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International Book Project Creates Change in Ethiopia
In the small, poverty-stricken village of Mota, Ethiopia, only two out of every 10 residents can read. Serawit and Mistru, originally from the Mota area, have watched families struggle to find money for their children’s food, shelter, clothing, and education. They opened Kana Academy two years ago to break the cycle of poverty, knowing that better education leads to self-sufficiency.
Nearly all the subjects of Kana Academy are taught in English, including English Literacy and Character (Moral) Education, with the one exception of Amharic Literacy. Unfortunately, there is an extremely limited access to books, especially recent ones. With such a wide need for English books, Serawit and Mistru applied to IBP for help stocking the library in May 2008.
IBP sent Kana Academy an M-Bag of 50 picture-story books, readers, and dictionaries for the primary and elementary school with the help of a grant from the Million Dollar Round Table Foundation. Colorful picture books like Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon now populate the primary and elementary-level library.
By sending books, IBP is helping eliminate poverty through education. Lack of education plays a key role in poverty. Oftentimes, seeking prosperity means seeking education in other areas—and breaking up families. With IBP and Kana Academy’s partnership, education and prosperity are not limited to major urban areas in Ethiopia.
US Postal Service rate changes impact International Book Project
The United States Postal Service raised rates and restructured international shipping in mid May, moves that particularly affect the International Book Project and other humanitarian aid organizations.
For over forty years, IBP has sent Mailbags (M-Bags) of books around the globe via USPS international economy parcel post service, a cost effective option in which parcels traveled overseas by boat. Under the new international shipping structure, economy parcel post service has been discontinued. Mailbags will now be classified as International Priority Mail and shipped by air. The average cost of an M-Bag shipment will increase approximately 300 percent, from $1.05 per pound to $3.95 per pound.
Since 1966, IBP has sent vital educational resources to hundreds of organizations, schools, libraries, Peace Corps volunteers, and missionaries throughout the developing world. Already in 2007, the Project has shipped over two hundred M-Bags to recipients in need. These shipments would not be possible without the support of our loyal donors.
With drastic postage rate increases, IBP needs help now more than ever. Please contact the International Book Project at 859 254-6771 or visit our website at www.internationalbookproject.org to find how you can sponsor a book shipment and make a difference locally and globally.
IBP Fall 2008 Newsletter
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IBP Spring 2008 Newsletter
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IBP Fall 2007 Newsletter
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IBP Spring 2007 Newsletter
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IBP Spring 2006 Newsletter
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IBP Fall 2005 Newsletter
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IBP joins partnership to send books to Ethiopia
The Azezo Demaza school district in northwestern Ethiopia serves over ten thousand students from the town of Azezo and surrounding villages. Its eight schools stand in disrepair, with holes in their roofs and few books in their libraries. Still children trek miles each morning simply for the opportunity to attend classes. Education is one of their only hopes for escaping the grinding poverty that governs their lives.
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International Book Project Sends Books to Guatemala
On January 23, 2006, the International Books Project, in partnership with Child-Aid and Brother's Brother, both humanitarian aid organizations, shipped over nine thousand Spanish language textbooks to Escuela Normal Pedro Molina School in Chimaltenango, Guatemala.
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Virginia Clark Hagan Charitable Foundation funds shipment of 20,000 books to Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda
Ranked as one of the world's twenty-five poorest countries, the central African nation of Uganda struggles to support its educational system. Like many developing countries, however, it is full of young people with a hunger for knowledge.
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Kosovo Book Project
On February 5, 2005, volunteers from Lexington Catholic High School and the Lexington chapter of Altrusa International, along with members of the Kosovar community in Lexington, KY, and several IBP board members, packed over 15,000 books to send to two community libraries that were burned during the 1999 Kosovar conflict.
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Books go to Afghanistan
The International Book Project shipped 18,768 new books generously donated by Zaner Bloser/Highlight's for Children to Kabul, Afghanistan on March 7, 2005.
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IBP Spring 2005 Newsletter
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