UNHCR Representative visits Kobe irrigation scheme at onion harvest
UNHCR’s Representative in Ethiopia and the Deputy Director General of RRS met refugee and host community farmers during the onion harvest.
- When 25 August 2022
- Where Kobe irrigation scheme, Melkadida refugee operation
- Farmers 150 refugee and host community members
- Funded by IKEA Foundation, through UNHCR, with RRS
In partnership with UNHCR and the Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS), Wa-PYDO implements integrated livelihoods work in the Melkadida refugee operation, supporting livestock-based businesses, agricultural crop production and cooperatives for both host and refugee communities, with funding from the IKEA Foundation.
On 25 August 2022, the organisation hosted the UNHCR Representative in Ethiopia, Mamadou Dian Balde, and the Deputy Director General of RRS, Mulualem Desta, accompanied by Wa-PYDO’s Executive Director, Mohamed Ali Abdi.
The mission visited the Kobe irrigation scheme, which benefits 150 people from the refugee and host communities, during the onion harvest. Read more about the Integrated Livelihoods Programme.
In pictures
First shared on Wa-PYDO’s Facebook page.
