Our work has always been rooted in serving children reading, and increasingly we are also helping shape the wider reading landscape. Since 2024, Ethiopia Reads has been a founding member of the National Reading Network, a coalition of twelve organisations dedicated to developing a stronger reading culture in Ethiopia and advising the Ministry of Education on developing a National Reading … Read More
Library Support at Eyerusalem Primary School
Do you wonder what goes at those libraries that were built? Many of them are in existence despite disruptions and violence in many regions of Ethiopia. One of the libraries built by North Dakotans is Eyerusalem Primary School. This past few months, Ethiopia Reads had an opportunity to assist this school’s staff with special requests. In May 2025, we successfully … Read More
Devoted volunteers delivered 50,000 books to Ethiopia
LeAnn Clark, one of the unsung heroes behind Ethiopia Reads, and her husband, Stan Clark, live in Hesston, Kansas. For more than 15 years, the couple collected books for Ethiopia Reads. This month, with the help of Ethiopian Airline and the Boeing factory in South Carolina, 34 pallets containing over 50,000 books arrived in Addis Ababa and are headed to … Read More
Donkey Mobile Library
The Donkey Mobile Library Service is providing help with reading and read out loud stories to students in kindergarten through 8th grade at the Ethiopia Tikdem School located in the industrial city of Hawassa. The Donkey Mobile Library facilitator engaged in story telling sessions which then were followed by discussions, questions and responses and story retelling and other fun activities. Moreover, students were given the opportunity … Read More
