Medaghi Primary School

Medaghi is a village located in a valley far below the town of Lalibela and is inaccessible for several months each year due to impassable river crossings.

The small primary school had been struggling to support more than 600 students from Kindergarten to Grade 8. When classrooms are overcrowded or in poor condition, girls are often the first to miss out or drop out of school. Determined to improve the situation, the Medaghi community spent seven years attempting to build two additional classrooms using their own labour and resources. By 2019, however, they had exhausted all available funds and materials, and the buildings remained unfinished and unused.

In 2020, we completed the construction of the two classrooms, leading to the return of 186 children who had previously dropped out.

With ongoing demand for more learning space, we constructed a further four classrooms in 2022. Together, these improvements have ensured that every girl in the community has a place in the classroom.

In 2023, our Directors, Georgina and Sophie, were honoured to attend the official opening ceremony and spend time with the Medaghi community.