The drive to local self-help programs

The drive to local self-help programs
has sprung from the people themselves and flourishes because of local initiative, imagination and effort. It is a vivid and encouraging testimony to the vitality of the Ethiopian or African people. Roads have been built, schools and public buildings have been established and many other health facilities have been undertaken and fulfilled with funds locally collected and locally administered.
  Haile Selassie Ist Power of the Holy Trinity