Community leaders are taking a stand, literally moving villages, to make it safe for girls to go to school. In Batali, a community in the district of Meda Welabu, the biggest challenge preventing school enrollment isn’t poor classrooms, it’s community awareness. Just ten years ago, there were just two girls enrolled at Batali
DELLO MENA DISTRICT
imagine1day2023-02-15T04:39:08+00:00Religious leaders are knocking on every door to assure families that religion and education can co-exist. Plans for construction of a new Grade 5-8 school had only just begun in Yadot, a town in the district of Dello Mena, and already transformation was taking shape. “I USED TO BELIEVE THAT IF
SINANA 2012 – 2014
imagine1day2023-02-15T04:35:49+00:00Parents committed to their children’s future caught our attention and a partnership was born. The dirt road that leads into the community of Gulcho is lined with prickly cacti and several bamboo-thatched homes. The road curves sharply to the left and then opens up to reveal the community’s school, which is situated on
BALE ZONE INITIATIVE
imagine1day2023-02-15T04:29:35+00:00Community leaders are taking a stand, literally moving villages, to make it safe for girls to go to school. In Batali, a community in the district of Meda Welabu, the biggest challenge preventing school enrollment isn’t poor classrooms, it’s community awareness. Just ten years ago, there were just two girls enrolled at Batali
FILANGUR SCHOOL
imagine1day2023-02-15T04:24:30+00:00Community leaders are taking a stand, literally moving villages, to make it safe for girls to go to school. In Batali, a community in the district of Meda Welabu, the biggest challenge preventing school enrollment isn’t poor classrooms, it’s community awareness. Just ten years ago, there were just two girls enrolled at Batali
SINANA DISTRICT
imagine1day2023-02-15T04:21:53+00:00Community members of all ages and income levels are taking the education of their children to heart and to their pocket books. The only school Manderina, aged 9, and her friends have ever known was made of wood, mud and straw. There weren’t enough desks or chairs, so they sat on dirt floors.
DELLO MENA 2014
imagine1day2023-02-15T04:03:41+00:00Religious leaders are knocking on every door to assure families that religion and education can co-exist. Plans for construction of a new Grade 5-8 school have only just begun in Yadot, a town in the district of Dello Mena, and already transformation is taking shape. “I USED TO BELIEVE THAT IF
MEDA WELABU 2014
imagine1day2023-02-15T04:00:12+00:00Community leaders are taking a stand, literally moving villages, to make it safe for girls to go to school. Imagine sending your child to school knowing they have to cross two rushing rivers to get there. That’s the daily reality of 306 students in the town of Batali during the rainy season. If
THE GRADUATE FUND 2011 – 2014
imagine1day2023-02-15T03:55:33+00:00The son of farmers, Nigus Hagos Kahsay grew up in a village called Sihet, in the Hintalo Wejirat district in Tigray. Three years ago, imagine1day selected him as one of our Graduate Fund students. We gave his family a seed loan and business training to help them start their own income generating activity so
GOBELE SHARYN MANDEL PRIMARY SCHOOL
imagine1day2023-02-15T03:25:52+00:00Two women, one legacy: Raising a village Powerhouse business woman Jalynn Bennett and lifelong teacher Sharyn Mandel both knew the power of education to change lives – it was a passionate cause close to the hearts of both women. But even they couldn’t have predicted how much inspiration would spring from the gifts