“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
With 9 months left of service in my beautiful village the Child Development Center is finally going to open at the start of September. This is a project that World Vision has been working on for quite some time but has had hangups along the way.
This is the project that I asked you to donate books to before and I am asking again.
First I'm going to throw some statistics your way that will hopefully show you the importance of this project.
Currently in Ethiopia
39% of people can read and write.
When we break it down by gender it gets rather scary.
49.1% of males are literate while only
28.9% of females are.
By giving a child the knowledge of literacy you improve their quality of life.
They are able to advance their education, find a job that pays a livable wage, and help to change the standard of living in their country.
Most people living in Ethiopia will not get the chance to travel to other parts of the country let alone other countries. Providing students with books gives them a new outlook on the world and allows them to travel to places with each turn of the page.
So please take the time to purchase a book to send my way.
The best way to do this is through Betterworldbooks.com
They provide you with free shipping and cheap books.
I am hoping for mostly childrens books with beautiful pictures but am happy to take anything!
For the shipping address use
Andrea Spake
PO Box 306
Woliso, Ethiopia
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