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  • What can we do to help?

    Our vision is that WDEF and WADA operate as two independent partner charitable organisations, one facing the Oromo diaspora, the other locally focussed in Oromia. The first organisation has registered … Continue reading “What can we do to help?”

  • Why rural schools matter in Oromia and Ethiopia?

    Educational development plans in developing  countries have stressed the need to develop the economic, social, and political potential of their population through a public education system that has emphasised rural development. … Continue reading “Why rural schools matter in Oromia and Ethiopia?”

  • The vision

    Workneh Bedhane Dechasa was born in Guder in 1960, one of a family of eight and attended elementary school there. His studies took him to Ambo, Kotobe, Moscow and London. … Continue reading “The vision”