Librarian Uses Donkey Cart to Bring Books to Rural Ethiopian Children

The Donkey Mobile Library was launched by the Ethiopian librarian Johannes Gebregiorgis in the town of Awassa, Ethiopia. Following many years working in San Francisco in a library, he returned to the country of his birth to bring English language books to school children. Not many children in Ethiopia have access to books as the schools usually do not have libraries, one problem apart from lack of funding being the many different languages spoken in Ethiopia. Hence, the book enthusiast does not only bring [ ... ]