Italy, UNOPS sign €7.6mln to improve health services in Afar, Southern Ethiopia regions

Addis Ababa, May 31, 2023 (FBC) – Italy’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Agostino Palese and United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Ethiopia Director, Worknesh Mekonnen have signed 7.6 million Euro financing agreement to support multi-sectoral interventions aimed at improving health services in Afar and Southern Ethiopia Regions.

“The Italian government is proud to contribute to this initiative, whose aim is to address some of the most vulnerable communities in the country, affected by the impact of the conflict and by climate shocks, through the rehabilitation of health centers and schools, infrastructures for access to water and sanitation, focusing on environmental friendly and sustainable interventions,”

UNOPS Ethiopia Director, Worknesh Mekonnen, for her part, said that “his project will not only benefit 62,000 people but will also support Ethiopia to deliver sustainable development goals and national development priorities.”