  Here we describe some of our latest results from measuring detailed
abundances in Local Group dwarf galaxies with VLT. Combining spectroscopic
abundances with Colour-Magnitude diagrams allows the effective measurement of
detailed chemical evolution with time in these galaxies. Although there are not
yet significant numbers of individual stars observed in local group dwarf
galaxies the uniformity of the abundance patterns of the majority of stars in
galaxies with very different star formation histories must hint at a general
properties of all star formation in these small systems.
