Today Link Ethiopia would like to give you a glimpse into the lives of 11 year-old Nesanet Deginet and her 8 year-old brother Elias. Together with their parents, they moved to Bishoftu to start a new life at the ages of 5 and 2. When they were younger both of their parents died within one …
New Year brings new hope and this year at Link Ethiopia we are focussing our fundraising efforts on our Girls’ Education Project ‘Tomorrow’s Hope’. Things have got off to a great start with a ‘bring and buy’ sale organised by our long-term supporter, Karen Marono from Italy. Karen hosted a buffet and friends were asked …
I’m nearing the conclusion of a stint with Link Ethiopia just shy of 3 months. I’ve been very kindly sponsored by Integrate Hands, [singlepic id=503 w=320 h=240 float=right] a small post-conflict charity founded and run by Katinka Nicou. I’ve spent the majority of my time here sleeping, or involved in two long term projects, both education-based, …
Addis Alem is one of the oldest school in Gondar, serving 655 children from very poor families living in Kebele 03. There used to be only 1 water tap for the entire school (children and staff) which used to get quite crowded during break time. However, thanks to funds from COFRA (a Switzerland based charitable …
In addition to the Sounds of English training, given by Sue in Gonder, and myself in Bishoftu, earlier this term, the librarian, director (headteacher) and a few teachers form each Library and Literacy Project school were given library training by SEDFA’s Mark Smith. This was a two day course that sought to make the best …
Link Ethiopia is pleased to introduce you to Samirawit Ketema, a 14 year-old and her mother Fanu Girma. Their story shows the value of dedication, family unity, education and ambition. Samirawit was born to an illiterate mother, her father left the family home several years ago. Her mother knew that education was central to improving …
[singlepic id=496 w=320 h=240 float=right]It’s all very well delivering a project or some training, but as discussed previously, we have to know if it works, and have to follow it up. Therefore after each delivery of the ‘Sounds of English’ course (four in total), we went to watch each teacher giving a lesson. It allows …
Written by Sincil Sports College On Monday 18th November three of our teachers set off on an adventure of a lifetime – visiting our Link School, Times Choice Academy (TCA) in Debre Ziet, Ethiopia. We exchange work with TCA three times a year to share experiences about our schools, life styles and culture. Last year …
Having worked as a finance manager at Link Ethiopia for 18 months, I was finally on my way to Ethiopia – from spreadsheets to reality. As a hard bitten traveller (ahem), a putative Masters graduate in Development Management and a Link Ethiopia veteran, you may have expected that I knew what I was letting myself …
[singlepic id=483 w=320 h=240 float=right]I should travel more. I always want to but my timidity drags me back home. There are goods and bads of travel, before I launch into the good, I want to mention the bad, it’s too easy to skip over them and swoon about how amaaazing a place was when you’re …