INSA donates computers and office furniture to the Ethiopian Red Cross Society

The Information Network Security Agency (INSA) donated 50 used desktop computers and various office furniture worth Birr 350 thousand to the Ethiopian Red Cross Society Addis Ababa Branch.

Welcoming the gifts Ato Abebaw Bekele, ERCS Addis Ababa Branch Head said “the donation is significant as it adds to our resource mobilization effort.” Some of the computers and the furniture will be used in the office and the rest will be sold and the money will go to assist those in need, according to Ato Abebaw.

“We know it is the Red Cross that comes first during emergency. What goes to those in crisis is what comes from the citizen pocket. So if we would like to see Red Cross reaching out more vulnerable people, we need to support it with what we have in our hand,” says Ato Solomon Tesfaye, Communication Directorate Director INSA.

INSA also played its part in the effort the Society made to recruit members through Short Message Service (SMS). The Agency was also there with ERCS Addis Ababa Branch when maintaining the Global Positioning System (GPS) to its vehicles. The Agency also expressed its readiness for future collaboration with the Society.