Global Grant for Basic Education and Literacy/Economic and Community Development in Southern Ethiopia

Submitted by: Cecelia Babkirk, Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley

Project Owner: Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley

Project Description:

This project is two-fold:

Support the local primary and secondary schools in Soda, Ethiopia, where I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer and in which a quality education is sadly lacking.

Support economic and community development initiatives to bring new businesses and jobs to the community, in which 60% of the population is under the age of 30 and most students, upon graduation from secondary school have no education or job prospects. These will be locally and culturally appropriate initiatives.

Project Website:

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Project Contact:

• Cecelia Babkirk, Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley, rotariancecelia@gmail.com, (916) 342-8004