One of the buildings at the secondary school
On Tuesday we drove outside of Addis Ababa through “challenging” traffic – we were constantly being cut off by trucks, cars, bicycles and even people – to a more rural area to visit schools that are benefiting from British foreign aid. Driving through this area you see people herding goats beside the road, donkeys loaded up parcels, we even encountered a small herd of cattle in the road at one point.
My parents are educators so I was particularly interested to see these schools. They’re serving large numbers of students (at the secondary school there are 4,000 students) and at the primary school they break the day into 2 parts to accommodate morning and afternoon students.
Here’s a clip about what I saw.
About Jennifer Howze
Jennifer Howze is the Creative Director and co-founder of BritMums. She blogs about family travel at Jenography.net, tweets at @JHowze and Instagrams at @JHowze. Previously, she wrote the Alpha Mummy blog at The Times and as a journalist has contributed to The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Wall Street Journal, Travel & Leisure, Budget Travel, CNN.com, Allure, SELF and Premiere, among others. She won The Maggie Award from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America for a health article in Seventeen magazine.
Michelle Twin Mum
Thursday 11th of October 2012
What a journey we are on Jen, super! Love the soundclip, you can tell you really got into it! Mich x
ONE | #ONEMums: A moving visit to schools in Ethiopia
Wednesday 10th of October 2012
[...] Jennifer Howze is traveling in Ethiopia with ONE this October. This piece, originally published on Brit Mums Blog, is part of our ongoing coverage of the [...]