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		<title>Making Big Dreams Happen with Rotary</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2024, we celebrated seven years since publishing our first titles. Back then, we believed the most important thing we needed to do was create the content, big, beautiful early readers in heart languages celebrating the stories and culture of Ethiopia. We were right and we were wrong. The content is at the heart of [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 2024, we celebrated seven years since publishing our first titles. Back then, we believed the most important thing we needed to do was create the content, big, beautiful early readers in heart languages celebrating the stories and culture of Ethiopia. We were right and we were wrong. The content is at the heart of our mission, but the books must also get into reader’s hands. Given that our self…</p>
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		<title>Conserving the Beauty of Ethiopia &#8212; A Legacy of Love and Working Together</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellenore Angelidis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 18:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Only In Ethiopia &#8211; So many animals, birds and more to explore in books.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellenore Angelidis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2021 16:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thirty-one mammals are found only in Ethiopia. Amazing creatures are tucked away in the many eco-regions of the country that has such varied terrain: mountains, plateaus, river valleys, deserts, lakes, and rivers that allow for the survival of animals that can’t be spotted anywhere else in the world. As one example, the Ethiopian wolf &#8211; [&#8230;]]]></description>
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