Completed Schools

Abi Adi Grade 5-8 Primary School

"I am excited because next year when I will be in Grade 5, I will not have to travel a long distance to get to my school. I am lucky because now I can continue my education close to home." – Birhanu, Grade 4 Student
October, 2011 - March, 2012

Abi Adi Grade 1-4 Primary School

A day at school in Abi Adi for 94 boys and 74 girls is about to get a whole lot better. The story of an entire community is about to change.
April, 2011 - December, 2011

Building Quality Classrooms in 2011

From science kits to soccer balls and art classes to goal setting workshops: quality education is on everyone’s mind in Ethiopia.
April, 2011 - December, 2011

Tsabat Grade 5-8 Primary School

A mother should not have to choose between her daughter’s safety and her right to go to school. With a new Grade 5-8 school located in the heart of Tsabat, young girls will be treated as equals to their brothers with a right to continue their education beyond Grade 4.
June, 2011 - November, 2011

Maego Grade 1-4 Primary School

Maego’s student population has exploded. It’s time to build a school for an eager group of future leaders.
September, 2010 - May, 2011

Abada Grade 5-8 Primary School

Abada, once an isolated and forgotten community, has become a model for sustainable quality primary education in its region. They’re ready to take it to the next level.
October, 2010 - April, 2011

Laelay Wukro Grade 1-4 Primary School

The mountains surrounding Laelay Wukro were base camp for troops during the Derg regime that ruled Ethiopia for 13 years. Through it all the citizens of this resilient community believed that education was the key to their freedom.
September, 2010 - March, 2011

Atsemba Grade 5-8 Primary School

Atsemba’s future leaders are ready to advance their education to the next level; poised to carry their country into a new era of prosperity.
May, 2010 - February, 2011

Building Quality Classrooms in 2010

Sitting at a desk listening to a teacher’s lecture is kind of boring. Let’s add some fun and colour to this picture.
October, 2009 - March, 2011

Hintalo Wejirat Sustainable Livelihood Project

Zafana carries water for her family twice before school, twice after school, 30 minutes each way. With a community water point, she’ll have more time to study.
August, 2008 - December, 2009

1-2-3-4-5 Latrines

The right to privacy, hygiene, and improved access to education for girls. One latrine at a time.
January, 2010 - January, 2011

Gerambero Grade 1-4 Primary School

Parents began constructing a new school for their children and didn’t have the means to finish. Let’s make this a community effort and finish what this committed group has started.
January, 2010 - March, 2011

Laelay Weste Grade 1-4 Primary School

Children’s horizons expand under a low roof in a school of twigs and stones. With a four classroom school their possibilities will soar.
January, 2010 - December, 2010

Atsemba Grade 1-4 Primary School

Ato Redae’s growing daughter has never missed a day of class. A new school with proper girls’ latrines will encourage more parents to support their daughters’ continuing education.
October, 2009 - August, 2010

Building Quality Classrooms in 2009

Learning comes to life with books, sports equipment, science kits and art supplies. Creativity and imagination is flowing.
October, 2009 - March, 2010

Harnet Grade 1-4 Primary School

14 year old Gerense has never been to school. In 2009 he started Grade 1 in his community’s new school.
September, 2008 - September, 2009

Building Quality Classrooms in 2008

Top-down education gets turned on its head. The classrooms in Ethiopia just got a little louder and a lot more colourful.
October, 2008 - December, 2008

Adi-Ajero Grade 1-4 Primary School

Children were learning in a shelter half covered in plastic, half open to the sky. Now they have a school with a roof, desks, a door and so much more.
March, 2008 - November, 2008

Mobilizing - Planting - Maintaining

Tseru’s seedling is only a few inches tall today. In two years, his guava tree will bear fruit that he can eat and sell to support his school.
April, 2008 - July, 2008

Seffo Maialekti Grade 1-4 Primary School

Not all children can walk to a school that is two hours away. With a grade 1-4 school right in their community, student enrolment has skyrocketed.
January, 2008 - June, 2008

Furniture for All in Hintalo Wejirat

With a desk to sit and write at, children are comfortably learning to be fully self-expressed. Watch out world.
January, 2008 - April, 2008

Onameya Junior Primary School

60 children attended school in a temporary shelter made of branches, reclaimed roofing, sand, and dirt floors. Now they have a solid school to learn in.
July, 2007 - September, 2007

Oshana Junior Primary School

355 bags of cement, 2,300 breeze blocks, 2 tonnes of aggregate, and 10 loads of sand laid the foundation for the education of 65 children.
July, 2007 - September, 2007

Gobabis Adventure Playground

Where there was bare earth, there is now a children’s playground with a climbing frame, ladders, bridge, slide, fireman’s pole, tunnels, see-saws and swings.
July, 2007 - September, 2007