Save the Children Korea CEO visits Ethiopia

Monday 11 May 2015

Ms. Michelle Kim, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Save the Children Korea, visited Save the Children’s health and education programs in Oromia, Somali and Southern Nation Nationalities and Peoples regional states from April 15 – 20, 2015.

Sponsorship Programs

The Sponsorship Program team and the school community welcoming the visitors

Ms. Kim met and discussed with students, teachers and other members of the community at the Tule Primary School in Ambo, 120 km west of Addis Ababa. Tule School is situated in West Showa Zone supported by sponsorship programs. The programs are implemented with the generous support of more than 14,000 sponsors from South Korea, USA and Australia and South Korean sponsors take the largest share.

Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Visit

The country office team and the visitors attending a briefing session at Mareko Woreda Health Bureau

Ms. Kim also travelled to Lanfaro and Mareko Districts of Southern Nations and Nationalities Peoples Regional State to visit health facilities supported by maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) program. Save the Children through its MNCH project has been providing training to midwives and other health professionals on basic emergency obstetrics and newborn care (BEmONC) which improved their institutional delivery skill.

The Camel Mobile Library Project in Somali

Ms. Michelle Kim handing over the prize to the reading competition winner

The CEO, along with John Graham, Country Director of Save the Children in Ethiopia, then visited the Camel Mobile Library (CML) Project in Aremedobe and Armaley villages in the Somali Regional State on April 20, 2015. The visitors had also the opportunity to attend a live reading contest among school children from level three at the alternative basic education center in the village.

Save the Children’s Camel Mobile Library is an innovative way of reaching children in remote parts of the region; led by a herder and a librarian, the camel libraries carry trunks of books around the ABE (Alternative Basic Education) centers and elementary schools in the remote villages giving children the chance to borrow books on a regular basis.

Concluding her visit, Ms. Michelle Kim said, “I am very happy to come a long way and see the impact the projects have brought in the lives of children and the community. Our visit was a success, and I hope we will continue to support projects in Ethiopia in the future.”