Embassy Highlights
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USAID Provides Additional $112 million in Humanitarian Aid (07/23/08)
The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), have provided an additional $91 million in emergency food aid and $21 million in emergency humanitarian assistance in response to the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia’s revised June 2008 Humanitarian Requirement Report. This new donation coupled with last month’s announcement of $80 million in emergency assistance brings the total U.S. assistance in response to the drought to nearly $200 million. (more)
U.S. Embassy Employees Donate Blood, Help Ethiopian Red Cross Save Lives (07/16/08)  | | Ambassador Yamamoto and Arega Hussien, Public Affairs staff, donating blood at the blood drive held at the U.S. Embassy. |
On July 16, the Ethiopian Red Cross held a blood drive at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa for the second year in a row. Ambassador Yamamoto kicked off the drive, telling local media, “By giving blood, you help to ensure that blood is there when you or someone close to you may need it.” He stressed that the blood donation procedure is sterile and safe and cannot give you HIV/AIDS or other infectious diseases. The Ambassador explained that, contrary to popular belief, most people can spare blood periodically, because blood cells continually regenerate. (more)
Education in a Changing World: From Vision to Action (04/14/08)
United States Holds Africa Regional Education Workshop in Addis Ababa  | | (L-R) Dr. Thomas Corts, U.S. Coordinator of Basic Education, Dr. Sarah E. Moten, USAID Chief of the Education Division, USAU Ambassador Cindy L. Courville, Dr. Sintayehu Worldemichael, Minister of Education, FDRE President Girma Worldegiorgis and U.S. Ambassador Donald Yamamoto | | full-size image |
The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Africa Regional Education Workshop entitled ‘Education in a Changing World: From Vision to Action’ will take place in Addis Ababa from April 13 – 18, 2008. The Honorable President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, President Girma Woldegiorgis, will address over 200 participants at the opening of the workshop. He will be joined by Dr. Sintayehu Woldemichael, the Minister of Education, Ambassador Cindy L. Courville, the U.S. Ambassador to the African Union, and Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, the U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia. The USAID Africa Regional Education Workshop provides a unique opportunity for educators and policy makers to share knowledge and to create a collective agenda for future education programs in Africa with the shared goal of creating education systems that produce results in, and for, Africa. Twenty Sub-Saharan African countries will be represented at the workshop by well over 200 participants. Additional invited guests include leaders and experts of education sector development in Africa. (more)
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USAID Ecotourism Development Program Announced (07/16/08)  | | Ambassador Yamamoto (L) and Minister of Culture and Tourism Mohamed Dirir at the workshop |
On July 16, 2008 the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched its new multi million dollar ecotourism program, which will contribute to the development of Ethiopia’s unique and potentially very lucrative ecotourism sector. The five-year Ethiopia Ecotourism Development Program will protect natural resources and cultural heritage sites, as well as improve the livelihoods and quality of life of local communities. (more)
U.S. Supports Antiretroviral Treatment for 1.73 Million Worldwide (06/27/08)  | Management Sciences for Health, a PEPFAR-funded nonprofit, upgraded the pharmacy at Zewditu hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The hospital now offers free antiretroviral treatment paid for by the U.S. government. (Photo by Marina Walker Guevara)
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The U.S. Government announced on Thursday, June 16, 2008 that, through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), it is supporting life-saving antiretroviral treatment for approximately 1.73 million men, women and children worldwide, including nearly 1.68 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. This represents a dramatic increase from the roughly 50,000 people on treatment in all of sub-Saharan Africa in 2003, when President George W. Bush first announced PEPFAR. This accomplishment, along with the similarly successful prevention and care programs supported through PEPFAR, is a testament to the commitment of the people of the countries in which the U.S. Government is privileged to serve. (more)
PEPFAR Making Strides in HIV Prevention and Care (07/09/08)
USAID HIV/AIDS Care and Support Program highlights results at annual performance review  | | Nancy Estes, USAID Acting Mission Director, highlights the accomplishments PEPFAR has made in Ethiopia. |
On July 9, 2008, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) HIV/AIDS Care and Support Program unveiled impressive progress and achievements at its first annual review meeting at the Sheraton Hotel. Dr. Kebede Worku, State Minister of Health, and Nancy Estes, USAID Acting Mission Director, delivered remarks at the event. Since its June 2007 inception, the program has supported nearly 400 health centers that offer comprehensive HIV and TB counseling and testing services, including supporting life-saving antiretroviral treatment for more than 21,000 people and training approximately 1,500 health providers in HIV and TB counseling and testing curriculum. Working in partnership with the Government of Ethiopia to rapidly expand services, the program has also provided HIV counseling and testing for over 934,000 people. (more)
Ethiopia refugees’ clean stoves scheme wins international green energy award (06/19/08)  | | Milkyas Debebe (L) of Gaia Association in Ethiopia and Kenyan Nobel Prize laureate Wangari Maathai at the award ceremony | | full-size image |
London -- On June 19, 2008, the world’s leading green energy prize awarded £20,000 for a pioneering sustainable energy project to the Gaia Association, an organisation working with the UNHCR in the Kebribeyah refugee camp near Ethiopia’s border with Somalia. The Ashden Awards prize was presented to Milkyas Debebe, Managing Director of the Gaia Association, by Kenyan Nobel Prize laureate Wangari Maathai. The Gaia Association in Ethiopia is transforming the lives of refugees by distributing stoves that use ethanol fuel, a by-product of the sugar industry. The area around the Kebribiyah camp, home to 17,000 Somalian refugees, has suffered severe deforestation and women were always in danger of attack when they went out to collect fuel wood. The new stoves are healthier and more efficient – and families can avoid using wood altogether. Now Ethiopian manufacturers are producing the stoves locally. (more)
USAID Provides $70 million in Humanitarian Aid (06/10/08)  | | USAID’s Glenn Anders (far left) introduces Ambassador Yamamoto, Mohammed Diab and Ato Simon Mechale at a press conference held on June 10, 2008 to announce the U.S. assistance. | | full-size image |
The United States Embassy and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced on June 10, 2008 that the American people, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided approximately $70 million in emergency humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia in the last two months. United States Ambassador Donald Yamamoto joined Mohammed Diab, WFP Representative and Country Director in Ethiopia, USAID/Ethiopia Mission Director Glenn Anders and Ethiopian Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) Director Ato Simon Mechale to highlight the donations. (more)
Ethiopian and American Partners to Share Progress Report at Global HIV/AIDS Implementers Meeting in Kampala, June 3-7, 2008  | | Partial view of the Implementers Meeting participants at the Sheraton Addis. |
Ethiopia’s State Minister of Health Dr. Kebede Worku and U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Deborah Malac opened a meeting of President’s Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) implementing partners at the Addis Ababa Sheraton on May 29, 2008. At the meeting, Ethiopian and American partners in the fight against HIV/AIDS reviewed their progress to date, discussed future plans, and prepared for a global meeting of PEPFAR partners next week in Uganda. (more)
Ambassador Joins CJTF-HOA Team to Promote Ethiopian Livestock Health (05/14/08)  | | Ambassador Yamamoto vaccinating one of the animals assisted by veterinarians. | | full-size image |
On May 14, U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Donald Yamamoto visited a Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) veterinary civil action project (VETCAP) providing treatment and care to livestock at seven locations in Eastern Ethiopia. The Ambassador joined visiting U.S. military specialists and Ethiopian veterinarians at Jeldessa, an hour’s drive outside of Dire Dawa. At the site, he worked with the team to vaccinate several animals, and greeted the community members who had gathered with their goats, sheep, cattle, donkeys and camels. (more) .
U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, Ethiopia Commemorate World Malaria Day (04/25/08)  | | USAID/Ethiopia helped support World Malaria Day in Ethiopia through a mobile van that traveled to communities to raise awareness of malaria. | | full-size image |
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008 Addis Ababa (U.S. Embassy) – Today marks World Malaria Day and a renewed commitment between the United States and Ethiopia to raise global awareness of malaria, to celebrate progress, and to reaffirm their commitment to fighting the disease. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) participated in a three-day annual review meeting in Awassa this week where government leaders, health experts, and development partners joined together to share knowledge and increase understanding of malaria. USAID helped support the meeting by providing thousands of T-shirts and caps, as well as a mobile van that traveled to surrounding communities to raise awareness of malaria. (more)
U.S. Equipment Donation Supports Ethiopian Peacekeepers' Deployment to Darfur (04/17/08)  | Ambassador Yamamoto (right) signs agreement on the donated equipment with Major-General Gezae Abera, Head of the
Logistics main department of the Ethiopian Ministry of National Defense | | full-size image |
On Thursday, United States Ambassador to Ethiopia Donald Yamamoto officially handed over equipment and supplies worth USD 2.1 million to Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) troops preparing to deploy to Darfur as peacekeepers. This donation is part of a broad United States initiative to support African partners' participation in the United Nations-African Union Mission to Darfur (UNAMID). At the handover ceremony, Ambassador Yamamoto said, "The United States remains committed to helping the people of Darfur. We are proud to support the Ethiopian contribution to peacekeeping operations there. Ethiopian troops have played a critical role in the success of recent peacekeeping operations in Burundi, Ivory Coast, and Liberia, and we commend their pledge to UNAMID." (more)
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