Research shows that most of the girls in rural Ethiopia leave school for four to five days a month during their menstruation because the school environment isn’t conducive to girls. Rahel Shifera is one of these students – she was born and raised in the Gew Gew community, in the Oromia region. She is a
“It feels like dying to found myself being surrounded by five young men out of nowhere. My mom reported to my school immediately after she heard about the attempt to abduct me while I am going to school for a makeup class,” says Kemeru Abdo 15 years old and grade 8 student. Girls in Kumbi
“I am glad I am getting an opportunity to go back to school after dropping out for a year” says Sitota Kassa, previously identified as an orphaned and vulnerable out of school child at Goro Primary School in the district of Bale zone, Oromia region. As his mother’s only boy, and his father passing away
“I can’t wait to go back to school.” These are words many parents yearn to hear. Instead of dragging their kids to school every day, they hope that their children will be excited and willing to attend. In Siyoum’s case, he has been fed up, bored, and upset, waiting almost three years to go back
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
