This year the Link Ethiopia team will be doing the run that we have so often challenged you to – the Royal Parks Half Marathon. October 18th will see us running alongside (or a few miles behind) our 17 Link Ethiopia supporter runners through central London and it’s many green parks. Caroline, Rory and Michou …
By Haile Ayano After a long overnight flight, the Headington School group arrived in Addis Ababa in the early morning of Wednesday 11th July. I was excited to welcome a group of visitors who had, through fundraising at home, already made a big difference to a school here in Ethiopia. After meeting the group at …
Dear all, We are very pleased to introduce you to our new Chief Executive, Caroline Walker. Caroline has been working for Link Ethiopia, supporting communications and developing our fundraising, since 2016 and has been working alongside us in the UK office as the UK Manager of our sister organisation, the Kindu Trust, for the last …
Last month our team in London had the great pleasure of welcoming Amlaku, an English teacher at Angereb Secondary school in Gondar. Amlaku has been the Link Coordinator at his school for almost 10 years, and this was his second visit to the UK. During his three-week stay, Amlaku had a busy itinerary and embarked …
This June our Sponsorship Coordinator, Michou Gerits, who joined our UK team in May 2017, made her first visit to Ethiopia! We will be sharing her experiences of the trip soon, but below she tells us what it’s like to join our Gondar Girls’ Football Team for a day of training. “On Saturday afternoon at …
Run for Link Ethiopia in this year’s Royal Parks Half Marathon! Created in 2008, the Royal Parks Half Marathon is a 13.1 mile long route which passes through London’s most iconic sights, including four Royal Parks (Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, St. James Park, and Green Park) and some historic landmarks, including Buckingham Palace, Horse Guards …
Are you bored of your monotonous run around the park or on the treadmill at your gym? We have the perfect escape of routine for you! Try doing it alongside thousands of vibrant Ethiopians and experience all the country’s magical offerings by joining our Run Ethiopia Tour! The tour provides the opportunity to participate in …
How long have you been thinking about visiting Ethiopia? Ethiopia is a country unlike any other, with majestic landscapes, extraordinary wildlife and a unique culture and history; we would love to share it with you. Link Ethiopia has been running tours for many years, leading small groups to take in the sights and sounds of …
Throughout the past few months we have accomplished a lot here at Link Ethiopia, none of which would have been possible without your continuing support. Following is an overview of our latest projects. For access to our annual report, please click here. 225 Period Packs Distributed Our collaboration with the Days for Girls project is …
‘Hope’ are helping us resource Ethiopia’s schools. The founder of Hope, Evan Lewis, made his pencil production line so efficient that he decided to donate the extra pencils being produced to supporting global education projects. He originally launched Everything Environmental in 2005, which has become the leading company in eco-friendly and ethically sourced promotional merchandise …