Ethiopia News 12.05.2021

The report we got from the evaluation was very good and really encouraging. After interviewing 5 employees, the team that was here was very positive about the atmosphere and the team cohesion. It was really a push forward for all of us.
 
We stopped the search for a coordinator this week. We will continue when I get back in October. We just haven't found the right person.
 
COVID-19 is now becoming more and more present here, except for masks, hand washing and distance, you don't get that much of the pandemic here. Now Enat has probably been infected during one of the home visits and is in quarantine with the whole family. A mother in the project who works with Enat has also been infected and has to stay at home for 2 weeks. Her son was in kindergarten one day when she already had symptoms... We are now closed for this week. All employees had a test on Monday, including Yaron and our driver. We are waiting for results. Nobody expected this situation, but we were more or less prepared for it and most likely will have to close the kindergarten for 2 weeks. We are leaving for Germany on Friday next week.
 
The mothers who suffer the most are those who cannot drop off their children and thus have no income. So we are expecting several requests for our emergency finances this month.