Start a School Link

Our School Linking Programme connects a school, pupils and teachers with a specific community and its school in Ethiopia, and enables a truly committed and long-term relationship between the schools involved.

Meaningful school fundraising

Do you want to link your school’s fundraising to life changing projects and meaningful learning experience for your students, with lesson plans, galleries, assemblies and more?

Classroom Lessons & Resources

Our range of teaching resources for Primary and Secondary school students, covering topics as diverse as Climate & the Environment, ‘A Day in the Life’, Health and Food.

Visit Ethiopia

Link Ethiopia helps to organise trips, and secure funding, for teachers wishing to visit their partner schools in person. We have lots of experience to share and we’re here to help.

Connect your class with Ethiopia. Sign up now!

GLOBAL LEARNING FOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS

Connect your classroom to Ethiopia! Whether you’re looking for a one-off connection with a class in Ethiopia or a long-term link with a whole school, our programme of equitable partnership with schools, students, teachers and communities are for you.

Global Learning Project

Link your school’s fundraising to life-changing projects and take part in a one-off Global Learning project – bringing together fundraising & learning. Explore the challenges faced by young people living in poverty with your students and work on a shared project, supported with assemblies, lessons, photos and more.

Without the need to commit to the annual fee or to a sustainable link lasting a number of years, you can choose to root your school fundraising in an understanding of education and poverty in a country like Ethiopia. This is absolutely the best kind of fundraising; it can be the point at which people begin to engage in global issues, realising that poverty and inequality is a global challenge and one where they can create change.

Get in touch via the contact form below to learn more and to get started.

A full School Link – our most complete global learning experience. Connect to a school, pupils and teachers in a specific community in Ethiopia, and begin a truly committed and long-term partnership. Engage in multiple shared learning projects with your Ethiopian partners every year, backed up with a whole host of resources – from assemblies and lesson plans to fundraising activities and videos.

We’ve enabled and championed hundreds of schools, across the UK and further afield, to build sustainable, rewarding links for over 20 years. If you want to give your students the opportunity to broaden their horizons, explore the wider world, engage with important issues (such as the refugee crisis), and root fundraising to a tangible, meaningful cause, then this programme is for you.

Learn more and get in touch here.

FUNDRAISING IN ACTION

You and your students want to fundraise for a good cause, and perhaps your school is looking for a change from the same big charities. That’s where Link Ethiopia can help! We’re a small grassroots NGO but one with a big impact.

Whether your goal is to raise £100 or £1000, we’re here to support you with resources, advice, ideas and promotion.

Learn more and start fundraising now.

LEARNING & FUNDRAISING RESOURCES

Use our downloadable resources to kick start your partnership with a school in Ethiopia, or for your one-off shared project, or to plan your fundraising!

Assemblies, lesson plans, galleries, videos and more.

Ideas and supporting resources for your shared learning project.

Make your fundraising go with a bang and help us change lives!

SUPPORT

We offer full support to schools who’ve taken on a School Link with us – global learning projects, visiting speakers, resources, visit planning and much more. For schools interested in fundraising and learning about Ethiopia, we also offer lots of resources, advice and insight to make sure your Global Learning project and fundraising goes well.

for a School Link:

  • Multiple shared learning projects
  • Access to online school resources
  • Monthly School Links e-newsletter
  • Posters and engaging display materials
  • Link Handbook and other guidance
  • Telephone & email support
  • Full support for organising teacher and student visits
  • Reduced-price teaching volunteer placements and tours of Ethiopia

for a Global Learning project:

  • Single shared learning project
  • Access to online school resources
  • Monthly School Links e-newsletter
  • Posters and engaging display materials (digital only)
  • Link Handbook and other guidance materials (digital only)
  • Email support

for fundraising:

  • Sponsorship forms
  • Hand-illustrated inspiration poster
  • Certificates
  • Fundraising Guide
  • ‘Why Education?’ & ‘Why Poverty?’ lesson plans
  • Email support

VISIT ETHIOPIA

There are so many reasons to visit Ethiopia. Whether you’re brand new to Link Ethiopia or have been connected for many years, we want to give you the opportunity to see what Ethiopia has to offer.

If your school manages to fundraise £5000 for our project work in Ethiopia (can be in a single year or cumulatively over a number of years) then we want to say thank you by arranging a fully-funded visit for one teachers – to see first-hand the kind of change your school fundraising has made possible. Head here to start fundraising today.

For schools with a School Link, we offer full support to seek out and apply for funding for teacher exchange trips, including the British Council’s Connecting Classrooms programme. Application support, pre-visit preparation, travel logistics, booking and more – we want your exchange to be as fruitful and rewarding as possible. Email [email protected] to find out more.

Want to take a group of students out to Ethiopia? Perhaps a ‘challenge’ project-style group trip? Link Ethiopia are experts in delivering high-quality, educational, safe and affordable group visits for your school or institution. Want a fully-serviced adventure for a group of Secondary School students? No problem? Want some minimal support to help with logistics? Just ask! ATOL-protected. Learn more here.

Volunteering. Sometimes seen as a dirty word, but we know the kind of change it can mean for young people in Ethiopia. Link Ethiopia has been delivering a personal, meaningful volunteering experience for more than 20 years. Are you a gap year student who wants to create some change in the world? We have enabled thousands of people to do just that – get in touch with [email protected] to find out more.

START YOUR JOURNEY TODAY

Drop us a line at [email protected] to start your partnership journey or to find out more.

Already linked? Get involved in other ways!

Fundraising

Link Ethiopia works with Ethiopian schools to identify their biggest challenges – examples include water, sanitation and literacy. We then support UK schools to start fundraising.

Volunteering

Teachers and gap year-age students have the opportunity to become volunteers with Link Ethiopia to teach English, support IT training, physical education initiatives – or anything you’re passionate about.

Invite a speaker

Link Ethiopia’s School Speakers network provides a way for learners to explore global issues, our work, and life in an Ethiopian community. Find out more and request one today.