Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Homecoming Discount
Steps and Procedures to Facilitate Medical Related Donations – Dr. Lia Tadesse
Steps and Procedures to Facilitate Donations of Medicines,
Medical Supplies and Equipment
A. Initial preparation and communication
We sincerely appreciate the overwhelming willingness and
efforts to support the restoration of health facilities in Ethiopia,
Below are the steps and requirements for all who want to
support these efforts, whom we will refer to as donors, for
donations that are made to restore the damaged health facilities:
l. Donors should review the list of priority items sent out by the
Ministry of Health on its official website to identify list of
materials they can donate.
2. Donors should then complete the online donation item
registration form on the oiT1cial Ministry of Health website 72
hours prior to departure for donations to be made at the
airport or 72 hours before delivery at the airline cargo office
moh.gov.et/site/donations
3. Once the donation form is filled, the list of items registered to
be donated will automatically be transferred to an email
address abnet.zeleke@moh.gov.et for approval.
4. An approval letter will be sent to donors on their personal
email account that should be brought along with the items,
i. Should be brought to the airport in Ethiopia to hand
over the items to EFDA/EPSA.
ii. Should be brought to Ethiopian airlines stations
worldwide to get the 20% discount for cargo
shipments.
5. Once approval letters are sent to donors, the list will be
relayed to EFDA for PIP (pre import permit) for cargo
uplifted items and for donation at Bole International airport
for items that are coming in a baggage.
6. One the approval is received from MOH, below are steps to be followed for cargo and baggage transport of the donated
items.
B. Steps for personal baggage transport to be donated at Bole International Airport.
We prefer for donors and volunteers to use air cargo to
send donated health equipment and supplies. However, if
and when passengers decide to bring items in their
personal baggage/ the following facilitation is arranged;
l. MOH in collaboration with Ethiopian Airlines and Bole
International Airport has donation collection site at bole
international airport at a place between baggage claim and
customs.
2. Passengers should bring two copies of the approval letter sent
from the Ministry of Health onboard their flight and hand it
over along with the baggage to the donation site EFDA
(Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority) for inspection and
EPSA (Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Agency)} for
storage,
3, Items brought for donation do not have to go through
customs processing; EPSA as receiver of items will handle
processing with customs.
4. Items brought for personal use by passengers will go through
customs and security by normal procedure.
5. Passengers are advised to put items for donation in a separate
checked baggage or carryon bag.
C. Steps for cargo transportation
l. Donors will communicate Ethiopian airlines initially for cargo shipment.
2. A dedicated line will be established by ET stations worldwide solely for the purpose of information sharing regarding donation acceptance.
3. For cargo uplifting of donation items, ET will provide a 20% discount.
4. Air way bill will be given to donors which they will relay to MOH.
5. The MOH will relay this air way bill to EPSA.
6. Only EPSA can withdraw the items from the cargo.
7. Any personal item mixed with the donation materials will not
be removed for personal use and will be considered as a donation.
8. Cargo donation materials need estimated pricing since customs needs pricing for declaration.
9. Any other item other that medication, medical supplies and equipment that is not listed and approved by MOH/FDA will not be granted permission for entry.
N.B Below are the minimum requirements/standards by
Ethiopian Food and Drug Administration Authority (EFDA) the
donated items should fulfil.
I. All supplies and medication donated should have at least a
6-month expiry date window.
2. All items should have approval letter form MOH before
transportation. And we exceptionally treat and accept
donations that come without prior communication/ without
approval letter from MOH if they fulfil FDA requirements
3. Any reagents are allowed in the country provided they do
not contain any type of micro-organisms.
4. Any item that requires cold chain for transportation should
do so in a cold chain system of transportation.
5. Items are preferred to be brand new however any item that
is used or refurbished should have a refurbishment
certificate or any document that proves the functionality of
the item.
6. If possible, bring the receipt of purchase or receipt of
donation for the items.
7. All items should be packaged
8. Re-labeled items (name of the items, expire date, dosage.. i)
will not be accepted.
N.B Items will be collected from the airport by the Ministry of
Health and distributed through the Ethiopian Pharmaceutical
Services to facilities in need.
December 18/2021 (ENA) The Great Ethiopian Homecoming Challenge is a huge opportunity to manifest the true image of Ethiopia to the rest of the world as 1 million diaspora and friends of Ethiopia would be heading to visit the country by January 7, according to Ethiopian Tourism Professionals Association (ETPA).
A massive influx of visitors is expected in the homecoming as everyone with an African origin is an invitee and the Ethiopian Diaspora are also encouraged to bring at least 1 non-African person.
Following the call of the prime minister to Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia all over the world to join the Great Ethiopian Homecoming Challenge, the nation is preparing to welcome over one million people, it was learned.
In an exclusive interview with ENA, Acting Manager of Ethiopian Tourism Professionals Association (ETPA) Minyamir Asrat said preparations have been undertaken to welcome and host the visitors in collaboration with all actors in the tourism sector.
“As tourism professionals association, we will provide consultations services on how to welcome the diaspora community and friends of Ethiopia for tourist guides, operators, companies, and other service providers in the sector,” he added.
Noting the huge responsibility entrusted on every stakeholder in the sector, the acting manager stressed that Ethiopia comes before everything else and the collaborative efforts will definitely make the event historic.
“We know 1 million is a huge number. But if we work in a more cohesive manner, it could be remarkably productive and historic. On our part, we are ready to make our guests happy.”
According to the acting manger, the Great Ethiopian homecoming is crucial to erase the recent fabricated images of the nation by some Western actors and to counter the coordinated and unwarranted defamation on Ethiopia.
Minyamir further said, “My message for all service providing institutions, private companies and all actors involved in the sector is that they need to strive to change the image of the nation and counter the recent unwarranted defamation from Western countries.”
The acting manager believes that the calls for the diaspora and friends of Ethiopia to come home comes at crucial time when Ethiopia needs its true children, friends and all longstanding partners near and afar.
“So, all service providers and Ethiopians at home have to be seize this opportunity to promote the true face of the nation for the rest of the world with pride and dignity,” he underscored.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed initiated what is called the “Great Ethiopian Homecoming Challenge” as the country has been fighting against unwarranted external pressure, mainly orchestrated by some Western countries.
የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፓራ የተግባር ም/ቤት የሚሊዮን ተጓዦችን ፕሮጀክት እያስተባበርኩ ነው አለ – VOA Amharic
ዋሽንግተን ዲሲ — VOA Amharic
አንድ ሚሊዮን ተጓዥ ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያውያን ለመጭው የገና በዓል የአውሮፕያኑ አዲስ ዓመት ወደ ኢትዮጵያ እንዲጓዙ የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት ጥሪ አድርጓል፡፡
በተለያዩ የዓለም ክፍሎች የሚገኙ ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያና ትውልደ ኢትዮጵውያንም ጥሪውን ተቀብለው ወደዚያው ለመጓዝ ዝግጅት ላይ መሆናቸውን ሰምተናል፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ የተግባር ምክር ቤት አጋር ሆኖ የማስተባበር ኃላፊነት መውሰዱን ዋሽንግተን ነዋሪ የሆኑት የምክር ቤቱ ቦርድ ሰብሳቢ ካፕቴን አብይ ገ/ህይወት ለአሜሪካ ድምጽ ተናግረዋል፡፡ በእንግሊዝ ለንደን ከአስተባባሪዎች አንዱ የሆኑትን አቶ አለባቸው ደሳለኝም አነጋጋረናል፡፡
ጥሪው ያለምንም እቅድ በድንገት የተላለፈ በመሆኑ በዚህ አጭር ጊዜ ውስጥ ብዙ ነገሮች በጥድፊያ ለማድረግ እየተሞከረ መሆኑንም አስተባባሪዎች ተናግረዋል፡፡
ዝርዝር ዘገባውን ከተያያዘው የድምፅ ፋይል ያዳምጡ።
ኢትዮጵያ የኛን ድጋፍ ዛሬ ትሻለች!
Health Facility Restoration Plan for Amhara and Afar Regions in Northern Ethiopia!
በአማራ እና በአፋር ክልል የጤና ተቋም መልሶ ማቋቋም !
በአማራ እና በአፋር ክልል የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት በቅርቡ ያወጣው ዘገባ ከ 9.4 ሚሊዮን በላይ ሰዎች ከቤት ንብረታቸው መፈናቀላቸውን አረጋግጠዋል። በተጨማሪም በእነዚህ ክልሎች 2,732 ጤና ተቋማት፣ 4 የደም ባንኮች እና 125 አምቡላንሶች በግምት ወደ 40 ቢሊዮን ብር የሚገመቱ ተዘርፈዋል፤ ወድመዋል ወይም ከአገልግሎት ውጭ ሆነዋል። ህዝቡ በተመጣጠነ ምግብ እጥረት፣ በስነ ልቦና ጉዳት እና በኢኮኖሚ ውድመት ምክንያት ሙሉ በሙሉ የጤና አገልግሎት አጥቷል።
በጦርነቱ የተጎዱትን የጤና ተቋማት ወደ ነበሩበት ለመመለስ እና ለማደስ ፕሮጀክት ኪውር (Project C.U.R.E) የተባለ ግብረሰናይ ድርጅት ግምቱ 18 ሚሊዮን ዶላር የሚሆን አምስት ሺ አዲስ የሆስፒታል አልጋዎች እና ፍራሾችን፤ ከተጨማሪ የድንገተኛ ህክምና ቁሳቁሶች ጋር ለመለገስ ሃምሳ በአርባ (50×40) ጫማ ኮንቴይነሮችን አቅርቧል። በአንድ ኮንቴነር $22,000 ዶላር የመጓጓዣ እና የማጠራቀሚያ ወጪ ያስፈልጋል። ከጅቡቲ ወደ ኢትዮጵያ የመጎጎዣና የጉምሩክ ቀረጥ ደግሞ የኢትዮጵያ ጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስቴር በሃላፊነት ተረክቦ ለተጎዱ አካባቢዎች ያሰራጫል።
እነዚህን 50ዎቹን ኮንቴነሮች በተቻለ ፍጥነት ወደ ኢትዮጵያ ለመላክ 1.1 ሚሊዮን ዶላር በአስቸኳይ መሰብሰብ ይኖርብናል። ይህ ለመላው ኢትዮጵያውያን እና የኢትዮጵያ ወዳጆች ድጋፋችን የምናሳይበት እና ለኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ፅናት ያለንን አክብሮት የምናሳይበት መልካም ተግባር ነው።
ስለዚህ ለወገን ችግር ፈጥኖ ደራሽ ወገን ነውና ለዚህ የነፍስ አድን ጥሪ ና ትብብር ሁላችንም የበኩላችን አስታዎጻኦ አንድናበረክት በተዘጋጀው የገንዘብ ማሰባሰቢያ መርሀ ግብር ላይ ዙም(ኦንላይን) ታህሳስ 10 ቀን, 2014ዓ.ም. በኢትዮጵያ አቆጣጠር ከምሽቱ 2 ስዓት (December 19, 2021 at 12:00 NOON EST ላይ አንድትገኙ በአክብሮት ተጋብዛችኋል።
የዕለቱ የክብር እንግዳና ተናጋሪ ዶ/ር ሊያ ታደስ የጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስተር ናቸው።
Ethiopian Airlines Offering The Great Ethiopian Homecoming Discount
As of December 20 Ethiopian Airlines current discount information are as follows
- It is time to visit Ethiopia and spend an unforgettable time with your family and loved ones. Ethiopian has offered special discounts from 20% to 30% for all flights to Addis Ababa from all over the world.
- You can buy your ticket until December 25, 2021, and travel anytime in January 2022.
- Ethiopian is also offering unlimited free date change for all tickets issued before 31 December 2021 and for travel up to 31 March 2022.
Change requests can be performed through:-
1, Ethiopian Airlines sales offices
2, Global Customer Interaction Center (GCIC) and
3, The agencies from which the ticket was purchased.
- For tickets originally purchased online (Ethiopian website and Mobile application), change request can be performed online.
Terms and conditions
- Reservation/Booking shall be cancelled, and ticket shall be exchanged with new travel date at least one day before departure of originally scheduled flight date to be exempted from no-show fee.