Office Inaugurates Orphanage Centre

Oct 5 , 2019


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An orphanage centre that was built by the Office of First Lady was inaugurated on October 3, 2019. Built for 12 million Br, the centre was inaugurated with the presence of Zinash Tayachew, spouse of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD), Ergoge Tesfaye (PhD), minister of Labor & Social Affairs, and Takele Uma, deputy mayor of Addis Abeba. Currently, the Office is undertaking the construction of 20 secondary school projects in different parts of the country. The centre, which took six months to be completed, has a library with a seating capacity of 72 people, a dining room, a meeting hall, administrative offices, classrooms and bedrooms for 96 children. During the inauguration, Zinash acknowledged the parties that participated in the construction of the centre.


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