While on the one hand, the education of millions of children was stopped due to the corona virus epidemic around the world, there was a double trouble in the African country of Ethiopia. Completed the task.
However, a project to save children from forced labor and give them a better future in the remote areas of Ethiopia surprised the world, the unique project of mobile camel libraries.
Schools in Ethiopia were closed in March due to the coronavirus, forcing nearly 26 million children to stay at home, while the country’s rural areas are already at risk of child labor and early marriage. was faced
In this situation, an organization has dedicated more than 20 camels to keep children connected to education in the eastern Somali region of the country and started distributing books to children in villages by loading them with wooden boxes full of books.
The country director of the international organization ‘Save the Children’, Akin Ogotogulari, said that this is a huge crisis, but we are determined to meet the needs of financially vulnerable children as much as possible in the days of Corona.
It should be noted that this project of camel libraries in African rural areas was started 10 years ago, but due to the Corona epidemic, more than 22 thousand children were helped in this area of Ethiopia through this project in more than 33 villages. is
Under the project, local volunteers load children’s books on camels and go from village to village and pitch tents and stay there for at least 3 days, during which the children can sit and read the books and take them home.
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