Last Saturday, December 22nd, Ethiopia Reads held a Children’s Reading Festival in the large beautiful grounds of Ababa’s Villa*, an historic guest house in Ferensay Legation neighborhood in Addis Ababa, to promote reading, early grade literacy and reading to children to families as both important and fun. Nearly 250 young children from two schools and an orphanage in the neighborhood … Read More
Friends of Ethiopia Reads Launched in DMV Area
A group of 30 Ethiopia Reads supporters in the DC area including Matt Andrea, our local board member and Malcolm Clark, our Board Chair met on December 1st at Kaldi’s Social House in Silver Spring to meet and discuss Ethiopia Reads ambitious plans for 2019 and beyond. Several of the group decided to launch a DC-Maryland-Virginia area supporters group (DMV … Read More
Addis Book Festival hosted by ER & the Ethiopian Writers Association
On March 5th & 6th, Ethiopia Reads organized and participated in a two-day book festival in the Shiro Meda district of Addis Ababa, in partnership with the Ethiopian Writers Association. The festival’s slogan: Nu Enanbebe (“Come, Lets Read!”) This was a community event for children and families, featuring games, puzzles, and books, where students, parents, teachers and neighbors all came … Read More
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