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Training Teachers, Improving Lives - VSO in Ethiopia

This documentary explores the work of the dedicated volunteers who come from across the globe to help the Voluntary Service Overseas organization improve education in Ethiopia.

As experienced educators, the volunteers work in partnership with schools, local administrations, training colleges and the Ministry of Education to put new policies into practice.

Gillian Bradley is one of these recruits and works in the northern hill-town of Dessie in the local teacher training college. There she witnesses teachers taking their skills from the British model and applying them in their classrooms.

The area's local cluster scheme also allows schools to share their resources, staff and teaching experiences. Gillian and her colleague Orla McCarthy work closely with these schools, and through the hard work carried out by them and their colleagues across the country, Ethiopia may yet meet the UN Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

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sandrita on 27 May 2007

I hope that this programme will inspire teachers all over the world to consider taking a sabbatical or using their retir ...
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Duration: 30:00 minutes
Published: 03 May 2007
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Evidence - VSO in Ethiopia (Word document)Download (55 Kb)

Supporting information provided by the educational consultant for this programme

Jill's Journal (Word document)Download (57 Kb)

Find out more about the experiences of VSO volunteer Jill Bradley, who is currently training teachers in Ethiopia

Useful websites

Ethiopia: Primary and Secondary Education Information on the education in Ethiopia, provided by the U.S. Library of Congress

VSO: Ethiopia Information on the work that the VSO are involved with in Ethiopia

British Council: Global Schools Information on the DfID's Global Schools Partnerships

VSO: Involving Global School Partnerships in the Global Campaign for Education Links to PDF file containing practical advice and guidance on how to get your global school partnership involved in the Global Campaign for Education

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- sandrita
  
  VSO ETHIOPIA
  
  27 May 2007 - 15:17
  I hope that this programme will inspire teachers all over the world to consider taking a sabbatical or using their retirement to share their "specialist" knowledge to make a change in the world's poorest countries.
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- sara solomon
  
  Re : VSO ETHIOPIA
  
  23 December 2009 - 21:09
  Hi, my name is Sara i was just wondering if you take a volunteers only for a couple of weeks.
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- Sonyab
  
  Primary school teachers volunteering overseas
  
  12 June 2009 - 16:05
  If you're inspired by this story, and are thinking about a volunteering placement or know someone who is, VSO are in urgent need of primary school teachers for overseas placements of 1-2 years. It's an experience that will enrich your life and others too.
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- KatrinaARuss
  
  A Random Question
  
  21 April 2009 - 11:36
  Hello,
  
  this site was shown to me by a friend and i was thinking that it would be great to have some opinions on a project that should be going ahead in late September. . . "if you were to hear about an eco tourism hotel being constructed in Zeway, Rift Valley Ethiopia; its purpose to benefit the surrounding community through micro projects sponsored buy guests at the Hotel would you feel inspired to find out more about it? would it interest you?"
  
  i am half Ethiopian and i find sites like this brilliant, Ethiopia is an enchanting place that the world knows little about.
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- felicityharwood
  
  VSO in Ethiopia
  
  31 October 2007 - 22:18
  As a returned volunteer from mozambique where i worked as a teacher trainer it was very interesting to see what is being done and how, in other African countries. i am sure that i will be re-volunteering before long. the programme was inspiring.
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- pollyandrea
  
  VSO ethiopia
  
  12 June 2007 - 13:33
  I found it very useful as I will be going to Ethiopia in September as a VSO volunteer to work in teacher training, so it provided excellent insight into the issues and problems and how VSO workers shared skills to improve motivation and classroom environments.
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- Chris Corbett
  
  Re : VSO in Ethiopia
  
  19 June 2007 - 21:52
  I, too, found the program both useful and inspiring as I'm set to go with VSO to Ethiopia in Sept.as a Teacher Trainer, too! I hope others have been equally inspired; I feel it will be such a rewarding experience.
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