Ethiopia lauded the Chinese government for its assistance in promoting Ethiopian students with disabilities, according to Xinhua.
This came during an event organized to mark the topping-out of a Chinese-funded, multi-purpose school building of Alpha School for the Deaf here in Addis Ababa.
The latest support also featured the donation of much-needed educational supplies to the vulnerable students.
Ethiopia's State Minister for Women & Social Affairs, Huria Ali, acknowledged the Chinese government, companies and charitable organizations for their continued assistance in targeting vulnerable Ethiopians.
Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International, emphasized the crucial role that the Alpha School for the Deaf is playing in terms of providing the necessary educational development for its students.
"When I think about children in the Alpha School studying in spacious and bright classrooms and how their fate might be changed with their time in this school, I feel that our work is so important and meaningful," said Zhang.
Mola Wulie, the school director, said the continued support by Rehabilitation International has meaningfully contributed to the provision of quality education.
Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia, Zhao Zhiyuan, for his part underscored the positive outcomes of the multifaceted Sino-Ethiopian cooperation, with socioeconomic contributions benefiting all segments of the two countries' people.//