[2] In March 1996, Damot Gale suffered a hail storm that destroyed not only an estimated 625 hectares of crop land but the roofs of 266 houses.

The number of households affected was 1,956, whom the local Committee for Disaster Prevention and Preparation provided with tents and plastic sheets, and to whom the NGO Redd Barna handed out crop seeds.

[3] With the assistance of a €76,200 loan from the Greek government, as of 2006[update] construction is underway to build the Damte earthen dam, a pilot project which will provide a reliable source of drinkable water for the inhabitants of this woreda.

The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 49.15% of the population reporting that belief, 39.71% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 11.11% were Catholic, and 1.38% were Muslim.

Concerning religious beliefs, the 1994 census reported that 42.33% of the population said they were Protestants, 34.1% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 19.94% were Roman Catholic.