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Irish priest in relief effort for Ethiopian school for deaf children

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An Irish Vincentian priest who founded a school for deaf children in an Ethiopian town in 2012 has started a fundraising campaign to assist with the relief effort as students and their families in the region deal with Covid-19.

The town of Ambo, which is around a two-hour drive from the capital, Addis Ababa, recorded its first case of Covid-19 in the past week and - like most parts of Ethiopia - has limited resources to deal with the disease.

Up until the middle of March Fr Stephen Monaghan was working at the Ambo Lazarist School for the Deaf - a Vincentian Community project supported by Misean Cara and the Ethiopia Deaf Project.

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