{"id":2041,"date":"2026-08-03T07:44:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/?p=2041"},"modified":"2026-08-03T08:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:20:05","slug":"ethio-telecom-mobilises-staff-eth-as-part-of-ethiopias-800b-tree-planting-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/ethio-telecom-mobilises-staff-eth-as-part-of-ethiopias-800b-tree-planting-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethio Telecom mobilises staff Eth as part of Ethiopia\u2019s 800m tree-planting drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_d0d395bc5949c7a4\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-luminous-fast-follows enable-updated-hr-color md-content tutor-markdown-rendering\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-busy=\"false\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">By Gelila Adamu<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Addis Ababa, (AMECO)- Ethio Telecom has mobilised more than 3,500 employees to plant 250,000 seedlings, joining Ethiopia\u2019s national initiative to plant 800m trees in a single day.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The state-owned telecommunications company launched its participation in the eighth round of the country&#8217;s Green Legacy Initiative in the Gulele sub-city, with senior executives and external partners attending the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">Chief executive Frehiwot Tamiru told attendees that environmental protection was a &#8220;shared responsibility&#8221;, adding that the company&#8217;s involvement in seedling preparation and planting is expected to create around 2,000 job opportunities.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Tamiru described Ethio Telecom as a &#8220;green operator&#8221;, stating that the firm is integrating environmental sustainability into its core operations alongside national climate mitigation efforts.The campaign is taking place simultaneously across 18 regions.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">The drive forms part of Ethiopia\u2019s broader reforestation project, which aims to reverse land degradation, build climate resilience, and support socio-economic development across the country.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,3,0\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gelila Adamu Addis Ababa, (AMECO)- Ethio Telecom has mobilised more than 3,500 employees to plant 250,000 seedlings, joining Ethiopia\u2019s national initiative to plant 800m trees in a single day. The state-owned telecommunications company launched its participation in the eighth round of the country&#8217;s Green Legacy Initiative in the Gulele sub-city, with senior executives and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1459,404,901,84,1246],"class_list":["post-2041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2050,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041\/revisions\/2050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2041"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}