Ethiopian President Girma Wolde Giorgis speaking with Getahun, director of Buckner in Ethiopia during the inauguration ceremony.
Ethiopia (MNN/Buckner) ― Ethiopia's Prime Minister just held a forum with students over the effectiveness of the six-year-old national youth development package.
It demonstrates concern over education issues and the next generation. According to the youth and sports minister, the Ethiopian government is working close with the youth to make them the front-runners on the developmental activities in all regions. That's why there's so much hope over the newest project by Buckner International and Bright Hope.
Ethiopia's president joined them for the February 7 inauguration of a new school in Bantu, Ethiopia. The school will be the hands and feet of Christ to 400 impoverished children.
Aside from a Christ-centered education, teams will provide these children with two meals a day, two school uniforms, clothing, shoes, school books and supplies, medical treatment, and personal hygiene materials.
"Two years ago I stood on an empty field with a group of pastors and the President of Ethiopia. On Tuesday I got to stand in a completed school with hundreds of children being reached," said Kyle Henderson, member of the E-team. "They recited English letters, numbers, and animals. In just a few months these kids have moved from dirt floors and no teaching aids to qualified teachers, in excellent facilities, and a new future."
The school is in a six-block area containing eight classrooms and one administration building with five rooms. There's also a building with a kitchen and cafeteria, a staff residence with four rooms, a director residence with five rooms, and a building with eight showers and restrooms.
All of the rooms are furnished and equipped with the necessary furniture, materials and equipment. The school also employs experienced teachers and other supportive staff. It will officially open in September with 200 students.
