Baroness Kinnock, Minister for Africa, visits Ethiopia programme
Addis Ababa - Baroness Kinnock took time out from her visit to Ethiopia this week (26 January) to visit the Marie Stopes International programme here. The Baroness, who is in Ethiopia for the bi-anuual African Union meeting, was keen to see the programme in action as well as visit some of the other development initiatives supported by the British Government.
Together with the British Ambassador Norman Ling and DFID Health Advisor Ali Forder, she spent time at MSI Ethiopia’s busiest clinic in Tekle Haimanoit and took part in a community education programme in Addis Katama. Addis Katima is one of the capital’s one poorest neighbourhoods and home to many sex workers and rural migrants who have come to Addis Ababa seeking work.
The education programme was held during one of the community’s popular coffee which attract many local people, proving a perfect opportunity to communicate important health messages. Baroness Kinnock was warmly welcomed at the ceremony and during it took time to speak to a number of the women and children present.
At the end of her visit, Baroness Kinnock praised the work that MSI Ethiopia is doing and said: "I am a great supporter of Marie Stopes International’s work both in Ethiopia and globally”.