Literacy effort by IRA members featured in national magazine

Ethiopia Reads, founded by International Reading Association members, is featured in the October issue of Good Housekeeping. The eight-page feature story, “Hope Volume I,” was written by Melissa Fay Greene, with photos by J Carrier. This spring, Greene spent a few weeks in Addis Ababa and Awassa, getting to know Yohannes Gebregeorgis, Ethiopia Reads’ co-founder and executive director. IRA member Jane Kurtz is the president of the board of directors of Ethiopia Reads. Greene also spent time with children at Shola Children’s Library and the Awassa Reading Center, and saw first-hand the power of books in the lives of children. Ethiopian children—like children everywhere—love books and stories, as well as the sanctuary of a library. You can download a copy of the article here in PDF format.