Our Projects: Ethiopia
IMAGINE A SCHOOL
imagine1dayKilte Awlaelo District, Ethiopia
GO Campaign is partnering with imagine1day to build a grade 5-8 four-classroom school in the Kilte Awlaelo District of Northern Ethiopia. This school will give approximately 200 students the opportunity to continue their education in a conducive and supportive learning environment. Without this school, most students would finish their formal education after graduating the fourth grade.
Establishing the school is only one component of imagine1day's efforts to establish a comprehensive educational system and community development program that will improve the quality of life and help alleviate poverty for families living in Kilte Awlaelo. The GO Community has the opportunity to support the larger efforts by helping to build this much needed school.
Your donations will make it possible for students eager to learn and attend school to one day graduate from the eighth grade. Imagine the opportunities this school will provide for them!
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FEATURED BIOS
My name is Tekle and I am 15 years old in grade 4. I love learning and I am lucky that my family allows me to go to school for 4 hours every day. I might have to finish my studies this year because the closest grades 5-8 school is 1.5 hour walk from my home. It is possible to walk that far every day but I will be tired when I get to school and it will be hard to focus on my lessons. More importantly, walking for 3 hours every day to get to school gives me less time at home to help my family. I am the oldest boy in my family and I have many responsibilities. I plow, plant and harvest our farmland, I take care of our oxen and goats and I help maintain our house. I have to choose whether I go to school or fulfill my responsibilities I have at home. For me there really is no choice. Supporting my family at home is not an option.
My name is Asma. I am 14 years old in grade 4 and I would like to register for grade 5 and continue working towards reaching my goals. My community built a school for grades 1-4 themselves five years ago because they believed that education would bring change to our community. At first school was overwhelming, now I love it! From my home it is a 3-hour walk to the nearest grade 5-8 school. I want to walk to go there next year but my family says I am not allowed to. I know it is possible to run into a dangerous person or a dangerous animal like a hyena but I believe that going to school would be worth the risk. My dream is to be a teacher one day. This is because education gives you a choice. Without it there are no options. I want options - I want to go to school!
WHY ETHIOPIA
Formal schools in rural Ethiopia are scarce. For many families, the closest school is often a two-hour walk in each direction. As a result, many parents keep their children closer to home where they are schooled in makeshift open-air classrooms made from tree branches, mud and stones. These improvised facilities have no chairs or desks, offer little protection from the hot piercing sun and fierce winds, and have no access to clean water causing students to become dehydrated. Under-qualified yet dedicated, teachers are routinely battling the elements for the attention of their students.
The direct link between a lack of education and increased poverty cannot be ignored, nor can the difference an education makes in establishing sustainable livelihoods and a healthy society. Children like Tekle and Asma are hungry for an education and to contribute to their societies, and fortunately for them, there is hope.
