A Library with a Handful of Books

A Library with a Handful of Books - Goes a Long Way

The school has a one room structure that has been designated as a library. They have less than a few hundred books and most of them were donated from different sources.

Zorat Library

Unfortunately, the majority of the books in the library are far too advanced for the students to utilize. We visited a bookstore that had hundreds of books that would be suitable to these students. The books were mostly under $6.00. It would be very easy to purchase books that are appropriate and cost effective at the same time.In November 2009, Zorat.org sent enough money to purchase 570 books that are relevant to the students at Zorat.

We will continue to look for funding to increase the number of books they have in the library.

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Recently, a family donated $365.00 to Zorat.org. This is the third time this family has done it. We are so grateful for their continued support. Thank you very much. When ever we visit them around Halloween, they gave us their donation on a brown bag. They save $1/day for the year just for zorat. $1/day seems very small and easy to do but it goes a long way for our cause.

We hope there will be more people who can do the same as this family.

In three years, we have done several projects for the school. We have achieved our goal of having all students a chair and a desk, we have provided funding for uniforms for kids that are Orphaned and we have bought 570 books! Now the Tigrai government has promised us that they will electrify the school.

Our effort will now focus on finding computers loaded with free educational software that can be used by the students. We are looking at logisitics of how many and when we will begin to collect computers. We look forward to your continued support.