"You can guess when you participate in something from your childhood and see your work and success growing up how it feels, said Shamsuddin, who is now a doctor in Dire Dawa. That's what makes the current moment special."
"Previous generations dreamed of harnessing the Abbay River [Blue Nile], but their efforts were constrained. Today, that vision has come to life."
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was inaugurated after decades of work, funding delays, political upheaval and regional pushback. The project was announced in April 2011 by then-Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and relied on public contributions to fill financing gaps, with citizens from civil servants to shoe shiners contributing. Contributions made years earlier, including those from schoolchildren, helped deliver Africa's largest hydroelectric project, completed nearly 14 years after the announcement. The inauguration occurred two days before the Ethiopian New Year. Project planning traces back about a century, and leaders framed the dam as realizing a long-held national vision.
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