Since there were no televisions, radios, or movies, her memories are of climbing mountains, wading in rivers by the waterfalls, listening to stories, and making up her own stories, which she and her sisters acted out for days at a time.
Jane grew up in Maji, a small town in the southwest corner of the country. Jane Kurtz was born in Portland, Oregon, but when she was two years old, her parents moved to Ethiopia. OHBD MISSION: Inspiring and enabling youth, their communities and organizations who serve them by providing literacy, education, commercial and leadership opportunities. Our focus is to support 501(c)(3) organizations and their programs that provide literacy, K-12 education, leadership as well as that support the parents and communities where the kids live, in Ethiopia. Only 7.5% of the adult population have any post-secondary education. Adult literacy stands at 49% with men at 57% and women at 41%. Only 68% of ages 7-12 attend primary school. Only 5.5% of children attend pre-school or kindergarten. Ethiopia's population is 44% children, ages 0-14 (43 million out of 97 million total). Open Hearts Big Dreams Fund (OHBD) is a 501(3)(c) not for profit organization that believes the chance to dream big dreams should not depend on where in the world you are born.Įthiopia is Africa's second most populous country. Their work was supplemented by art created by students at Findley Elementary School in Beaverton, Oregon and digital design by Kenny and Ashley Rasmussen. Illustrations in this book were created by children's book author Jane Kurtz working with her Ethiopian-American grandchildren, Ellemae and Noh Goering, donating their artistic efforts to spread book love around the world. But sayings and idioms and proverbs help people express truths and beliefs in unusual ways. Sometimes it has to be puzzled out and argued over. Sometimes the meaning of these sayings is clear. If an adult says the first half, many children can chant the second half. Ready Set Go books are often based on wise sayings from Ethiopia that many people know and use. Profits from books sales will be used to create, print, and distribute more Ready Set Go Books to kids in Ethiopia
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Ready Set Go Books, an Open Hearts Big Dreams Project (http: ///book-project/), is focused on increasing the literacy rate in Ethiopia through giving readers books with stories in their heart languages, full of colorful illustrations with Ethiopian settings and details. A cheeky mouse learns a valuable lesson in this fable based on an Ethiopian proverb for practice in reading Amharic and English.
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