Organizations Filed Purposes:
ETHIOPIA READS MISSION IS TO BUILD A READING CULTURE IN ETHIOPIA BY CONNECTING CHILDREN WITH BOOKS, LIBRARIES, AND TRAINED LIBRARIANS.
FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND 2018 WAS A TIME OF CONSOLIDATION FOR ETHIOPIA READS (ER). LARGE NEW LIBRARIES WERE OPENED IN WUKRO, SHANTO, AND BAHIR DAR. ER CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN EXISTING PROGRAMS IN OUR EXISTING LIBRARIES IN GEBETA COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S LIBRARY AND HAWASSA READING CENTER INVESTING IN OUTREACH, EXPANDING THE BOOK COLLECTION, AND PILOTING FAMILY LITERACY. THIS YEAR SAW CONTINUED DESIGN WORK AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 'BOOK-CENTERED LEARNING' (BCL) TRAINING AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE "READY SET GO" LOCAL LANGUAGE CHILDREN'S BOOK PROGRAM AIMED AT EARLY AGES IN THEIR LOCAL LANGUAGES. THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR ER TRANSFERRED OWNERSHIP OF THE TEAM TESFA RUNNING PROGRAM AND FOUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO ANOTHER AGENCY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EKODAGA SCHOOL WHICH WAS TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT IN EARLY 2018. VOLUNTEERS CONTINUED TO COLLECT BOOKS AND FUNDRAISE TO SEND A CONTAINER OF ENGLISH-LANGUAGE BOOKS TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY COLLECTIONS. PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED 100,000 ETHIOPIAN LANGUAGE BOOKS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES TO OVER 300 PRIMARY SCHOOLS. HELD CHILDREN'S READING FESTIVAL IN ADDIS ABABA. LAUNCHED DONKEY MOBILE LIBRARY PROGRAM IN HAWASSA. HOSTED A NATIONAL CHILDREN'S READING SUMMIT IN ADDIS ABABA IN MARCH 2019.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Ann Porter | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Jeff Grier | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Malcolm Clark | BOARD CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Mary Spor | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dr Laurie Curtis | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Bond | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tida Violante | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Frew Tibebu | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Matt Andrea | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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