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Together We Learn UK: Our Strategic Vision for 2025–2027

Why This Strategy, Why Now? Since 2020 our strategies have focused on strengthening our work, refining our approach, and doing more of what is impactful. A key aim of becoming Together We Learn (link to merger blog) was to restructure the charity as two separately registered entities: one in the UK and one in Ethiopia. …

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The Sponsorship Journey: Reflections from a Student & Sponsor

Student sponsorship is a unique and impactful way to transform someone’s opportunities in life. Below we are proud to share an interview with Anteneh and Nadine, a student and his sponsor, about their sponsorship journey. The Journey Anteneh “When I joined the sponsorship programme, my family faced significant financial problems. It was a constant struggle …

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Building Bright Beginnings: An Update from Kebele 20 Kindergarten

When we launched the Kebele 20 Kindergarten Classrooms campaign in December 2023, our goal was to build three bright, sturdy, and inspiring classrooms for 120 local children in Azezo. Thanks to your generosity – and match funding from our pledgers and Ethiopiaid – we reached our full target of £14,000. The development of a new …

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2025 Christmas Campaign

£11,040 raised for Delo School! Our match funded Christmas Campaign this year ran from Tuesday 2nd to 9th December, raising more than £11,000. The money raised will build safe, gender-separated toilets and handwashing stations at Delo Primary School in Ethiopia. The school currently has no functioning toilets, so our project will deliver health, dignity and …

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Summer 2025 News

Our Summer 2025 Newsletter Our quarterly news with the latest updates from our projects, fundraising and other news. In this quarter’s updates:

Annual Report 2024

Together We Learn’s Annual Report for 2023-24 Our Annual Review is out, click here to read and download it. The Year in Numbers: This Annual Review covers activities from September 2023 to August 2024. This year, Together We Learn navigated extraordinary challenges—from armed conflict and economic instability in Ethiopia to structural issues in the education …

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Meseret School Library

We’re thrilled to announce the completion of a brand-new library at Meseret Elementary School in Gondar, Ethiopia – a space that now serves 1,800 students from kindergarten through grade 8. This bright, welcoming facility offers a much-needed place for study, updated curriculum books, engaging storybooks for all ages, and a lending service to support learning …

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Spring 2025 News

Our Spring 2025 Newsletter Our quarterly news with the latest updates from our projects, fundraising and other news. In this quarter’s updates:

Future Girls: Students Lead the Way

What is Future Girls? Future Girls is our flagship girls’ education programme, bringing together everything we have learned about supporting girls at school and working within school structures to create sustainable, positive change. The project tackles key barriers that prevent girls from fully benefiting from education. These barriers include menstrual health management, inadequate school sanitation …

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New Year & Genna Message

Happy New Year and Melkam Genna! For all of our supporters following the Gregorian calendar, we wish you a happy new year, and for all those following the Ethiopian calendar we wish you a wonderful Genna! As we begin a new year, and as the many of communities we serve celebrate their Christmas (Genna – …

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