Month: August 2010

Link Ethiopia football team in the Gondar finals!

Each summer, when the schools are closed, there’s a football tournament held in Gondar town. For the first time ever we have entered our own Link Ethiopia team, made up of 15 energetic under 13’s from some of our link schools. 31 other teams also joined the tournament and, after some serious training sessions, our …

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Challenge!

From the Nursing Times: Adventurous nurses and other professionals are singing up to a challenging five-day charity trek across the mountains of Ethiopia. Up to 20 participants will face the extreme daytime heat and freezing nights of the 4,000-metre peaks – dubbed the “Tibet of Africa” for five long days of challenging physical exertion at …

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July & August 2010

Welcome to our July & August 2010 news update Summer’s greetings to you all and we hope that you will not mind our bi-monthly News Update popping into your Inbox once again. Schools are out, in both countries, and the teachers and pupils have some space not only to recharge the batteries and refresh the …

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Dosha Elementary School water and furniture

Back in October we introduced you to Dosha, an elementary school in Asella, a few hours drive south of Addis Ababa. At that time we were fundraising to provide the 1,100 children at the school with a clean drinking water supply and new desks in their classrooms. Well, we are pleased to bring you news …

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New projects website being developed

It’s been a long time in the making, but thanks to the tireless efforts of our web-genius Ali Lown we are closer than ever to launching the new projects section of our Link Ethiopia website. On the website you will be able to browse through many of our past and current projects, read news updates, …

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