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ETHIOPIA: Church to Raise More Funds to Benefit Over Seven Million in 2021
By Arnold Neliba
ADDIS ABABA, APRIL 6, 2021 (CISA)-The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia through the Social and Development Commission has approved the work plan for the year 2021 which commits to mobilize more than 2.8 Billion Ethiopian Birr towards benefiting more than seven million citizens.
“The Ethiopian Catholic Church will continue implementing various projects which could benefit people and have a plan to mobilize more than 2.8 Billion Ethiopian Birr in the year 2021 and benefit more than seven million citizens,” reads a statement released by Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat.
The statement follows the Commissions’ annual General Assembly on Wednesday March 31 held at the General Secretariat of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia. According to a report, the Church implemented 189 projects worth 2.5 billion Birr which benefited over six million people.