On April 18 U.S. Ambassador Don Yamamoto visited the site of a school renovation project at Abiot Ermija Primary School in Kirkos sub-city, Addis Ababa. A U.S. military Civil Affairs Team from the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) is working with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to renovate administrative buildings, and construct a new library facility, latrines, playground and community hall. The Ambassador told journalists invited to join the visit that the U. S. government supports community centered development work in Addis Ababa and elsewhere in Ethiopia. An example of this, he added, is the joint work being carried out at Abiot Ermija Primary School by CJTF-HOA and USAID.
USAID/Ethiopia Mission Director, Glenn Anders, said USAID will furnish the school with computers, books, teaching aids and other supplies. Similar projects are planned for schools in Dire Dawa and Debre Zeit. Nine Naval engineers (also known as “Seabees” from CJTF-HOA are working at the construction site, which will be finalized in September 2007.
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