Partners launch green jobs project in leather tannery

Addis Ababa, June 4, 2021 (FBC) – People in Need (PIN Lead), International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Solidaridad (SOL) have commenced a three–year green jobs project in a leather tannery in Modjo town.

During a workshop to officially launch the project, People in Need (PIN) Program Head Meron Wubishet yesterday said that: “The project would be implement in Modjo municipality and nearby communities to manage solid waste that release into the river and environment to nearby communities that happen earlier by tanneries and leather sectors and able to diminish and finally create better social cohesion between tanneries and communities.”

She added that using the newly launched project, leather waste solid would be transformed into valuable products and support unemployed youths via providing soft skill capacities to start their job through incubation program.

According to EPA, the project has also targeted to benefit at least 4,000 unemployed youth, mostly vulnerable females that have been registered as unemployed in Modjo town.”