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Ethiopian Athletes in the Press

2 August 202424 April 2012

‘When Eddie met Haile’ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b030476a-7de9-11e1-bfa5-00144feab49a.html#axzz23cDVZNPA Our own marathon enthusiast Eddie Izzard meets Ethiopian four-time world champion Haile Gebrselassie for a training session. The two compare techniques and training regimes while Eddie tries his hand at a spot of barefoot running! ‘Town of Runners’ article http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/apr/06/ethiopian-home-worlds-greatest-runners Off the back of the film ‘Town of Runners’ – …

Town of Runners

2 August 202415 April 2012

To get you inspired for the Great Ethiopian Run, check out the feature length documentary ‘Town of Runners’, released in selected cinemas across the country from Friday April 20th. The film is about the runners from Bejoki, a highland town in Ethiopia that has produced some of the world’s greatest distance athletes, including Tirunesh Dibaba, …

Link Ethiopia has Olympic Fever!

6 August 202412 April 2012

Many schools have already taken part in a shared learning activity inspired by the upcoming London 2012 Olympics. Students in both the UK and Ethiopia told us their personal goals, such as becoming a lawyer or doctor. In secondary schools they also had to choose which Olympic value was most important to achieving that goal, for …

Hosting a joint Art Exhibition

5 February 2012

Kelemework School and Dover Grammar School Host a Joint Art Exhibition Dover Grammar School have been linked with Kelemework School, an urban secondary school in Addis Ababa, since 2008. During this time they have hosted a number of joint art exhibitions. Dover Grammar sent their work to be displayed alongside work by students from Kelemework …

Teachers from Ossett Academy take part in the Great Ethiopian Run

3 January 2012

A huge congratulations to the Link Ethiopia team that took part in the Great Ethiopian Run! Three teachers from Ossett Academy in West Yorkshire were part of a team of people who took part in Link Ethiopia’s fundraising effort – they not only helped raise a huge amount for Link Ethiopia, but also achieved the …

News update: Christmas 2011

10 December 2011

Greetings! We want to wish everyone a very happy Christmas and new year. 2011 has been Link Ethiopia’s most successful year to date, thanks to your support, and we are thoroughly looking forward to what 2012 brings. We are pleased to announce that our 2012 calendars are on sale now. Details are below. Get them …

Drinking water installed at Tsadiku Yohannes

30 November 2011

The largest elementary school in Gondar, Tsadiku Yohannes, is set on a large site in a relatively poor area of Gondar town. It caters for 3,200 children, half in the morning shift and half in the afternoon, and teaches pupils from Grades 1 to 8. Tsadiku Yohannes is particularly special because it also caters for …

Queniborough CE Primary visit their Link School!

10 November 2011

In October, head teacher Joy Hardy and year 6 teacher Tracey Lidgett from Queniborough CE Primary school embarked on a much anticipated trip to their link school Yekatit 23 Elementary School in Bahr Dir. In between sampling the local food and a spot of sightseeing, Joy and Tracey spent time setting up a new learning …

Welcome to Tara Sleggs, our new School Links Manager

15 October 2011

In September, Tara Sleggs took over from James Love as our School Links Manager, working alongside Sachin Shaa to ensure the linking process runs as smoothly as possible for all involved. Tara is an experienced Geography teacher and more recently spent fifteen months volunteering in Ethiopia with VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas). Her role with VSO …

Books in the post

2 August 202411 October 2011

The Kindu Trust places a high value on the education of its beneficiaries, as a result the charity offers supplementary education to the children at the Kindu Klub. Here the children can attend extra classes in English, Maths and Science. This can help a child get a head start that may not have been possible in …