Addis Ababa — China has sent a 50-member volunteers' team to Ethiopia to render a one-year service. The team arrived here at Bole International Airport yesterday.

Capacity Building Ministry Public Relations Acting Head Yilma Tibebu said that the volunteers would serve at various ministries and offices.

The volunteers came here in fulfilment of the Chinese government pledge to provide capacity building assistance to Ethiopia, he added.

Yilma also noted that the Chinese volunteers are believed to have made significant contribution in the capacity building sector.

The volunteers would be assigned to seven Federal Ministries, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples State and the Information Communication Technology Development Agency, he said.

The volunteers are trained in Information Communication Technology (ICT), agriculture, pedagogy, mines and other fields.