The Omo Valley tribes

Urgent help is needed on this cause. I a m calling on my friends to give a voice and help survival international facilitate the cry of the Omo Tribal people agains the Gibbe Dam in Ethiopia. Please follow the story here and contact your nearest authority to solicit voices agains the Chinese sponsored Omo river dam construction which will most likely bring our indigenous brothers and siter to extinction. (Read more) Source (SI) China’s largest bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), has agreed to fund part of the construction of the dam.

After carrying out preliminary evaluation studies, both the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced in 2010 that they were no longer considering funding Gibe III.

In March 2011, the Ethiopian government withdrew its request for aid credit from the Italian government. The request had raised great concern amongst many Italian NGOs, which urged the Italian Foreign Minister not to support the controversial dam.

Survival and various regional and international organisations believe that the Gibe III Dam will have catastrophic consequences for the tribes of the Omo River, who already live close to the margins of life in this dry and challenging area. We are calling on potential funders not to support this project until a complete and independent social and environmental impact study is carried out and the tribal peoples have been fully consulted and given their free informed and prior consent. Resource: http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/omovalley http://www.internationalrivers.org/resources/ngos-call-for-investigation-of-gibe-iii-dam-3132

NGOs Call for Investigation of Gibe III Dam

http://www.internationalrivers.org

On April 22, 2009, International Rivers and allies submitted the following request for investigation to the Compliance Review Mechanism Unit of the African Development Bank.

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