Every day, the world around us is in motion.
Our mission is to inspire and enable youth in Ethiopia through Ready SET GO books, STEM and Innovation Projects in collaboration with individuals and organizations providing literacy, education, and leadership opportunities..
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.
New titles and/or languages are added monthly; follow our author page to get new release announcements.
Since late 2017, OHBD has published over 100 unique #ReadySetGo dual language titles in four Ethiopian languages plus English and has plans to publish another 100 titles and add more languages in the coming years.
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.
Our Books are based on wise Ethiopian sayings that often rhyme in Amharic.
Only 5.5% of children attend pre-school or kindergarten, and the adult literacy rate is 49%.
Ethiopia\'s population is 44% children, ages 0-14 (43 million out of 97 million total).
Profits from book sales are used to create, print, and distribute more Ready Set Go Books to kids in Ethiopia, Africa\'s second most populous country.
Ready Set Go Books, an Open Hearts Big Dreams 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.
Side by side dual-language text supports emerging readers develop vocabulary and fluency.
This gentle poem to the Beauty of the natural world by Elizabeth Spor Taylor features detailed watercolor illustrations by Joanne Stanbridge.
The ripples in the water, the crackles in the fire, the silent drifting clouds all surround us with movements large and small, loud and soft.
Not just the human world, but the world of flowers turning towards the sun and mushrooms bending their heavy heads.
Every day, the world around us is in motion
