“Imagine1day has created a conducive school environment which has given me the morale to do better in my education after 20 years of being a dropout,” says Feusedin Kedir, 48 years of age, and previously out of school; enrolled by Leaders Educators and Parents (LEAP) project of imagine1day. Feusedin is a father of nine who
“If it was not for her fellow students, my daughter would have ended up marrying a man who is more than twice her age at only 13. I cannot thank imagine1day and EAC enough for their awareness creation program about early marriage throughout our community,” says Girma Bekele, Eyerus, a grade 8 student’s father. Eyerus
The Guanga Sanitary Pad Production Facility is an amazing initiative, it allows girls to learn the basics of sewing sanitary pads and garments while giving them back to the community, but what makes it even more incredible are the stories of the girls who take on the program. Hirut is a 20-year-old, she has not
“I was about to drop out of school before imagine1day provided me the scholastic materials necessary for schooling and sheep as a means of income for my living expenses,” says Antu Junedin, a grade four student in Abu Kemedi Primary School, one of Leaders, Educators, and Parents (LEAP) target schools. Antu came from a poor
May 14, 2023- May 16, 2023 Last month, four members of the Costa Foundation- including the notorious Piers Blake, board-chair Ken Mackenzie and his wife Joy, and members of the i1d team embarked on a four-day journey to the SNNP and Oromia regions. Not only was this an incredible chance to visit the beautifully built
The Community of Guanga has opened a first-of-its-kind program. The program allows girls who have graduated grade 10 or higher to register for a sewing class. In the class, the girls learn to sew reusable sanitary pads and provide them for free to nearby schools. This term, the girls have provided over 500 free pads
“It doesn’t seem that it has been only two weeks since Madivo started a class. She is an incredibly active and quick learner. The fact that she is keen and confident has helped her a lot to easily catch up,” says Genet, Madivo’s teacher. Madivo Aliyi, 9 years old, has never been to school until
“A B C D…” says Hussein Asha, 6 years old reading from the blackboard, and then the rest of the students follow his lead. Hussein Asha is displaced with his mom while he was only 2 years old from his birthplace Tulu village to Meda IDP site. He has three siblings and he is the
“The fact that I can borrow books from the library and read at home while looking after the cattle has helped me a lot in using my time effectively to study. I used to rank 1st in my class at lower grades but since grade 4 I have been ranking 3rd as the class
Konso, SNNPR, Ethiopia December 9 of 2021 - Four districts of Konso zone Karat Zuriya, Segen Zuriya, Kolme and Kena are hosting a big event. Little children holding colorful balloons and welcome signs of decoration sing a song to welcome their guests while stomping the ground with their feet. It is a graduation day for
