Ethiopia_Reads

Ethiopia Reads SGS students created books that were sent to Fregent School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. See the slideshow below of Mrs. Brownlee's trip to Fregenet School in 2010.

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Our school was proud to host an Ethiopia Reads assembly with speaker LeAnn Clark from Hesston. Mrs. Clark gave us a variety of information about the country of Ethiopia. She also described the lack of children's books and libraries in Ethiopia and told us about the wonderful work being done through the Ethiopia Reads organization.

We learned more about Ethiopia when award-winning author [|Jane Kurtz] visited our school April 9. We enjoyed hearing Jane speak about her childhood growing up in Africa and about how we can all be better readers and writers.

We collected books and money for Ethiopian libraries in April during our Read Across America week. SGS students and staff donated 942 books and $143 to Ethiopia Reads! Thanks for your generosity.

Here are some links to more information about Ethiopia Reads and the amazing work they are doing:

 * Ethiopia Reads __http://www.ethiopiareads.org/__
 * Magazine article about Ethiopia Reads from //Good Housekeeping// October 2007 http://www.ethiopiareads.org/gharticle.pdf
 * Kansas Reading Association literacy project for Ethiopia __http://www.kansasread.org/buck.htm__
 * Yohannes, the founder of Ethiopia Reads, was nominated as a 2008 CNN Hero of the Year __http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/cnn.heroes/archive/yohannes.gebregeorgis.html__ This site has some awesome video clips that shows footage of the library, the books, and the people who benefit.
 * More links to excellent online videos about the organization http://www.ethiopiareads.org/videos.htm
 * Photos of Ethiopia Reads projects http://picasaweb.google.com/laurabond08

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