For over 40 years, SIL Ethiopia has partnered closely with the Ethiopia Government and regional partners, and with other non-governmental agencies to serve the language communities of Ethiopia.

We partner with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Universities and other governmental bodies. We are a founding member of the Ethiopian Multilingual Education Network.   We also partner with International Institutions such as the European Union and ALPHA.

This long history of cooperation and co-working means that SIL is ideally positioned to influence, train and partner at both the national and the local levels. Our on-the-ground expertise allows us to deliver programmes in integral partnership with local communities.

For language development, SIL International is an official partner of UNESCO.

Do you remember the exhilaration you felt when you first learned to read? Now, imagine that you are not only learning to read, but that you are one of the handful of people in your language group who are actually writing the book that will teach everyone else to read. In July and September 2012 I had the privilege of working with a group of Komo speakers who were doing just that.

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