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After six years of close collaboration, Link Ethiopia has chosen to merge with our sister charity The Kindu Trust. Historically, Link Ethiopia and the Kindu Trust have both worked to help children stay in education; the Kindu Trust working with families and Link Ethiopia working with schools. We believe that both our approaches are vital to supporting children in Ethiopia and that together we can be more effective and have a greater impact. Our Projects Our projects to increase access…

Join us for an online quiz evening to have some fun during lockdown and to provide vital support to charities helping those most in need in Ethiopia! This is a joint quiz evening hosted by Small But Significant – a network of small UK-based Ethiopian charities, of which Link Ethiopia is part. A Good Cause We are all feeling the impact of coronavirus in a variety of ways both at home and at work. In Ethiopia, cases have been relatively…

Countries around the world are affected by coronavirus and during this time our priority remains the safety and wellbeing of our beneficiaries and our staff. Update 20th September 2020: The State of Emergency was lifted at the end of August but most protective restrictions remain in place. The Ministry of Education has given the go ahead for schools to enrol students by the 24th of September but has not yet indicated when school can resume. For students who were in…

Impington Village College come to Adea Model Secondary School In November, sixth form students and teachers from Impington Village College, Cambridge, travelled to Adea Model Secondary School, Bishoftu. The visit was the first part of an exchange trip with an Ethiopian group visiting the UK in January 2020 to experience schools here and continue the gender equality workshops. The visits focused on gender equality and were enabled by both the long-standing school link and by funding from the British Council…

Our School Linking programme connects schools in the UK with schools, pupils and teachers in Ethiopia to develop sustainable and rewarding relationships. We currently facilitate two types of links: a School-to-School connection and an Education Ethiopia connection. Both links are designed to promote greater understanding of different cultures and show students a balanced perspective of an African country.  The School-to-School connection is a long-term connection where UK schools work directly with a school in Ethiopia whereas the Education Ethiopia connection...

Did you know that English has 42 phonic sounds? Over the last academic year we have been working with grade one teachers in nine schools to teach English using the phonics method. So far, we have trained 36 teachers to effectively use the phonics method in their classrooms! We have seen incredible results this year, with children who have received the phonics lessons showing an advance in their English reading age of nine months compared to children in normal lessons.  So...

Causing a Flap is a project run by a network of UK universities, which includes experts from fields such as Archaeology, Anthropology and Genetics, who research the role chickens play in societies around the world. They research the social significance of chickens; as a provider of foodstuffs, use in medicine, magic and cock-fighting, from their native origins in South East Asia to their global distribution today. An earlier phase of the project had worked with Ethiopian women to empower them...

A guest blog by our partner, Sue Eland Hello, my name is Sue Eland and I’m delighted to be working alongside Link Ethiopia. In 2018, I approached Link Ethiopia with a dream to build a primary school in Ethiopia. This was a long-held dream and I was finally in a position to take the first steps towards making it happen. My background is in education, firstly as a headteacher, then a school inspector and as an education consultant. My dream...

Off to University... Meselu is a 19 year old from Gondar and she has just finished her Grade 12 exams. She is waiting to find out if she has been accepted into Bahir Dar University. Mesulu wants to study economics: “I want to understand the reasons behind Ethiopia’s rising and falling economy and find a solution to Ethiopia’s economic situation.” Yezibalem has also finished her Grade 12 exams and is waiting to find out if she has been accepted into...

Saina Sabia, is a rural village in Gondar without kindergarten facilities. Currently, pre-primary aged children are being taught alongside older students in crowded classrooms, without adequate facilities and resources. We have been working in partnership with the Corvallis Sister Cities Association-Gondar (CSCA-G), with funding from the US Embassy in Ethiopia, to develop a model early-childhood education programme in Saina Sabia. Construction of a building for the kindergarten started at the beginning of this year and is now well under way. It...

The girls’ team have been training twice a week since our project started and have improved immensely. They have been eager to compete against other teams, but as the only girls’ team in Gondar, it was hard to find an opposing team! We were delighted then that last month, the team were able to play two friendly matches against other teams.  They won a friendly against Abajale Sub-city Team 2-1.  Their second match against Fasil Kenema B team (a professional team)…

This January we were delighted to host Link Ethiopia’s Country Director, Haile Ayano, in the UK. Over three weeks Haile travelled all over England to meet our link schools, partners and supporters. We had a great few weeks and would like to thank all the people who welcomed and hosted Haile during his time here. School Linking A core part of our school linking programme is teaching young people to think global. Through their school link, pupils discover another culture…

On February 8th, Link Ethiopia, joined with supporters to celebrate 20 years working to increase access to quality education in Ethiopia. The event was held jointly with our partner, the Kindu Trust, who have also been working to support children in Ethiopia for 20 years. The event was held at the Embassy of Ethiopia in London with over 180 supporters attending. Our Chair of Trustees, Ashley England, introduced the evening and the Deputy Head of Mission, Ababi Demissie, spoke about…

Six students from Impington Village College in Cambridgeshire visited Ethiopia in October, taking the opportunity to meet with students at one of our schools in Bishoftu before exploring some of the incredible sites the country has to offer. The Welcome One of these students was particularly impressed by the traditional welcome they received in Bishoftu, writing: ‘Almost twenty-four hours from when we departed from our school we are in the red van on our way to Adea Model Secondary School…

There is an African proverb which says “if you educate a man, you educate one person but if you educate a woman, you educate a nation”. This proverb is now proven by research that shows us that educating girls not only increases their personal earning potential but also reduces poverty and increases life expectancy in their communities. This impact is generational as educated women have fewer, healthier and better educated children. Simply put, educating girls is fundamental for social and…