SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION – Completed Projects

School Shop Project 2007 - 2008:

An additional source of income for the EDGET BAANDNET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Handed over to our local partner in 2008.

A school shop—a traditional hut selling bamboo furniture and local handicrafts—was established to generate additional income for the school and provide training opportunities for older children and young people. In Ethiopia, primary school pupils are sometimes 15 years old or older and frequently have to leave school after Grade 4 for economic reasons. EBCC secured approximately €1,800 in financial support from the German Embassy, while additional funding from outside the organisation, including private birthday donations, meant that EBCC itself only had to contribute around €250. The majority of EBCC's contribution therefore consisted of free consultancy and assistance in securing local funding. The total project cost was approximately €3,300, including the initial stock.

The shop was handed over to the school community in October 2008. It was rented to a cooperative of three local businesswomen, and the rental income continues to finance the school's feeding programme.

Four Classrooms for MAKIBASA Primary School in a Rural Area

Traditional mud-and-timber construction, €5,600. Our pilot project.
The beginning of the development of a school that now serves 2,500 pupils.
2008 - 2010

Solar Project - Makibasa Primary School

Completed in 2011.
Implemented and financially supported by Engineers Without Borders. Thank you! The school now has electricity in one classroom and can receive national educational radio broadcasts. EDGET continues to provide follow-up support.

Makibasa Primary School

Two classrooms and an administrative unit for the school management, completed in 2011, €17,000.

ALABA School

Four classrooms, completed in 2011, €27,000.

Gebeye Dar Primary School

Sanitation facilities, cost: €3,500, completed in 2012.

Gebeye Dar Primary and Junior Secondary School, which serves more than 2,000 pupils, received new toilets, running water and washbasins. The total cost was €3,269. Construction began on 10 November 2011 and was completed on 1 January 2012.
This first sanitation project served as a pilot for a larger sanitation programme for primary school pupils in Hawassa from 2012 onwards.

Sanitation Facilities, Completed in 2012

• Edget Fana Primary School, Hawassa

• Addis Zemen Primary School, Hawassa

• Nigat Kokeb Primary School, Hawassa

• Haik Junior High School, Hawassa

Bahil Adarash Primary School, Hawassa

Two classrooms, completed in 2012 and inaugurated in November 2012.

Addis Zemen Primary School, Hawassa

Two classrooms, completed in April 2013 and inaugurated in October 2013.

Bahil Adarash Primary School, Hawassa

Administrative unit, completed in 2015 and inaugurated in March 2016.

JATARO DAG KARMA FIRST CYCLE SCHOOL

AT DANSHE KEBELE, KOKOSA WOREDA, OROMIA REGION

Four classrooms, a solar module and a hand-operated water pump. Total cost approximately €37,000. Completed in 2018 and inaugurated in October 2018.

GORCHE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL

GORCHE WOREDA, 50 km south of Hawassa, Southern Region

Four classrooms and a solar module. Total cost approximately €22,000, plus approximately €1,000 worth of books. Completed in 2018 and inaugurated in February 2019.