2016

A RECAP OF AN AMAZING YEAR

2016 has been a huge year for imagine1day and the communities we work with.

In Ethiopia, we will spend more on our program activities in 2016 than in any previous year. The impact is obvious in the numbers; with 11 schools inaugurated, massive investments in teacher training and leadership development, and a quarter of a million children benefiting from our work.

In North America we continued to raise impressive amounts through the support of incredible donors, fundraising events and our grant partners. Our Strategic Plan, meanwhile, is being developed and refined, as we get ready for the new year and beyond.

The monumental impact we are making would not be possible without support from people just like you.

Please enjoy this quick recap of an incredible year. And thank you for being a part of it.

2016: BY THE NUMBERS

11NEW SCHOOLS, 3 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTERS AND 3 WATER POINTS INAUGURATED

252,000 CHILDREN IMPACTED

25,899 OUT-OF-SCHOOL

CHILDREN ENROLLED

363SCHOOLS PROVIDED

EDUCATION MATERIALS

89% INCREASE

IN TEACHER TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP

DEVELOPMENT

THAT’S A

55% INCREASE

$2.7MIN PUBLIC DONATIONS

& GRANTS

$700AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL DONATION

excluding major grants and

contributions to administration

costs.

2000INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS

$1M MORE SPENT ON PROGRAM COSTS THAN IN 2015.

THAT’S A 55% INCREASE

2016: BY THE NUMBERS

11NEW SCHOOLS, 3 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTERS AND 3 WATER POINTS INAUGURATED

363SCHOOLS PROVIDED

EDUCATION MATERIALS

GROWING OUR

INFLUENCEIN ETHIOPIA

To achieve the greatest impact, we’re working to transform Ethiopia’s education system from within. That requires influence. This year has seen an impressive growth in the recognition of our program. As a result, we are being championed by government agencies and large international organizations. It means the impact of our program spreads far beyond the schools and districts we work directly with. Some highlights include:

• Elected to a core team of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) tasked with coordinating the government and NGO education activities over the next five years.

• Asked to demonstrate our early childhood education program to 70 people from 46 districts, universities, and other education NGOs.

• Awarded an ‘A’ ranking from the Ethiopian Government’s Charities and Societies Agency, placing us in the top 9% of all charities.

• Asked to feed into the development of an early childhood education curriculum for the Tigray regional government.

• Developed relationships with a number of organizations and signed memorandums of understanding with four; CODE Ethiopia, Plan International, Save the Children and African Storybook.

DONATIONS

$950k$1.3m

$2.4m$2.7m

imagine1day USA

Educate a Child

FUNDRAISING REVENUE(EXCLUDING LEADERSHIP AND ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTIONS THAT COVER OUR ADMINISTRATION COSTS)

General Donations

2013 2014 2015 2016

2016 has been a very successful fundraising year, bringing in double what we raised two years ago.Our second annual imagine1day Gala surpassed expectations, raising $351,000. New fundraising events - creatributions, as we call them - proved successful, and existing creatributions, such as RIDE vs ONE and Lipservice, raised outstanding sums. Our donor trip to Ethiopia surpassed its goal and was widely praised by the participants.

Canadian fundraising efforts are on par with 2015, with approximately $1.4 million in money from new sources, which is more than double the new money seen in 2014.

Fundraising in the United States has been reignited by projects, such as the Irma Lyons Legacy Project and the 2017 igolu leadership training.

DEVELOPING OUR

STRATEGIC PLAN

DEVELOPING OUR

STRATEGIC PLAN

We made a significant effort this year to identify a framework that takes us towards achieving our ambitious 2030 goal. The result is a Strategic Plan, which we will conclude in early 2017. It will allow us to take what we know works in Ethiopia and pair it with projects to achieve massive scale.

While it remains a work in progress, the Strategic Plan has already been instrumental in providing direction to imagine1day and acting as a guide for transforming our organization to a model which is both effective and scalable.

We look forward to sharing more with you next year.

“The previous classes were not good. There were no chairs and the donkeys and sheep sleep in the class at night. This class has furniture and chairs and there are no donkeys. It is very beautiful.”

- Fatra, Grade 1, at Caro Primary School, one of 11 new schools we built this year.

“We are going round home-to-home to register out-of-school children. We are also teaching at the mosque, encouraging parents to send their children to school. We do this every time after prayers.”

- Kelil Kedir, a Batali School Parent-Teacher Association member, who has received imagine1day training. Batali School has enrolled 215 out-of-school children in the last three years.

“The inauguration of the primary school was absolutely wild. Everyone was happy, clapping and sharing in that moment of joy and success for the community. It was magic.”

- Leo Nyugen, Imagine Ethiopia 2016 Trip Participant

“There is a big difference between the old and new classrooms. You would literally see lizards and snakes in the cracks. You are teaching and suddenly the children would scream and run out of the classroom.

“We are not worried any longer thanks to the new safe classrooms. I have no doubt that this will significantly contribute towards better performance of students.”

- Tsehaye Gebreyohanis, teacher at Dum Primary School.

Don’t worry, the design costs are on us.

Our endowment and leadership contributions cover all our administration costs, right down to the design of this year in review. That means 100% of all donations

went towards our work on the ground in Ethiopia.