From the CNN special heroes series:
At age 19, Yohannes Gebregeorgis (founder of Ethiopia Reads) borrowed a soft-cover romance novel entitled "Love Kitten" that changed his life forever. ...Today, at 56, Gebregeorgis is establishing libraries and literacy programs to connect Ethiopian children with books."Most Ethiopian children have only access to textbooks in the classroom," says Gebregeorgis. "Books children read outside of school, those are the spices of education."It wasn't until he became a children's librarian in the United States that he realized what the children of his native home were missing...[continue reading]
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