We are celebrating with our link school, Bottesford Infant School near Scunthorpe, UK, which has achieved the intermediate level of the International School Award from the British Council. Bottesford has had a school link with Tokuma Elementary School in Bishoftu in the Oromia region of Ethiopia for the past three years. Miss Becki Watson is …
Together We Learn’s Annual Report for 2022-23 Our Annual Review is out, click here to read and download it. The Year in Numbers: This Annual Review covers activities from April 2022 to August 2023, marking an exceptional 17-month period as we adjust our reporting to align with the academic year. Despite challenges, including ongoing conflict …
By Caroline Walker, CEO In August 2021 the UK office of Together We Learn committed to actively review our equality, diversity and inclusion practices and work to improve them for the overall benefit of our organisation. At that time we stated that: We recognise that structural racism is an issue in the UK charity sector. …
Our Spring 2024 Newsletter Our quarterly news with the latest updates from our projects, fundraising and other news. In this quarter’s updates:
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! …
Our Autumn 2023 Newsletter Our quarterly news with the latest updates from our projects, fundraising and other news. In this quarter’s updates:
Our Summer 2023 Newsletter Our quarterly news with the latest updates from our projects, fundraising and other news. In this quarter’s updates:
By Hannah Dillon, School Link Coordinator Lessons in School Linking With schools in the UK and Ethiopia gearing up to open their doors to students again in September, it seems a natural time to reflect on the past academic year and on school linking in particular. At Together We Learn we work with a cluster …
Update on the urgent situation A six month state of emergency has been declared in the Amhara region after conflict broke out at the start of August. This is where our Gondar office, hundreds of our sponsored families and many of our educational projects are based. Areas in which we work, including Gondar, Bahir Dar and Lalibela have …
An online event to support small charities in Ethiopia Join us on Ethiopian new year to hear from author Elizabeth Laird about her work and Ethiopia travels. This online event is in support of Small But Significant, a network of small UK-Ethiopian charities, of which Together We Learn is a member. Elizabeth Laird is an …