July 2022 Newsletter

July 2022 Newsletter

News from Ethiopia Summer in Ethiopia is the Rainey season. As drought is affecting large areas of the Horn of Africa including Ethiopia we are hoping that this years rain does not fail and that it is not so severe that the topsoil is washed away. The community...
November 2021 Newsletter

November 2021 Newsletter

Update from Ethiopia The Underhill Secondary Scholarship Scheme continues to be a great success, currently there are 8 girls who have enrolled for grade 12, 7 girls in grade 11  9 girls in grade 10. New girls who passed their grade 8 exams will be selected to join...
September 2021

September 2021

Melkam Addis Amet! Otherwise known as “Happy New Year” in Amharic. September 11th marks the new year of 2014 for Ethiopia. There is normally a celebration called Enkutash to bring in the new year (Ethiopia follows the Julian calendar.)  Enkutash means...
July 2021

July 2021

High School Graduation We are delighted to announce that two of the scholarship girls from Toby’s House have graduated high school and have just departed to join the Universities they have been awarded a place at. This is a huge adventure for them as they will...
March Newsletter

March Newsletter

Easter in Ethiopia is called Fasika, and will not be celebrated until the 2nd May 2021 as they follow the Eastern Orthodox calendar. Therefore this is still a time of fasting and eating vegetarian food for many. Dishes such as Azifa (lentil salad) and Misir Wot...