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Ethiopia's prime minister, Abiy Ahmed made a pbadionate appeal to the diaspora community to support the ongoing reforms in the country by setting up a Diaspora Trust Fund (19659002) ] Abiy made the proposal while defending the 346.9 billion Ethiopian birr ($ 12.71 billion) budget for 2018/19 on Friday.
'' Diaspora, here is call to you! A dollar a day to help children get education, our brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers get health service, and above all, consider this as 'paying back' to your people who gave you future while they had no one. '' [19659004] Diaspora, here is call to you! A dollar a day to help children get education, our brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers get health service, and above all, consider this as 'paying back' to your people who gave you future while they had no one.
PM Abiy Ahmed called for the establishment of Diaspora Trust Fund-that can be managed independently, which not only boosts saving & investment can be used to support national collective initiatives. #Ethiopia hopes its patriotic diaspora community will heed this national call
– Fitsum Arega (@fitsumaregaa) 6 July 2018
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Ethiopia's global diaspora is estimated to be two-million strong, with the highest numbers in the US, totaling anything from 250,000 up to about one million
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The diaspora community was heavily invested in anti-government protests that raged on in Ethiopia since 2015, and culminated in the resignation of the prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
many activists and opposition politicians fled the country into exile, the diaspora played a key role in coordinating protesters in the United States, covering the protests through US based on the
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