With only 32 days before the start of the London 2012 Olympics, schools all over the world are gearing up with lots of Olympic-based learning activities. Today some schools will be taking part in Ethiopian Day, celebrating a country of runners. The day will include a range of activities on Ethiopia’s history, culture and sporting …
Check out this video of some fabulous Ethiopian dance filmed in Clissold park in London last week! In the north of Ethiopa, dancing mainly involves moving the neck and head but as you travel further south, more of the body is incorportated into the dance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UPpgXbDkP4
In May, Woodfield Middle School, one of our linked schools, in Worcestershire, organised a fundraising event for the whole school – their first ‘Charity Afternoon’. Every year group took part, each one pledging to support a different charity, and deciding themselves on the activity they were going to do to raise money. Year Seven kindly …
Queniborough C.E. Primary School in Leicestershire hosted school director Ato Mulugeta and teacher Abundeje from their link school Yekatit 23 in Bahir Dar, celebrating their school link and a joint artwork in an open air thanksgiving assembly on Tuesday 29th May. A replica banner has been installed in Yekatit 23. A fun-filled and packed week …
Link Ethiopia’s Gondar office celebrated the successful completion of its Sports and Community Programme, funded by the Hilden Charitable Trust, on 2nd June 2012 in Gondar. The project was implemented in partnership with the Gondar Sports Commission and benefitted 46 ambitious youngsters from seven schools in Gondar. A week of training was provided to the …
Queniborough CE Primary School are eagerly awaiting the arrival of school director Ato Mulugeta and teacher Abundeje from Ethiopia to celebrate their school link in an outdoor ‘thanks giving’ assembly next Tuesday 29th May. The assembly will be held under a piece of artwork which was a joint project between the two schools. Their link …
During these past Easter holidays Christina Lynn, Link Coordinator at Priory School in Lewes, flew to Addis Ababa and drove down to Bishoftu to visit her Link School Ude. She was truly excited and looking forward to finally be in Ethiopia and meet the people she had been working so closely with for the past …
A generous donation from one of our long-term supporters has helped us start up a new donkey library in Dembia Zuria, south of Gondar town. The donkey and the librarian are taking books to 6 rural satellite schools, reaching more than 4,000 children.
As the world looks forward to the 2012 Olympic Games in London in July, this was the perfect opportunity for the students to celebrate some world-beating Ethiopian athletes, and tell their English friends about Ethiopia’s great sporting history. The students worked in groups to describe some of their sporting heroes, profiling seven Ethiopian greats, and …
It was exciting to see Dukem 2 Elementary students queuing up to use the new water facility we recently built with our long term partners – World Challenge! Jumeriah College students worked with the local community to finish off this thirst-quenching project.