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GIZ IS observed anniversary with social responsibility

Employees of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit International Services (GIZ IS) in Ethiopia donated blood on 12 June 2014 at the Head Office located at China-Africa Square and at its project office in the premises of the African Union. GIZ IS Ethiopia set its foot in the country with the bole/gerji condominium housing ‘pilot’ project which was inaugurated in July 2004. Since then, it has been working on behalf of various Ministries like the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, the World Bank and other clients, acting as Management Agent, for the last decade.      

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Aid to education fell by US$42 million in Ethiopia

 Global aid down 10% since 2010

New figures released by UNESCO’s Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report ahead of the Global Partnership for Education’s Replenishment Pledging Conference in Brussels between 25^th and 26^th of June, revealed between 2011 and 2012, aid to education  fell by US$42 million in Ethiopia. Within that, aid to basic education in Ethiopia fell by $23 million.