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RELEASE ECDC Launches Fund Campaign
With an
estimated 14 million Ethiopians threatened by drought-induced famine over the
next few months, the Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc. (ECDC) in
Arlington, Va., has launched a fund-raising campaign to help provide emergency
assistance. ECDC
President Tsehaye Teferra said the organization’s “Ethiopian Famine Relief
Fund”will provide concerned individuals and organizations an effective channel
through which to make contributions, with the assurance that 100 percent of the
tax-exempt donations will go directly to benefit the famine victims in Ethiopia. “Aid
workers are predicting that this crisis could be far worse than the devastating
disaster that struck the Horn of Africa in the mid-1980s,” Teferra said.
“Without an immediate and generous response, available food supplies will be
exhausted by the end of December. As many as 14 million people are facing
imminent starvation.” Founded
in 1983, ECDC is a non-profit organization that provides humanitarian assistance
to refugees and immigrants in the United States and supports educational and
socioeconomic programs in Ethiopia. In recent years, ECDC has raised several
thousand dollars to aid Ethiopian victims of drought, famine and war, and has
provided donated books and other materials valued at more than $8.1 million to
educational and medical institutions in the country. To
make a contribution to the relief effort, send a check or money order to: Back to main page! |