U.S. Embassy partners with local NGO Save the Nation to mark the 2017 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 17, 2017/APO Group/ —
The U.S. Embassy in partnership with local NGO Save The Nation will mark the 2017 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) on Monday, November 20, 2017. The event will be held at Menelik II Referral Hospital where hundreds of traffic accident victims are being treated.
The event commemorates the many millions killed and injured on the world’s roads, together with their families, friends and many others who are also affected. It is also a Day on which we thank the emergency services and reflect on the tremendous burden and cost of this ongoing tragedy to families, communities and countries, and on ways to halt it.
You are invited to attend a press event at:
Date: Monday, November 20, 2017 at 1:30 pm
Venue: Menelik II Referral Hospital
RSVP to Gedion Mammo 0911512233 or Ali Suleiman 0911509510
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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