The Addis Ababa city administration micro and small enterprises development bureau says it has finalized preparations to make benefit about 123, 000 residents of Addis Ababa through productive urban safety net program.
Head of the bureau, Leulseged Yefru told WMC that the bureau is exerting efforts to support about 123,000 poorest segment of the people in 35 selected weredas in Addis Ababa city.
According to Luelseged, the bureau has targeted to involve 103,000 beneficiaries through public development activities and about 19, 827 people via direct support program in order to improve their livelihood.
So far, the bureau has organized about 684 one to thirty groupings to realize the direct support program for people that cannot engaged in any type of activities, he stated.
In addition, the bureau has organized 6, 434 one to five groupings to involve the people in public development activities , he reiterated.
Leulseged noted that one beneficiary of the direct support program gain 170 birr payment per each month and resident selected to be involved in the public development expected to engaged in the greening, infrastructure development , sanitary and water shed development activities targeted to earn their income.
The productive urban safety net program expected to implement in the next five years with a total cost of 450 mln USD , in which the government of Ethiopia allocated 150 mln USD and the rest 300 mln USD is covered by World Bank loan.