School through the fields in Sodo

TO SCHOOL through the fields took on a new meaning when Irish donors opened a secondary school in rural Ethiopia yesterday.

On land that once grew maize surrounded by Ethiopia’s famous Rift Valley mountains, Kella High School in Sodo was officially opened in preparation for the first day of term on Monday.

Donating commonage to a building project is an enormous sacrifice for a community that relies heavily on agriculture and has a past blighted by drought and hunger, but Fekede Tufa of the community committee said there was unanimous agreement on the move.