News from Ethiopia

Computer lab opened at the Bethany School

Ethiopia Thursday, 15 October 2015

Months of building and preparing, even shipping computers from England to Bekoji all led up to the 1st of October when our Bethany School officiall...

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Abdinego is saying “goodbye” to dirty water

Ethiopia Wednesday, 23 September 2015

This is Abdinego and his family. Abdinego is a Stand by Me child and student at our Abdi Academy in Dembi Dollo, Ethiopia. At school he learns exci...

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RWBA to the Ethiopian Embassy

Ethiopia Wednesday, 16 September 2015

A group of 16 ambitious teachers and support staff from the Royal Wootton Bassett Academy (RWBA) set themselves the challenging task of cycling app...

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"I can now read and see everything I like"

Ethiopia Friday, 04 September 2015

Since Stand by Me became caring and educating children at the Bekoji Bethany School in Ethiopia, we have improved the education, health and wellbei...

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Sena wears a pair of shoes for the first time

Ethiopia, Thursday, 27 August 2015

We love Sena’s beautiful eyes and her shy smile. Most of all, we love how she has flourished in our care and that we have been able to give her and...

A new family for Hawani

Ethiopia, Thursday, 30 July 2015

Our Bekoji Children’s Village in Ethiopia is continually growing with precious children in need of care and a family. One of the most recent addit...

South East Antrim Scouts provide clean water

Ethiopia, Wednesday, 24 June 2015

What a happy photo of some amazing fundraisers! Pictured above are Reuben Wolfe 4th Carrickfergus, Lewis Beckett and Cullen Gallagher 1st Monkstow...

Double the fundraising for Christine's swim

Ethiopia, Monday, 01 June 2015

Christine is doing something amazing for Stand by Me, she is challenging herself to swim 100 lengths to raise money for our unsponsored children in...

Free play in Bekoji

Ethiopia, Friday, 17 April 2015

Abbi has just returned from a teacher training team trip to Bekoji, here she tells us what she got up to:Going out for my second time on a teacher ...

Mothering in the hardest circumstances

Ethiopia, Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Sena has a cheerful smile and happily attends our Abdi Academy in Dembi Dollo where she receives a great education and care, but Sena’s mum has had...

Self-sufficiency for families in Dembi Dollo

Ethiopia, Monday, 02 March 2015

The Stand by Me Abdi Academy cares for 280 of Dembi Dollo’s most at risk children; giving them a fantastic education, renewed health, nutrition and...

Stand by Me students on Ethiopian TV

Ethiopia, Thursday, 29 January 2015

Scientists in the making, Joseph and Belete are two students at our Bethany School in Bekoji, Ethiopia. They had a little taste of being TV stars w...

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