(Xinhua/Michael Tewlde)ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese heavy machinery manufacturer is helping an Ethiopian primary school with a water cellar project to address water shortage. The project harnesses rainwater for the Oda Nebee Primary School in Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia, about 30 km south of capital Addis Ababa. "After the first water cellar is completed, we will build other 49 water cellars around Ethiopia to help solve water shortage during dry season," noted the regional manager. Dejene Dekebe, a teacher at the school, told Xinhua that the water cellar project would alleviate water shortage in the school, where the main water source is a borehole 4 km away. "We are bringing water with plastic bottles because we feel thirsty, and we don't have water here (at the school) for drinking," she said.

Source: Ethiopian News November 07, 2016 11:02 UTC