An 86.18 million dollar grant agreement was signed between the Ministry of Finance, UNICEF and UNFPA last week to support the agencies’ ongoing country programs for the fiscal year.
Out of the total grant, UNICEF committed 70 million dollars to support its water, nutrition, education, health, sanitation, child protection, and gender projects. Meanwhile, UNFPA pledged 16.1 million dollars for family planning, maternal health, adolescent and youth development, and gender equality and women empowerment projects.
The annual work plan represents the final phase of the current country program of the agencies up to 2025, which has been in effect since 2020. The agreement was signed by Semereta Sewasew, state minister for Finance; Mariko Kagoshima, UNICEF deputy representative to Ethiopia; and Taiwo Oluyomi, UNFPA deputy representative to Ethiopia.
