The World Bank Group is set to approve $210 million in financial assistance to Ethiopia to support water development projects in low land areas, the Ministry of Water and Energy of Ethiopia has disclosed.
The funds will be used to support projects aimed to develop underground waters in low land areas where there is low rainfall, said the ministry in a statement seen by on Thursday.
The projects will be implemented jointly by the Water and Energy Minister and Irrigation and Lowlands for a 5 years period, according to the ministry.
The ministry’s official discussed the funding with a World Bank delegation and it stated that the funds will be used to implement the projects as soon as approved by the World Bank and endorsed by the national parliament.
Last April, the World Bank approved a $300 million grant to help the Horn of Africa nation to rehabilitate conflict-affected communities in the north of the country.
The project set to support efforts to address the immediate needs of communities, rehabilitate/recover infrastructure destroyed by the conflict, and increase community resilience to the impacts of conflict in a sustainable manner.
The ongoing conflicts in different parts of the country have caused the displacement of millions of people throughout the country and have further exacerbated the incidence of gender-based violence (GBV), with widespread reports of physical and sexual violence, particularly against women and girls.
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