In 2024, we completed the construction of three new classrooms at the Saint Peter and Paul educational complex in Jimma, southwestern Ethiopia. The intervention was designed to address the increase in students coming from the complex's primary schools, ensuring their educational continuity in a safe, equipped, and inclusive environment.
Thanks to the collaboration with the local Vicariate, the project led to the creation of new teaching spaces, areas dedicated to staff, and support rooms for educational materials, thus strengthening the quality and organization of school activities.
In a rapidly growing urban context, where public schools can exceed 60 students per class, this project helped to reduce overcrowding and improve the quality of teaching. The main beneficiaries are over 266 secondary school students, with numbers expected to grow in the coming years, while approximately 1,870 people, including teachers, families, and community members, have benefited indirectly.
In Jimma, less than 50% of students complete the secondary cycle due to economic barriers, distance, and infrastructural deficiencies. With this project, we offer girls and boys new opportunities for learning, growth, and the future.
School infrastructures are the core of our interventions in Africa: without safe classrooms, adequate spaces, and modern tools, learning remains a privilege for a few. This is why we build and renovate schools, create laboratories and educational spaces that allow children and young people to grow up in dignified environments. Every new classroom is not just a building, but a seed of hope and future for entire communities.
Direct: 266
Indirect: 1,871
Jimma is one of the main cities in southwestern Ethiopia, with about 200,000 inhabitants, and is historically known as the center of the coffee trade, the area's main economic resource. The population is dynamic and multicultural, with a long tradition of commercial and cultural exchanges that have made it a regional hub. However, despite the agricultural and economic potential, much of the population still lives in poverty, with difficulty accessing health services and stable education. Schools suffer from overcrowding and lack of materials, while youth unemployment remains high. At the same time, Jimma also represents a center of opportunity: the local university and the vitality of the markets testify to the city's ability to be a meeting point between tradition and modernity.
With the goal of supporting basic education and vocational training, the Foundation invests in infrastructure and initiatives addressing educational challenges such as the empowerment of girls and women.
Each project is developed in collaboration with local communities and aims to promote education, personal growth, and sustainable development.
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