Written by Julia Wathen A one day course Sports Leadership training for teachers of physical education, was held recently in Bishoftu, organised and sponsored by Link Ethiopia. A shortage of trained PE specialist teachers, limited equipment and facilities have a negative effect on the quality of physical education in Ethiopia. The training has been designed …
Corvallis is a city in the state of Oregon, United States. The Corvallis-Gondar Sister Cities Association (C-GSA) was created in 2004. Link Ethiopia has been been working with the C-GSA since 2011 in making Tsadiku Yohannes (TY) Elementary School a “model school”. The “model school” vision included making the TY school, the best practice model …
Written by Shree Mandke Today is a momentous day in Link Ethiopia’s life, as we see St George’s School opening its doors for the first time to local orphan and vulnerable children from Azezo in Gondar, Ethiopia! We started our long, hard journey of building this school back in the summer of 2012, when we were commissioned …
Written by Shree Mandke The Azezo Elementary School is situated on an open site beside the road that leads from Gondar, through the village of Azezo. Just over 1,400 pupils from grades 1 to 8 learn in a shift-system where half of the young people attend the school for four hours in the morning and the …
Partnership can make amazing things happen! This is exactly what happened in Tsadiku Yohannes, an elementary school in Gondar. We have just completed building a brand new sanitation facility with the help of the school and our generous UK sponsors. We are very proud of, and thankful for, everyone’s involvement, but we really want to …
A training course organised and sponsored by Link Ethiopia aids local PE teachers to consider new approaches and ideas when teaching the subject. The training was attended by 11 PE teachers from a variety of schools in the Bishoftu regions and incorporated theoretical and practical activities to help enhance PE lessons. Topics that were covered …
Tokumma Elementary School is located in West Shoa zone of Oromia Regional State in Ethiopia. The school’s catchment area is about 35 km2 with a population of about 3,000. The source of income in the area is largely traditional farming and animal rearing. The area does not have proper modern infrastructure including road, electricity, potable water and health facility. …
December 3rd is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities This international day of events, awareness raising, learning and understanding is organised by the United Nations and has run for more than a decade. Learn more about the day at the UN’s website here . Link Ethiopia’s Work on Disability At Link Ethiopia, we believe …
Following Link Ethiopia’s shipment of computer equipment to Ethiopia in July 2010, we are really pleased to see that the IT centre set up with the donated equipment is proving very popular! The growing demand for IT skills in Ethiopia’s job market means that getting access to computers, the internet and other ICT means that …
We are embarking on a large project in this elementary school on the outskirts of Gondar in northern Ethiopia. As well as building much needed classrooms we will be funding sturdy desk and chair units for five new and existing classrooms. This will mean students will be able to study and learn in a much …