‘I love Ethiopia’

It was 16 July when the delegation from Rome’s Central Council of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society, led by its President, Giuliano Crepaldi, in cooperation with the Society’s national federation, arrived in Addis Abeba, capital of Ethiopia, inspired by the desire to make the humanitarian project “I love Ethiopia” a reality. Born out of a request by the Fathers of the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in Ethiopia and based on the objectives of welcome and solidarity and on those courageous challenges faced daily by the Saint Vincent Society, even during the pandemic, the programme is aimed toward a land in need of humanitarian interventions to face the grave economic situation and the health emergency, which involves the children of Ethiopia. Sister Hiwot Zewde of the confraternity of the ...