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Beyond libraries.

Children learn best when their communities are healthy, safe and earning.

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Sinen Libraries

Eight libraries and counting, from school libraries at Burka Wayo, Jemmo 2 and Daro to the Lafto Community Library, our biggest.

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Students reading in the Burka Wayo library

Water Well Project

Safe water close to home, so children spend the day in class instead of fetching water.

In rural Ethiopia, children and women often walk miles each day to collect water from streams and ponds that carry water-borne disease.

When students are freed from gathering water, they return to class. With safe latrines, girls stay in school through their teenage years. Safe, reliable water restores hope and unlocks potential.

Gulit Project

Business planning, training and finance for women who trade in Ethiopia's open-air markets.

Gulit traders are the women who run Ethiopia's open-air market stalls. The Gulit Project helps them do business professionally.

Sinen is building a financial institution to support them with business planning, capacity development, wider outreach and finance products designed around their needs.

Safe House Project

Drug-free, distraction-free zones around schools, so students can focus on learning.

The Safe House Project works to unleash the potential of Ethiopian youth by removing distractions from around schools and creating a safe place to learn.

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