More than 3,000 households who were part of the administration’s urban development safety net project were graduated.
The urban development safety net program, which is being implemented nationwide to address the food security problem of urban dwellers, is being implemented to benefit the low-income and poor sections of the society.
Among the regions and city administrations where the program is being implemented, 3,428 households who were part of the second round of the Dire Dawa Urban Development Safety Net have graduated from the program.
During the three years of its existence, the beneficiaries of the program have been involved in solid waste collection, green development, watershed development and infrastructure development.
Dire Dawa City Administration Job Creation and Food Security Agency Director, MarkosBayuh, on the occasion said that before the start of the program, identification work has been carried out and more than 46,000 family members have benefited from the three rounds of safety net program in Dire Dawa.He said more than 61.2 million birr loan will be released to the beneficiaries of the second round since they got life skills and business skills trainings.
On the other hand, Ahmed Mohamed Buh, Deputy Mayor of Dire Dawa Administration, said the urban development safety net program has enabled the low-income sections of the society in nine urban kebeles of the administration since 2009 EC by transferring about 7,000 citizens in to better life in two rounds.
Out of the second round of urban development safety net construction, additional classrooms constructed at 5 million birr at GendeHalole Primary School in Kebele 02 have been inaugurated.
