We’re delighted to announce the completion of a brand-new toilet block at Delo Primary School in a rural area of Bishoftu, Ethiopia. The facilities now serve 560 students and 10 teachers from kindergarten to Grade 8. These clean, safe new spaces provides much-needed sanitation and a place for girls to manage their periods during the …
Can savings groups for mothers do more than grow businesses and keep children in the classroom? Launched in November 2024, the Women’s Savings and Loans Association programme advocates for the empowerment of economically vulnerable mothers by helping them build financial independence, strengthen their livelihoods and create supportive community networks. In recent years, Ethiopia has faced …
What is Future Girls? Future Girls is our flagship girls’ education programme, bringing together everything we have learned about supporting girls at school and working within school structures to create sustainable, positive change. The project tackles key barriers that prevent girls from fully benefiting from education. These barriers include menstrual health management, inadequate school sanitation …
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 …
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! …
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, …
Homes for Single Mothers For those living below the poverty line, it can be difficult to break the cycle of low wages spent on basic necessities only. The families that we support through our Student Sponsorship programme are committed to keeping their children in school so that they can access the opportunities that education provides. …
Ethiopia has the 14th highest prevalence of child marriage in the world, many girls are at risk of gender based violence, and they are more likely to drop out of higher education than boys. The Lijinete women’s network is a community project set up in 2019 to identify and support girls who are at risk. …
Did you know that less than 3% of charity trustees are under 30? The LSE are partnering with the Young Trustees Movement to change that by promoting young trusteeships and talking to members of the LSE community who already are a young trustee! In their latest blog they are talking to none other than Together …
Introducing our new girls’ education project, Future Girls Future Girls: Confidence in Education is a project that not only aims to ensure that girls are able to attend school, but that they are able to attend with confidence. Enabling girls to achieve at school has a ripple effect of positive change across communities and down …