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I met a little boy named Robel in the first free library for children in Ethiopia. Like many children who come there, he is from a very poor family. This family of five lives on about 30 cents a day. Robel has been coming to the library regularly ever since it was opened three-and-a-half years ago. Back then he held the books upside down because he couldn’t read at all.
Now Robel is the star reader at the library. He has read all 150 of their books in the local language, Amharic. Thanks to English classes at the library, he has also read several English books. Whenever they get a new book, he reads it to the other children.

I asked Robel what he wants to be when he grows up. “A pilot,” he said, “or maybe a librarian.”  Read More

 

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by julie last modified 2008-02-17 00:55
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Give the unique gift of international education: children's library books

 

 

Your unique gift of a book can open a window to a world of imagination, beauty and experience for a child.

Where there are books, there is reading. Where there is reading, education happens. Where education happens, poverty has less of a stranglehold.

Give_01-smallWhere poverty is extreme, children have no access to books. You can help provide a book for a library in an impoverished community, benefiting hundreds of such children. Who knows? Your charitable gift of a book through Books for Life International may help a child become the next Albert Einstein or Madame Curie.

 

The gift of a book is the perfect gift for any occasion-birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, baby showers, memorials or any holiday throughout the year! The gift of a book for a child is a unique way to honor your loved ones while making a difference in the world by fighting illiteracy and poverty.

Give a gift today and you can customize a gift card for your friends and family, describing the gift you have sent in their honor!  Give a Gift from the Heart