Differences In Agena

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There are many people who made differences in Agena, which was a small village in Ethiopia; however, Jemal Hussen, who was born in 1917 and died in 1984 made big differences than the others. He changed for his community in several ways. Jemal was the richest person in the village, so he built toilets and water lines. First, he built the first free public toilets in 1973. In Agena, Ethiopia, using toilet cost 0.50 Ethiopian cents, which was 0.10 American cents. Some people who could not pay used the road instead of toilets. Also, people had to walk 30- 60 minutes to use toilets; however, he made it easy for them. He built hundreds of toilets, and he built two toilets in every one mile. Secondly, Jemal built water lines between 1970 and 1974.

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