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The table of study results of 2015-2016

The table of study results of 2015-2016 The calendar year in Ethiopia starts on September 11th. Around that time school starts in Ethiopia. The school year consists of two semesters which both end with exams. First semester exams are in…

In Ethiopia as a young teacher

In Ethiopia as a young teacher I was in South-Ethiopia in Soddo city on a period of 02.-21. January 2016. Amongst other things I gave science lessons to the pupils over there. Main incentive to go there was to experience…

Chora scool

Chora scool

Chora scool Chora private school operates in three buildings in city of Soddo. High school, elementary school and grade scool. Every division has it’s own principal, vice principal and teachers. Chora is the largest and one of the best schools…

Journey to Amanuels home

Journey to Amanuels home Photos by Kristjan Juusu in Viru Keskus Durng a six year period hundreds of pupils from Soddo have made it from grade school to secondary school and some already to high school. Part of the work…

School started 2015…

School started 2015 School started in September 2015. Estonians who are helping to get the school year off to a good start and are trying to better the conditions for the children are present in Ethiopia this time as well.…

Games and recycling in Ethiopia

If a fair skinned stranger walks down the streets of a village in Ethiopia a crowd of shrieking children always follows. Kids who have reached too far from their homes unnoticingly change with new ones – it’s not going to…

Baking bread

Bread is made of tef-flour. Tef is a relative of millet and quinoa but with a smaller seed and contains iron, calcium, proteins, fibers, aminoacids and vitamin C. The process of making it is the same as for our leavened…

Daniel

In January 2015 I randomly met a young man named Daniel in a wedding in Hawassa. During our first conversation his activities seemed very special. Once back in Soddo we met up the very next day. Mainly because during the…