Team Ethiopia – how did they do? The London 2012 Olympics may have drawn to a close but Team Ethiopia will be returning home with proud smiles and their pockets full of medals. The 2012 Ethiopian team, made up of a modest 35 athletes, won a total of 7 medals at this year’s games – …
Derara students welcomed a new Water Station providing consistently clean running water all year round. A big thank you to our long term partners World Challenge who helped make this all possible. We would also like to offer just as big of a thank you to Wellington School who not only helped fundraise for the …
While the world’s eyes are on the opening of the London 2012, we at Link Ethiopia’s Offices in Gondar and Bishoftu would like to express our delight at the hosting of this round of the Olympic by London. For Link Ethiopia’s team, whose half side operates in London and the other half here in Ethiopia, the …
Interested in developing yourself with relevant skills to tackle global themes in the classroom? Connecting Classrooms, a new global education programme, funded by the British Council and the Department for International Development (DFID), has resources for schools. It’s designed to help young people become responsible global citizens, as well as giving them the skills to …
With a week to go until the start of the London 2012 Olympics, the BBC has featured ten of Africa’s most significant Olympic champions, almost a third of whom are Ethiopian. The full article is here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18862683 and below are Ethiopia’s shining stars. Abebe Bikila “Abebe Bikila was the first black African to win Olympic …
We have managed to provide the children of Abyot Fray Primary school with a fantastic water tap system which has five taps on each side allowing many children to access the water at once. It provides clean water all year round. We would like to send out a huge Thank you to Sybil Sheridan without whom …
A huge congratulations to Queniborough C.E. Primary School in Leicestershire, who have won the Regional Primary Church School Awards for the Midlands and East Anglia for their work in their community and globally. Queniborough has links with several schools around the globe, including a strong partnership with Yekatit 23 in Bahir Dar through Link Ethiopia, …
Link Ethiopia was recently awarded a certificate in ‘Recognition of Link Ethiopia’s Outstanding Work’ in Gondar at the Annual Education Festival. The Festival was held on 24th of June at the Gondar Cinema Hall. The recognition was presented to Link Ethiopia’s Country Director, Belayneh Shewaye, with a standing ovation in the presence of the city’s mayor, heads …
Ethiopia is currently on track to reach Millenium Development Goal two (MDG2) of universal primary education for all by 2015 which is a real achievement. However, this surge in school enrollment is pushing Ethopian schools beyond their capacity and as a result, the quality of education may be decreasing. Ethiopia is the 3rd most improved country in the …