Usman Husein has been the chairman for the Parents Teachers and Students Union Committee at Wayu Hora School, a grade 12 graduate himself. He has been serving the school since 2011. As a father of five sons and three daughters, Usman feels drawn to helping his school. “Since Imagine1day came to us, capacity building, awareness
imagine1day Selam June 2023 | View this email in your browser Dear imagine1day Community, Welcome back to the Selam monthly newsletter! It is our pleasure to be connecting with you once again. This month, May 2023 is an exceptional month that notably holds the retirement of one of imagine1day’s treasured partners, I would say a
Ibsa Jamal Ahmed is an 11-year-old grade 4 student at Kumbi primary school, one of the 60 target schools in Harena Buluk District supported by EAC’S Leaders Educators and parents (LEAP) Project Target Schools in the Oromia, Bale Zone. Ibsa dropped out of school for one year because there was no one to support him
“Had Costa Foundation not opened Choche Keta Muduga Preparatory School, chances are I would have been a daily labourer my entire life,” says Nesru Abdu, who after dropping out of grade 9, spent nine years out of school. The nearest secondary school around Choche community requires a six hour round trip to access. Only a
“I don’t want my kids to live the same life I have been living because of illiteracy. My parents gave me away for an arranged marriage to a man who has a wife and three children. My husband has only one hectare of land to raise the 20 kids he has from myself and his
“I want to be a Gynecologist to make up for the incident that took my mom while she was giving birth to me. I feel bad that I have neither a mother nor a sister to turn to for support whenever I need it but having imagine1day in my life consoles me a lot. I
“I wasn’t in a position to afford our daily meals let alone cover my kid’s school expenses as a daily laborer and a single mom. The sheep imagine1day has provided my daughter as one of the orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) has equipped me with the ability to keep her in school. I thank EAC
“I went back to school 24 years after dropping out just to make sure my kids could get all the support they need from me to be outstanding students. My eldest child Indaya Mohammed had attended spiritual education when she was younger and she completed it at the top of her class, I was very
“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
