Saina Sabia, is a rural village in Gondar without kindergarten facilities. Currently, pre-primary aged children are being taught alongside older students in crowded classrooms, without adequate facilities and resources. We have been working in partnership with the Corvallis Sister Cities Association-Gondar (CSCA-G), with funding from the US Embassy in Ethiopia, to develop a model early-childhood education …
Written by, Alan Taylor On 13 March 2017, (or 4 Makawit 2009 according to the Ethiopian calendar) I visited Dudmegn Elementary School with Zemene from the Gondar office. The bus journey took 2½ – 3 hours each way, passing through varied countryside full of agricultural incident and activity – stolid oxen bearing a large hump …
Written by Ama Konneh On the 9th of May, the opening ceremony for the opening of Phase 2 of our St George’s School project was held. This phase saw the construction of a further four classrooms (on top of the original 6), an IT suite for children to expand their knowledge of technology and develop …
Written by Rhi and Ama Ethiopia is still a country of economic divides. Although there has been major progress recently, there is still an obvious gap between urban and rural areas in terms of basics such as education, sanitation and development. In the countryside, an agricultural way of life often means that time is limited, …
By Hannah Dillon and Tefera Teklu Link Ethiopia’s partnership with World Challenge has cemented with another fruitful year that saw a flurry of construction and painting activities. Cheers to every group of young people who did their part in making sure that access to better education in Ethiopia is fair to all, especially to girls …
Written by Cecilia Link Ethiopia has just finished a project of construction of a brand new library building for Arbatu Ensasa School in Gondar, Northern Ethiopia. The new library replaced the small, ill-equipped older facility at the school, which was very inadequate for keeping up with the demand of the schools and students, and failed to match …
By Tefera Teklu The contractor Endashaw Eshete and the consultant Habtamu Ginbneh signed an agreement today for the second phase construction of St. George’s School. Some field work including measuring, ground study and the site was set out. The site was handed over and now work can commence.
Written by Isabel Here is a first look at the newly completed library in Atse Bekafa! With construction having started in 2014, a few changes are still underway which will see the addition of a children’s corner, as well as a display of the children’s work. It is already proving popular; at the moment the …
Written by Rory Dillon “A fly on the wall view of our new library building emerging from the ground at Arbatu Ensesa School. It is constructed of using traditional methods which are cost-effective … and fascinating to watch! Arbatu Ensesa is an elementary school with over 700 students based in North Gondar. The students and …
We are pleased to announce that we have completed the toilet block for Kera Hora School. The project was a great success- the fantastic thing about this project is that we made the toilet block accessible to the disabled students in the school. A big thank you to Mandala Trust and Hankham School for enabling …