Month: September 2020

Becoming Together We Learn

The merger of The Kindu Trust and Link Ethiopia After six years of close collaboration, sister charities Link Ethiopia and The Kindu Trust have chosen to merge! Historically, The Kindu Trust and Link Ethiopia have both worked to help children stay in education; The Kindu Trust working with families and Link Ethiopia working with schools. …

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Coronavirus: Our Response in Ethiopia

How We’re Continuing to Support Families Through Covid-19 Countries around the world are affected by coronavirus, during this time our priority remains our beneficiaries and our sponsored families. Below we outline the activities that we are taking to ensure our sponsored families and our staff are supported and safe. Update 22nd October 2020 / 91,118 …

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A new school for Gendit

Our 2020 Update Gendit is a small village 35km outside of Gondar in rural Amhara. When Together We Learn first began working with Gendit school, it consisted of one mud and wood classroom with a blackboard but no desks or chairs. In Ethiopia, the government is committed to universal primary education and works with communities …

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Meet Kalkidan

Sponsorship: Kalkidan’s Story Kalkidan was born in Asebeteferi in the Oromiya region of Ethiopia in 1997. When she was five years old, Kalkidan’s mother died and her father married another woman. Kalkidan moved to Bishoftu to live with her uncle. Kalkidan’s father did not support her, so her uncle became her guardian but, after some …

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