Yet in the urban center, poverty remains a challenge, particularly for young people, who often find themselves left behind in a quickly developing country. The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member church has 12 congregations in the town and another 42 in the surrounding area. In the training center garden, a series of ponds will hold fish as they grow. “This way, we expect to be able to harvest some 100 kilograms of fish per cubic meter per year,” Schuilenburg added. The church owns the Mekane Yesus Seminary in Addis Ababa, which is the main higher education training center for theologians and other church workers, several seminaries and Bible schools.

Source: Ethiopian News May 02, 2019 09:22 UTC