UNDP provides PPE, ICT equipment worth $930,000 to Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, August 21, 2020 (FBC) – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has handed over PPEs as well as ICT tools and equipment worth over US$930,000 to support critical business continuity of Ethiopia’s public service during the COVID19 pandemic.

Turhan Saleh, UNDP Ethiopia Resident Representative, handed over the equipment to Berhanu Feyissa, Deputy Commissioner of the Federal Civil Service Commission.

The COVID19 response items were handed over to the Commission on behalf of the Government of Ethiopia, to be distributed to 34 ministries and other public agencies.

Among recipients of the donation include the Ministry of Health, the Ministry Peace, the Police Commission and several regional states as well as local manufacturing industries industrial parks.