Imagine1day has identified a critical need to upgrade the school facilities in Anole, in the Oromia Region in southeastern Ethiopia. We are fundraising for a project to build 8 new classrooms, 2 blocks of gender-segregated latrines, a new library and a new playground will cost over $270,000. 53% of the funds have already been secured
The Educate A Girl project provides opportunities for girls who have completed grade 8 to continue their studies at high schools in nearby urban centers. The program fully funds the... (read more)Education, transformational leadership training, WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) and child protection are our current pillars of intervention. We have impacted over… (read more)Help
Imagine1day has continued its humanitarian response to people affected by the current crisis in Tigray Region.In partnership with UNICEF, we have launched an education and child protection project for Internally Displaced People in the Mekelle and Shire towns of Tigray region. This project will impact over 7,600 children with Education in Emergency program and over
Kenani Sora, a grade 2 student, and her family had no idea about COVID-19, like most Belanbel Internally Displaced People (IDP) community members. They were not in a position to access media outlets, nor did they receive any NGO or government assistance - not even a visit. Schools had been closed for two years, movement
“I had lost all hope that my life could be any better, but then imagine1day’s education opportunity enabled me to dream of a bright future,” says Kaliti Galgalo, who was able to access at-home education via radio after a more than a two-year absence from school.Kaliti was just 10 years old when she was displaced
Nedi, Godana’s mother “After what my son experienced, it is a privilege that he is able to access education. Given his individualist nature of dealing with his problems on his own, I was worried about his fate with no education,” says Nedi, Godana’s mother.Godana Wariyo, 13 years old, had suffered the trauma of displacement
In Buluk community, like many remote villages in Ethiopia, girls spend a lot of their day on the endless task of fetching water. Sometimes they travel as much as four hours back and forth, with only river water available. And even then they must share with their cattle. “The river water we use for drinking
imagine1day Project Update February 2021 Over the last three years, imagine1day has partnered with the Costa Foundation to carry on the critical work of granting access to education for out-of-school children across Ethiopia. Since 2017, they have constructed a total of nine schools together.Here is our project update on the three latest critical school openings. In the Oromia
2020 was a year full of challenges and opportunities, and as we carry on with our critical work across the country, 2021 is shaping up to be another such year.The conflict that erupted on November 4, 2020 in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has led to immediate and large-scale internal displacement. The two joint Government-humanitarian
Educate A Child (EAC), a program of Education Above All, is a global initiative launched by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar, which aims to significantly reduce the number of children worldwide who are out of school. The goal of the Leaders, Educators, and Parents (LEAP) project is to increase access to equitable
