On May 7th 2021 officers of Hundee Barumsa Warqinaa Dachaasaa (WADA) visited the proposed site of the Workneh Dechasa Memorial School. This is WADA Secretary Hirpa Abu’s account of the visit.
Good morning all!!
We, the executive committee of Workneh Dechasa Education Foundation board traveled to the birth place of Workneh Dachasa, Guder, Melka Dhaga on May 06,2021. The committee held the meeting with officials & community elders from Tokke Kutaye district and Guder town including children of the surrounding of Melka Dhaga.
The participants from the administration & education offices of the district and the Mayor of Guder town appreciate the objectives of the foundation and promised to support particularly the building of the Primary school. The official raised different questions and the committee members gave enough explanations. After discussion, officials suggested the followings:
Ø Complying of the school to be built to the standards/requirements of Oromia education Bureau;
Ø Immediate site plan and handover of the land as donation by Workneh’s family to the Foundation
Ø Obtaining ownership certificate and construction permit from Guder Municipality;
Ø Preparing detail project plan after taking Primary school design and signing agreement with the Oromia Education Bureau;
Ø Starting and accomplishing on time. This is a high concern for them as they experienced with other NGOs.
Community elders & children were very happy and they will wait eagerly for the beginning of the project. They hoped that the project will solve their multisided problems of the learning process. As they told us, the children were very tiresome after going a distance of 5km to 1o km to reach the school and not following the teaching learning processes properly.
The elders also promised to coordinate the community to support by their labor, delivering local building materials, giving security services, follow up and monitoring
Generally we had a beautiful day and accomplished our plan successfully.
At the end, the Committee thanks a lot Workneh’s family for their honored hospitality and invitation of delicious lunch and drinks not only for us but all other guests.
Goodbye
Hirpa Abu