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  • Almost there

    This video show the school site on 13th May 2026 with Classroom Block A, Rest and refreshment Block C and toilet Block D, together with the substructure of Classroom Block B largely completed. Below is the completed Classroom block A. The generous grant of £8172 from Hazel’s Footprints Trust for the pupils’ rest and refreshment…

  • Swim Serpentine and Vitality 10K Events

    Three swimmers accepted the Serpentine challenge on 20th September, followed, the next weekend, by five runners taking on the Vitality 10K. Between them they raise almost £5000 for the school in Oromia. Thanks to them and to all who sponsored them, as well as the team from WDEF who cheered them on and flew the…

  • Photos of the school build

  • 4th Anniversary Memorial Picnic

    On 24th June, over thirty of Workneh’s friends and family came together to remember him and celebrate his life. As on previous years, Aster Belay, Workneh’s widow and the Chair of Workneh Dechasa Education Foundation, provided a wonderful spread of picnic foods and drinks. This year we tried to make the event more fun for…

  • Workneh Dechasa 4th Anniversary picnic 2023

    Just a week to go before this years 4th Anniversary Picnic in Finsbury Park where we will be gathering to remember the life and work Workneh Dechasa, who sadly passed away four years ago. Come and join us to meet old friends and help us raise funds to build a preschool in his memory in…

  • School plans

    Our plans are beginning to take shape. The land which Workneh’s family are donating is too small for an elementary school, but we’re exploring the possibility of buildings community preschool facility which would give children a strong foundation for their education while keeping the provision local. Although school age children will have to travel into…