African Library Project in the News
ALP Goal: Eradicate Illiteracy in Africa
From The Huffington Post, 11/17/10Did you know that most African children grow up without ever seeing or working with any books, that this continent has the highest percentage of illiteracy in the world and that by adulthood most Africans lose their ability to read due to lack of available materials?
She built a library in Africa... and so can you!
From What Gives 365A few years ago, former YMCA camp director, mother, intrepid educator Chris Bradshaw was pony-trekking through the small, landlocked country of Lesotho with her two home-schooled children, as part of an uber-field trip, when she looked at her oldest son reading as he rode, and asked her guide where the nearest library was.
Chris Bradshaw ‘75 spawns a movement with
the African Library Project
From Denison Magazine
Finding a way to impact thousands of lives wasn’t part of the plan when Chris Noel Bradshaw ‘75 went back to Africa in 2004. The objective then was much simpler: enjoy an adventurous vacation with her husband, Steve Levin, and their children, Ben and Mariah (then 14 and 10, respectively).
Chris Noel Bradshaw '75
From Denison University Public Affairs Office
Chris spent her junior year at Fourah Bay College, part of the University of Sierra Leone, studying African religion, law and literature. She also traveled alone through western and central Africa, acquainting herself with African traditions and seeing firsthand the conditions the African people endured, and found herself deeply affected-and frustrated-by the pervasive poverty.
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Libraries for Africa: Jefferson Award Winner Chris Bradshaw
From CBS 5
At a Portola Valley school library, an industrious group of sixth graders is packing box after box with books. Picture books, board books, all kinds of books...are all headed to Africa, for children whose educational experience is worlds apart.
