Project Impacts

Some of our supporters may find data less engaging than seeing photos. However, Ethiopia Reads would love to share some of the impact and reach from June 2025 projects. We have been at this for over two decades. The impact adds up to help build a culture of reading!

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Gebeta Library – Individual Users During June 2025

June Activities for ages 4 to 14  years = 62 enrolled children (28 girls and 34 boys)

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Hawassa Reading Center – Individual Users During June 2025

Kindergarten to Grade 4 = 659 users (237 girls and 419 boys)

Grade 5-8 = 597 users (228 girls and 369 boys)

Grade 9+ = 184 users (71 girls and 113 boys)

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Donkey Mobile Libraries (DML) – – Individual Users During June 2025

Old DML = 314 users (176 girls and 138 boys)

New DML = 339 users (116 girls and 223 boys)

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Horse-Pulled Libraries (HPL) – Individual Users During June 2025

Kololo site = 122 users (62 girls and 60 boys)

Farzano site = 80 users (40 girls and 40 boys)

Tunto site = 73 users (31 girls and 42 boys)

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Books Distribution for Literacy

• Merawi Academy (Addis Ababa) received a donation of 200 locally purchased storybooks.
• Gelshashe Primary School (Oromia) received 200 books (30 RSG* and 170 imported books).
• Haile Aba Meresa Primary School (Oromia) received 201 books (30 RSG* and 171 imported books).
• Etiya Secondary School (Oromia) received 246 imported books.
• The Association of Women in Boldness (AWiB) Foundation received 200 books (100 RSG* and 100 reprinted titles).
• Kebena Health Center received 100 RSG books.
• Enat Primary School Library received 659 books (see below)

*RSG stands for Ready-Set-Go, a book creation project of the Open Hearts Big Dreams organization.

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Enat Library Support and Maintenance 

Ethiopia Reads supporters sponsor the upkeep of many libraries within Ethiopia – one of them is Enat Primary School‘s library. Over the years, with the help of many North Dakotan donors, this library has served thousands of children. Today it is serving 850 students. This month, we used the funds raised to fix the roof of this humble and beloved library and stock it with 659 new books.