Sebatamit Pre-Primary & Primary School
Sebatamit is a small farming community where families live on an average annual income of just $200. More than two decades ago, residents pooled their own funds to build a mud-block school so children wouldn’t have to walk seven kilometres to Bahir Dar. By 2015, the buildings were unsafe and unhygienic, prompting Partners’ first major project: replacing the deteriorating classrooms with durable cement-block structures and introducing our holistic education model.
Today, Sebatamit is a model site for school-based gardening and experiential learning. Students, teachers, and parents maintain thriving fruit and vegetable gardens that both feed the school and generate income. The school now regularly hosts government officials, NGOs, and educators from across the region eager to learn from its success.
Ongoing initiatives include teacher-training programs, health and sanitation workshops, and an innovative science curriculum. Students lead peer-to-peer education on hygiene, while a student health club and menstrual-health workshops empower girls through practical, reusable solutions.
