Entoto Park - እንጦጦ ፓርክ

Recently, in a somewhat lavish ceremony, the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated Entoto Park. This multi-purpose park contains indoor and outdoor facilities built mostly with local materials. The park includes centers for physical activities, a spa, tented lodging, a horse stable, a library, restaurants and coffee shops, fountains, walkways, and bicycle and scooter lanes. The park, located on Mount Entoto, takes up 50 hectares in the forests around Addis Ababa. The park sits at an altitude of 2600 to 3200 metres, and has 10km of roadway for cycling, and 13km for hiking. The park has created a number of job opportunities, both during construction and post-launch. Esso and her husband are among the 6,000 people who have managed to find employment at the park. Hundreds of women who used to make the arduous trek up and down Entoto Mountain to sell firewood have found employment at the park, and a further 6,000 job opportunities have opened up for people living close to Entoto.