Our Impact

Current Ethiopian statistics*

• 82% of women over 15 are Illiterate
• Only 30% of females receive education past the primary level
• 16% of girls are married by 15
• 41% of girls are married by age 18

*UNESCO and UNICEF website

COEEF Girls

• Our students are often the first in their family to be in school
• They are chosen for their desire to learn
• They are outperforming their peers
• For the last three school years, COEEF dropout rate was less than 8%, and the 2014-2015 school year was only 2%.
• Ethiopian National average is 16.8 %
• Since 2008, 40 girls have graduated from high school and all of them went on to college