UPDATE: We've received $17,670 offline toward our $25,000 goal! Bringing our online goal down to $7,330.

Empower.
Educate.
Inspire.

Bring the gift of books to an entire village!

Site work for Phase I has already been completed on the Shanto Community Library & Learning Center, which will serve over 118,000 people in rural Ethiopia. Join us in giving the gift of literacy!

Moving on to Phase II, we need to raise $25,000 by May 15th to keep this library project on track. Phase II will include the walls and roof. The entire project from start to finished is being built with locally hired contractors, masons, and labor. Not only will your gift be bringing books to an entire village, but you'll also be helping to provide much needed employment and an economic boost to Shanto and the surrounding communities.

Watch the video update from Partners With Ethiopia's President, Ingrid Olson, who visited the project site in Ethiopia the first week of April 2017.
 


 
Check out the latest progress photos our friends in Ethiopia have sent:


Foundation is shaping up.


   
Supports for walls going in!