In rural areas, access to proper menstrual hygiene materials and education remains a significant challenge. Targeted sessions providing reusable period packs and training on menstrual health have a significant impact empowring girls in rural schools. Practical Support The initiative, funded by Q3 Strategy, reached girls aged 13-16 at an elementary school in Oromia, ensuring that …
We are celebrating with our link school, Bottesford Infant School near Scunthorpe, UK, which has achieved the intermediate level of the International School Award from the British Council. Bottesford has had a school link with Tokuma Elementary School in Bishoftu in the Oromia region of Ethiopia for the past three years. Miss Becki Watson is …
Together We Learn’s Annual Report for 2022-23 Our Annual Review is out, click here to read and download it. The Year in Numbers: This Annual Review covers activities from April 2022 to August 2023, marking an exceptional 17-month period as we adjust our reporting to align with the academic year. Despite challenges, including ongoing conflict …
By Caroline Walker, CEO In August 2021 the UK office of Together We Learn committed to actively review our equality, diversity and inclusion practices and work to improve them for the overall benefit of our organisation. At that time we stated that: We recognise that structural racism is an issue in the UK charity sector. …
Our Spring 2024 Newsletter Our quarterly news with the latest updates from our projects, fundraising and other news. In this quarter’s updates:
Elsa Gezahegn King has been a trustee on our UK board for six years. She has a background in girls and womens equality working in both Ethiopia and the UK and provides vital support and guidance to the Together We Learn teams on approaches to girls’ education, working effectively with communities, and much more besides! …
UDPATE: We are delighted that we hit our target for our Christmas Challenge – raising £14,000 to build new kindergarten classrooms at Kebele 20 school. We thank you for your support and will keep you updated on the project as it progresses! Double your impact in our fundraiser! Join us in the Big Give Christmas …
Our Autumn 2023 Newsletter Our quarterly news with the latest updates from our projects, fundraising and other news. In this quarter’s updates:
An update on our Sponsorship Programme in 2022-23 This last year, we have supported over 400 students and their families across Ethiopia to overcome barriers to education through our sponsorship programme. We do this in four key ways: direct financial aid for parents, provision of education materials at the start of the school year, access …
What is Future Girls? Founded in 2021, Future Girls is one of our flagship programmes bringing together everything we have learned about girls education in past and present projects. We grew to understand that, amongst other things, the burden of household work, risks to health and safety, and a lack of resource for managing periods, …