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  • Official recognition our school meets the standard

    On the 6th-7th October Officials from the Tokke Kutaye District Education Office visited the site of the school and concluded … Based on your submitted document and the state of the construction, we were very pleased. The building exceeds the primary school standard and can serve as a school for grades 1–8, so we agreed…

  • Photos of the school build

  • 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…

  • Workneh Dechasa Memorial 2021

    Saturday 15th May 3pm UK time4pm CET10am EST5pm Oromia (Ethiopia) Please join us to remember our dear friend, colleague and family member Workneh Dechasa who passed away on 13th May 2019. We shall remember the important and joyful contribution he made to so many of our lives and we will share our plans to create…

  • 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 as a charity and trustees have worked with Workneh’s friends and family in Oromia to register the local group and gain support from the education…

  • 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. A look at  the educational system in Ethiopia where more than 80 per cent of the population lives in the rural areas, revealed that the educational…