Exchange visit to the Center for Students with Disability at Addis Ababa University

In the framework of the second annual meeting of the INEDIS project, Lukas Ertl from Barrierefrei Studieren at the University of Vienna visited Addis Ababa University. Besides participating at the annual meeting and getting to discuss with the project partners from three Ethiopian universities, he also spent some days at the Center for Students with Disabilities at Addis Ababa University. He was shown the equipment and provisions for Students with Disabilities and had the opportunity to exchange with representatives from the Center on the situation of Students.

Addis Ababa, 24^th to 27^th of April 2018

After the exciting INEDIS workshop in Gondar and the APPEAR Networking Meeting in Addis Ababa Lukas Ertl met with Dr. Alemayehu, INEDIS project coordinator. Dr. Alemayehu introduced him to Mr. Mekonnen Manaye, senior expert at the Special Need Support Office at Addis Ababa University (AAU). The Austrian project representatives were very warmly welcomed by Mr. Mekonnen and some of the students who are studying in the facilities of the Center. They were very happy to show them around the facilities and services of the Center and the beautiful main campus of AAU.

Impressions of this exchange can be found in the photo gallery.