Thanks to the groundwork done in laying infrastructures in the past 20 years, the inhabitants of the Afabet subzone have disclosed that they now have access to social services and provisions such as cell phone and postal, bank and immigration services. Afabet, 6 April 2011 – Thanks to the groundwork done in laying infrastructures in the past 20 years, the inhabitants of the Afabet subzone have disclosed that they now have access to social services and provisions such as cell phone and postal, bank and immigration services.
The residents went on to say that the pastoralist lifestyle of the inhabitants has long been overhauled thanks to the groundwork done in introducing modern agricultural methods that in turn are making contributions in achieving food security.A resident of that region, Mr. Mohammed Melatse said that the provisions of health services in the subzone has cut maternal and child mortality rates.