The Ministry of Environment (Minister Cho KyeungKyu) holds a completion
ceremony for installing water supply facilities in small village in
Ethiopia on April 27 (Korean time) at Kenteri region in Oromia state,
Ethiopia. The project is aimed at supplying safe and clean water to
local residents.
The ceremony will be joined by the Ministry
of Environment (ME), Korean Embassy in Ethiopia, Korea Environmental
Industry Association (KEIA),the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and
Electricity of Ethiopia, officials from Oromoia state and 150 local
residents.
The water supply facilities installation project
for small villages in Africa has been conducted in one African country
every year. The project was first started in Ghana in 2011, and carried
out in Nigeria in 2012, Kenya in 2013, Tanzania in 2014 and Mozambique
in 2015.
The water supply installation project for small
villages in Ethiopia was commenced in March last year with a budget of
KRW 400 million. The project aims to provide safe and clean water to
5,000 local residents by constructing a water supply container in
Kenteri village in Ethiopia through collaboration between the ME and the
Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity of Ethiopia.
The
ME expects that the installation project of water supply facilities
tailored to small villages in Africa will lay a ground for Korean
environmental companies to advance into the African water market.
The
project execution company, Woojin Construction Inc., will apply reverse
osmosis technology to build the container-type water purification
system as well as supply community facilities such as shower room, sink
and wash place to local residents.
In addition, KEIA, another
execution agency, will give out water bottles and school supplies to
200 residents during the completion ceremony.
Lee Chang-heum,
Director of Environment Industry and Technology Division, said that "a
successful implementation of the project will not only supply clean
water to Ethiopia but also link Korea's outstanding water-related
technologies to various follow-up projects in Africa," he added.