What We’re Excited About
It’s been a rainy summer here in Northern Ethiopia but as August flies by, the imagine1day field team is gearing up for another school year. What are we looking forward to? Members of our field team weigh in: Yeheyis Berhane “I am eager to see how our scholarship program works. It is ...
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August 11, 2011
imagine ethiopia: a night of stories from the heart of africa
From September 23rd to October 8th, 2010, 17 participants from Canada, the United States and Australia embarked on an epic journey to see Ethiopia and visit the schools of imagine1day. This group of individuals also raised $100,000 to build a school for one of imagine1day's communities called Laelay Wukro in Northern ...
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February 24, 2011
Let Them Eat Carrots!
It’s all coming together now at Debub Grade 1-8 Community School – an imagine1day supported school. Over a year ago imagine1day began working with the school in Debub. As a supported school Debub had classroom buildings that were built by the government but lacked sufficient programming, training and resources. Enter: imagine1day with ...
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November 18, 2010
Bill Nye the Science Guy – Ethiopian Style
Bill Nye the Science Guy’s creative, enthusiastic ways of making learning about science fun haven’t yet arrived in the horn of Africa. But imagine1day is making up the difference and this past weekend your field team spent three days giving 90 teachers from 30 different schools Science Kit Training. Working with ...
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November 11, 2010
Face of the Future: Helen
Once upon a time there was a small community in Northern Ethiopia called Maego that got tired of waiting for the government to build them a Grade 1-4 School for their children so they built it themselves. Six years later the Maego student population has outgrown their little school and ...
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October 31, 2010
Face of the Future: Redea
It’s not every day that you hear about students playing hooky from class because they are harvesting barley and tef with their families – but here in Northern Ethiopia keeping class attendance consistently high during the harvest season (October-November) is a challenge many teachers face. Redea Haile is a 15-year-old, Grade ...
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October 28, 2010
Take Me to Your Leader: Tesfay Hagos
With thick Harry Potter-esque glasses constantly sliding down his nose and a shy disposition Tesfay Hagos is a teacher that’s been there. After 19 years at the front of a classroom – three of which have been in the “dass” open-air classroom at Laelay Wukro - Mr. ...
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October 25, 2010
Face of the Future: Abejech
You know when your name means “I did well” that you’re on the right track. Such is the case for the beautiful Abejech – one of 60 new Grade One students at imagine1day's brand new Laelay Weste Grade 1-4 Community School. At ten years old Abejech is a bit older ...
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October 19, 2010
Faces of the Future: Mebrahte Berau
On October 10, the imagine1day team headed out to Wazza Grade 1-8 Community School to spend the day with Mebrahte, a fresh-faced, 14-year-old Grade 7 student, who was our chosen muse for our One Day on Earth documentary film. We were expecting big things from Mebrahte and we had no idea ...
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October 14, 2010
Scaling Mountains and Sleeping Under the Stars
An update from the Imagine Ethiopia 2010 trip! The Imagine Ethiopia 2010 family mid-hike to their overnight stay in the community of Abada. Days 5, 6 and 7 were chalk full of visits to imagine1day’s schools in some of the most remote communities of Northern Ethiopia. As a result, most of the ...
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October 7, 2010
