun giving training 1n 1989. Since then, it has
educated about 260 trainees and enabled them start a professional career. This
year, on the 22.12.2006, were 26 graduates, among them seven young women, who
were trained in wood and metal work. The centre provides also basic
supplementary courses in electricity, technical drawing, entrepreneurship and
refreshment courses, such as HIV/AIDS.
Conact, Mr. Mulusew Nega,
P. O. Box 3191, A. A., Ethiopia,
Tel.:
(0025) 0113210002
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Seminar in Borena zone
A team from Christian
Aid (East Africa and London) along with Christian Aid Ethiopia office
and EECMY-DASSC visited Borena zone, Oromiya Regional State, southern
Ethiopia, from 23rd
to 27th
of Nov. 2006. The purpose of the visit was to find out the situation of
drought affected communities who are undertaking different
rehabilitation activities with the assistance rendered by the Christian
Aid early in 2006.
After field visits and discussions with respective
communities, the EECMY/SES DASSC organized a one day seminar on the
theme: “the
root causes of famine and conflict in Borena zone”
at Yabello, zonal town. Representatives and government officials from
the communities in Moyale, Meo, Dire and Yabello as well as NGOs in the
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