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What We Do

Improve Schools

Every child deserves a school ready to support their learning and success. Your gift stocks libraries, creates hands-on science labs, builds desks, replaces broken blackboards, and supports teachers to bring their best to the classroom. When a school is improved, entire villages are improved! 

What are School Improvement Projects?

Your support brings life-changing resources to rural schools: microscopes to discover the wonders of science, desks so students have a seat in the classroom, books that spark deeper learning, and more! When you give, you provide teachers with quality materials for teaching, and school classrooms that are ready to inspire young minds. Your loving support helps a rural classroom come alive with possibility and promise.

Why are School Improvement Projects so important?

School Improvement Projects are the perfect complement to School Sponsorships and represent Roots Ethiopia’s comprehensive strategy to unite individual and institutional support. We build long-term relationships with School Improvement Project schools in order to support, encourage, and respond to school needs. Each project reflects the feedback and input of the community.

Yemisarech, a student at Mugunja School

Meet Yemisarech, a student at Mugunja School. We partnered with Mugunja School on a School Improvement Project – Yemisarech now enjoys new textbooks, robust reference materials, improved classroom facilities, and teachers motivated by professional development.

Yemisarech loves chemistry and now conducts hands-on experiments in Mugunja’s new science lab!

The Power of Sports: Building Strong Students in Ethiopian Schools

Girls who play soccer at Lalo School

Every Student Deserves to Play

In rural Ethiopia, most children lack access to organized sports. They play with makeshift balls on uneven fields, often barefoot. At Roots Ethiopia, we know that structured sports programs give students essential opportunities for growth, health, and connection.

From Pickup Games to Team Sports

Your support provides the basics that many of us take for granted. A pair of sneakers, a team uniform, a proper soccer ball - these simple items make meaningful differences in a child's daily life. And for children who thrive with structure and physical movement, team sports are excellent. 

Before our programs, students played informal pickup games whenever possible, using whatever they could find. Now, at schools with school improvement work in place, girls and boys are  part of real teams with coaches, regular practices, and standard sport equipment. This structure and support helps them develop skills and confidence.

Impact Beyond Athletics

Research confirms the wide-ranging benefits of sports participation. Students who play sports show improved grades, attendance, and graduation rates. They develop essential skills in teamwork, communication, and perseverance.

For girls especially, sports open new doors. In communities where girls face limited opportunities, being part of a sports team builds confidence and challenges gender barriers. 

Investing in Students and Schools

When you support sports programs at Roots Ethiopia, you strengthen both individual students and their school communities.

Picture a student wearing their team uniform for the first time. Watch their progress as they master new skills and achieve their goals. See how being part of a team creates lasting friendships and school pride.

These are the concrete results of your sports support.

Give the Gift of Sports! 

At Roots Ethiopia, we work toward schools where every student has access to organized sports. Volleyball, soccer, and basketball are all sports that are uniquely supported with your generosity. 

Your contribution provides the equipment, coaching, and structure that helps students succeed in sports, academics, and life.

Join us in strengthening Ethiopian communities through effective school sports programs.

Give the Gift of Sports

With your help, we can continue to improve educational opportunities for more students like Yemisarech.

Give $28 to give 4 books to a school's first library. 

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