Free East Africa Drought Resources from ActionAid – KS2-4 Parts of Southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya are currently experiencing the fourth year of one of the worst droughts in history. Millions of people are currently relying on food aid to survive. Explore the issues with Action Aid’s free resources and find out what you can …
In June, Gillian Symons joined our team to take up the brand new position of Education Officer. Gillian brings with her years of experience as a primary teacher as well as experience developing resources for Oxfam, WWF, Think Global and SEED. Gillian will be leading on developing our termly resource packs of assemblies, lesson ideas …
We are very pleased to introduce two new members of our Ethiopian team who we recently recruited. Their names are Mulugeta Birhane, who will be managing our northern Ethiopian projects from our Gondar office, and Habtamu Dereje who is managing our southern Ethiopian school linking activities from our Bishoftu (Debre Zeit) office. They have already …
March to June 2011 News Update Greetings to you all from a very energetic and vitalised Link Ethiopia! In this double edition News Update we’d like to introduce you to the new members of our growing Ethiopian team, show you our new office in Gondar, share some recent sponsorship related stories, as well as bring …
Bahir Dar is one of the most visited towns in Ethiopia. Nothing more than a sleepy waterside village (its name means “Sea Shore”) in the early part of the twentieth century, it later came to the notice of Emperor Haile Selassie because of its stunning position on the southern banks of Lake Tana and its …
Staff and students from the Universal American School, Dubai visit Keta Elementary School with World Challenge Teacher Genna and a group of students from the Universal American School, Dubai, visited Keta Elementary School on a World Challenge project. The visit was a real success and saw the students teaching music and origami, playing and exploring …
If you have wondered about visiting your sponsored child, or would like to discover the country your sponsored child lives in, we can very happily arrange for you to meet your sponsored child, visit their school, and see how your sponsorship is helping. One of our sponsors, Joy, recently did just that. She explains the …
Congratulations to West London Academy for raising £1000 towards sanitation at Maksegnit Secondary School. Students and teachers at West London Academy took part in a variety of fun activities in order to raise money, including battling in inflatable sumo costumes and ‘Soak The Teacher’ – a machine which tips a bucket of water over a …
Send My Sister to School Dates: May and June 2011 Join the Global Campaign for Education’s initiative ‘Send My Sister to School’ this summer term. Explore the issues and speak up for girls’ education! 67 million children are out of school: most are girls. Help them to remind world leaders of their promise to provide …
More countries are recognising Ethiopia’s coffee specialities. The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) says four of Ethiopia’s coffee specialities have been registered in 26 countries as a trademark. The European Union, Japan, US, Canada and China are among those that recognise Ethiopian coffee specialities, which include Sidamo, Yirgachefe and another two Harar coffees. India has …