Outline: In 1997, free literacy education was launched in the Warada District 10 of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, for children who could not afford to go to school despite being of school age. It was officially accredited by the government in 2001, as an elementary school. After three years of education, students are supplied with transfer fees, uniforms and school supplies, and are admitted to the fourth grade in the Addis Ababa Municipal Elementary School. The courses are offered in two shifts; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia, math, English, social studies, art, music, and physical education are taught. Since 2003, foster parents program was implemented to support school fees for poverty-stricken children.

New Developments: In September 2005, a total of 85 third and fourth grade students transferred to the fourth and fifth grade of public elementary schools. In 2006, all 42 students in the third grade transferred to the fourth grade in three different public elementary schools. The school building relocated in July. In the same month, foster parents from Japan who came on a study tour met with their foster children.