On 17th June 2014 over 600 project staff, senior officials from the Federal and regional Government, Donors and other stakeholders congregated in Debrezeit, Ethiopia to launch the third phase of the Pastoral Community Development Project (PCDP). The PCDP III launch was an opportunity to discuss the project design, assess lessons learned and successes from the past and incorporate theses into the implementation of new activities.
The project launch was opened by Mr. Tessema Legebo, Country Programme Officer for IFAD and Mrs. Louis Scura, Sector Manager at the World Bank country office. Since the inception of PCDP in 2004, 1.9 million agro-pastoral and pastoralists have improved their livelihoods through project support. Investing in community led development plans, generated by pastoralist and agro pastoralist themselves; the project has successfully implemented development activities to serve their demands. The fifteen year project has now reached its third phase, aiming to reach an additional 2.6 million beneficiaries, expanding activities to an additional 113 woredas(local administrations) in Somali, Afar, Oromia and the Southern Nationalities, Nations and Peoples Region (SNNPR).
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