A project to help 60 million Ethiopian people who have no access to electricity!
We’re part of a fundraising group hoping to raise £100,000 to assist the completion of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Ethiopian Diaspora & friends are running 8460km between us (the distance from London to GERD) by the end of July.
GERD will generate low carbon hydropower and provide green electricity to the people of Ethiopia & East African countries.
This will help to alleviate extreme poverty & have a positive impact on the climate by reducing deforestation & wood & fossil fuel burning in Ethiopia.
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ABOUT GERD
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance DAM (GERD) is a zero carbon emissions hydropower plant which will give surplus green electrical energy to the people of Ethiopia and other East African countries and it is believed it will have a positive impact on both alleviating extreme poverty and on the climate by reducing deforestation in Ethiopia and beyond. GERD will be the largest DAM in Africa and what makes this DAM a unique project is everything is being funded by the Ethiopian public and contributions from the diaspora and friends. The GERD has been under construction since 2011 and projected to be completed in 2023. Currently, 60% of the Ethiopian population has no access to electricity. The first electricity is projected to be produced by September 2021 and it will be used to give light and further support the development in rural and urban areas of the country. The GERD project is forecasted to need 185billion Birr (est. £4billion) to finish off the project and has reached 80% of completion. Meanwhile, we, the Ethiopian community and friends in the UK, Ireland and globally are running 8460km, the distance from London to GERD by the end of July 2021 to assist this AMAZING project. Our aim is to raise £100,000( a drop in the ocean but every contribution can make a huge difference) and we think we can meet our target with your generosity. It is going to change millions of lives back home. Giving light to all our people is a long awaited dream to all Ethiopians so please help us accomplish our DREAM and be part of something you are going to be very PROUD of! We are really excited about this project and we will be keeping you updated with our running progress. Thank you so much in advance and your help is going to be appreciated forevermore.
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