Keti Community Library

Learning beyond the school gates

A modern learning space for the Assela community. Keti Academy believes that education has the power to strengthen not only individual students, but entire communities. The Keti Community Library extends Keti's commitment to learning beyond our school campuses by providing a welcoming and modern learning environment for young people, students, professionals and other members of the Assela community. It is a place to read, study, research, exchange ideas and continue learning.

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Why a community library?

A strong school should help create a stronger learning community around it

Keti Academy was established to contribute to educational opportunity in Assela. The Community Library extends that vision to people who may never attend Keti Academy.

The Library is located at MA Building, Assela. It is very close to Keti but has its own separate location. It is not inside a Keti school campus.

Who the Library serves

School students: reading, homework and independent study.
University & college students: study, research and continued learning.
Young people: books, ideas and new interests.
Teachers & educators: resources and professional development.
Professionals: reading, research and continued professional learning.
Community members: reading and lifelong learning.

Read • Study • Research • Discover

Library services

Reading & reference

A broad collection for reading, reference and exploration.

Quiet study

A calm environment for homework, revision and examination preparation.

Research

Resources for students, teachers and professionals pursuing deeper questions.

Children & youth reading

Books and story sessions that build a lifelong love of reading.

Professional learning

Resources and workshops for teachers and other professionals.

Digital learning

Planned as a future development as facilities allow.

Building a community of readers

Keti Community Library seeks to encourage a culture in which children, young people and adults read regularly, not only for examinations, but for knowledge, imagination, professional development and enjoyment.

Programs may include reading clubs, children's story sessions, book discussions, reading challenges, study groups, community talks and educational workshops, as these activities become established.

The Library in use

Young children sit on a rug in the children’s corner of the library, surrounded by books.

A reader leads a story circle with young children on the library rug.

Children sit at computers among tall library bookshelves.

A girl in a yellow dress reads a picture book on the library carpet.

A young boy reads a book in front of tall library shelves.

A boy lies on the library rug, absorbed in a book.

A girl kneels to choose from a pile of picture books.

A group of students talk together at library tables.

Our Library story

Built through friendship and partnership

The Keti Community Library has been strengthened through the generosity, expertise and friendship of people and organizations who believe in expanding access to education.

Partners in the United States have included Newway Global, North Hills Church in South Carolina, and Pointe Church in North Carolina.

One particularly significant contribution came from friends in Greenville, South Carolina: a container carrying nearly 25,000 donated books to Ethiopia. These books became an important foundation for the Library's collection.

The partnership went beyond books. Volunteers worked alongside Keti staff to help organize and set up the Library and provided training that strengthened local capacity to operate and sustain it.

Partnership at Keti is not simply about giving resources. It is about sharing knowledge, building relationships and creating sustainable capacity.

Nearly 25,000 books

One extraordinary gift. Thousands of opportunities to read, learn and discover.

Community programs & events

What's happening at the Library

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Children's story session

MA Building · Date to be announced. Recent Library highlights appear here when no event is scheduled.

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Reading club for young people

MA Building · Date to be announced.

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Keti Community Library in numbers

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Keti is collecting reliable statistics for registered users, monthly visitors, books and resources, student and professional users, and annual programs. Figures are published here once verified.

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Volunteer at the Library

Appropriately qualified national and international volunteers may contribute to English conversation, reading and literacy, children's story programs, study skills, digital literacy, STEM activities, professional development, library organization and educational workshops.

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Support the Library

Individuals, families, publishers, educational institutions and organizations may contribute to continued Library development through appropriate books, computers and technology, library furniture and equipment, educational programs and professional expertise.

Current Library needs

Partners who helped make it possible

Newway Global
North Hills Church — South Carolina, USA
Pointe Church — North Carolina, USA

Keti voices

From Library users

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University Student — Library User Survey

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Assela Teacher

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Secondary School Student

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Knowledge grows when it is shared

Whether you are preparing for an examination, discovering a new interest, developing professionally or simply love to read, you are welcome to learn with us.

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