Addis Ababa City Administration Youth Association visit Lenegewa Women's Rehabilitation and Skills Development Center
December 11, 2018
The leadership and members of the Addis Ababa City Administration Youth Association visited Lenegewa Women's Rehabilitation and Skills Development Center. The visit was attended by the President, Vice President and the Chairperson of the Sub-district Youth Association of Addis Ababa City Administration. The Deputy Director General of the Health Sector of the center, Ms. Leke Hailemariam, welcomed the visitors and said that the center recruits young women from all over Addis Ababa according to four criteria: prostitution, street work, failed returnees from Arab countries and women with low living standards. The Deputy Director General added that the center is a center that works to provide rehabilitation and vocational training to trainees after they enter the center and help them overcome their difficult lives and become productive citizens. The Deputy Director General gave the visitors a tour of the center's grounds, rehabilitation and skills training areas. The visitors expressed their satisfaction with the people-oriented work being done, especially the center that builds the capacity and identity of girls, and promised to celebrate Christmas, which will be celebrated on December 29, together with the center's trainees.