School Improvements

Girls Bathrooms

It was brought to our attention that one of the main obstacles preventing girls from attending school was the fact that  there are no girls bathrooms at the schools.   Some schools have no bathrooms and others have just one  which is used by the boys.  That means when girls do go to school they have to go the entire day without using a bathroom.

​E4 Change has funded the construction of 3 bathrooms so far. One girls bathroom in  Kalaman and one boys and one girls bathroom in Dariko.   We have plans to build more bathrooms in 2021. 

This project  is on hold until we secure adequate funding.

Teacher's Workspaces

The schools in the Somali region of Ethiopia do not have any spaces for the teachers to work. They are basically just 2 - 4 classrooms in a row.  We would like to build a space at each school where teachers can meet and collaborate with each other. In particular we want the teachers who attend our summer  Training Institute to be able to meet with other teachers at their school and transfer the knowledge that they learned.

Water Wells

The schools do not have any water fountains or sinks with running water which Canadian students are accustomed to. This means  that students must go all day without any drinks. We are hoping to build water wells at as many schools as possible so  that students will always have access to clean water. We also want to incorporate hand washing stations into the wells which will help improve student hygiene. 

This project  is on hold until we secure adequate funding.