OpportunityTitle: Reading for Ethiopia&apos;s Achievement Developed (READ) II Activity
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: There are no restrictions on eligibility for this solicitation.  Qualified applicants may be any U.S. or non-U.S. organization, individual, non-profit, or for-profit entity. Faith-based and community organizations that fit the criteria above are also eligible to apply.
Description: READ II&#8217;s overall objective is to contribute to USAID/Ethiopia&#8217;s goal of improving the reading proficiency of 15 million children. READ II also intends to achieve two cross-cutting and complementary objectives: demonstrate interventions that can meaningfully and measurably prepare a range of vulnerable students for learning and contribute to the implementation of a structured gender approach to increase boys&#8217; and girls&#8217; grade retention and grade progression at key grades in key regions or zones. READ II directly contributes to Ethiopia&#8217;s existing Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) Development Objective (DO) #3: Improved Learning Outcomes. READ II is intended to support grade 1-4 students, teachers, and communities as primary beneficiaries of this activity, while grade 5-8 students, teachers, and youth are secondary priorities. The Ministry of Education (MOE) will play a key guiding role, with the majority of capacity building activities and leadership training under IR 3 focused on staff from zones and woredas, as well as regional education bureaus (REBs). While the majority of READ II&#8217;s interventions support reading and writing improvement in the early grades, USAID/Ethiopia will not neglect working in a responsive and systematic manner with the MOE to improve services for the millions of students who are chronically or unexpectedly confronted by the effects dire poverty, conflict or emergency-related events.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: mgirma@usaid.gov
GrantorContactText: Mariamawit Haile &lt;br/&gt;AcquisitionandAssistanceSpecialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 251-11-130-6299