Some Words of Inspiration from our Logo Designer and Artist Yeggy Michael

Yeggy Michael, artist and designer of our logo,  http://www.yeggystudio.com/ My vision is to provoke questions about natural cycles, provide a sense of place and to reflect on the movement of time. My paintings, I consider personal works though they are for others. They are positive contacts for vibrant thoughts and spiritual moment. I use mosaic to […]

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The Gift of a Book

by Mesfin H. Beshir In the quiet town of Shashemane, Ethiopia, there lived a parent named Shewangizaw Tesfaye. He had two bright children who loved stories but had never owned a book of their own. Most evenings, Shewangizaw would gather them under the shade of a big sycamore tree and tell tales he remembered from

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Volunteering is a Two-Way Street

by Michael Angelidis Giving back is very important to any society and volunteers are integral. Today we all lead extremely busy lives and it can be hard to find time. However, the benefits are enormous; providing important support to organizations, like OHBD, dedicated to worthy causes all over the globe. One of the more well-known

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Conserving the Beauty of Ethiopia — A Legacy of Love and Working Together

Ethiopia is a country full of animals that can’t be found anywhere else in the world—and other amazing animals as well. But many of those animals could easily disappear forever. Majestic black lion populations, for example, have declined almost 90%, with only small populations clinging to life in pockets of Ethiopian wilderness. One conservationist who

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Books As Instruments of Peace

by Ellenore Angelidis, Executive Director/Founder Peace is an enormous and important concept. It encompasses peace within, and peace without. Looking at the definitions again reminded me that it is really about so many different things at the same time.  Peace:  1. a state of tranquility or quiet;  2. freedom from civil disturbance;  3. freedom from

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Spreading Book Joy in Ethiopia

This is a guest post by Samara Alazar, one of volunteers about her experience leading a project to fundraise for locally printed books and distribute them in Ethiopia.  Over the winter break of 2022, I traveled to Ethiopia.  My goal was increasing literacy amongst underprivileged children. I have been working with Open Hearts Big Dreams

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IBBY Ethiopia and Open Hearts Big Dreams Announce Exciting New International Developments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Yoseph Ayalew phone: 251 965 696 969 / 911 227 650 / email: yosephopenheartbigdreams@gmail.com Ellenore Angelidis phone: 425-295-8841 / email: ellenore@openheartsbigdreams.org IBBY Ethiopia and Open Hearts Big Dreams Announce Exciting New International Developments March 2024 – The Ethiopian Section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY Ethiopia) and Open

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