by Staff | Jan 19, 2023 | BDO, Blog, Children, Teens, and Families
Family came together to collect Book by Book African Library Project 2022: Telle Primary School, Lesotho In 2021, Bhuvana began the first book drive for Uganda. With her success story, she signed up for more projects in 2022 with her friends and community kids. This...
by Staff | Apr 18, 2022 | Blog
Dear friends of African Library Project, I’m back from my 5 week sojourn in Uganda and thought that I should let you know what I did and what I saw while I was there. And perhaps tell you a little bit about myself. I met two key people, Cathy Kreutter, a former...
by Staff | Feb 2, 2023 | BDO, Blog, Children, Teens, and Families
It was a pleasure to lead and coordinate my first African library project drive. Working with friends for a great cause across the globe is a humbling experience, as there are no boundaries to impact communities and children positively. I am honored to be a part of...
by Staff | Jan 26, 2023 | BDO, Blog, Children, Teens, and Families
Book Lovers Unite to Share Their Passion with Readers in Lesotho and Botswana African Library Project 2022: Makintane High School, Lesotho and Matlola Primary School, Botswana We are a group of young readers who enjoy reading the most. Visiting the library is one of...
by Staff | Jan 11, 2023 | BDO, Blog, Children, Teens, and Families
Canterbury and Ivy Lane – A community comes together to build libraries African Library Project 2022: Auray High School and Lekota Primary School, Lesotho As a community, we learned many great things from hosting a book drive through the African Library Project. It...
by Staff | Dec 14, 2022 | BDO, Blog, Children, Teens, and Families
The books we packed and boxed will all be handed off to kids on another continent, and this is a privilege for us that we had the opportunity to raise money and pack books for them. We became more united as a buddy group due to this event, which allowed us to spend...
by Staff | Dec 5, 2022 | BDO, Blog, Children, Teens, and Families
Working with our family and friends for the African Library Project was incredibly rewarding and gave us a reason to be proud of our community. Our neighbors, family, and friends made it very easy to meet our goal and collect books to donate. Their willingness to give...
by Staff | Dec 1, 2022 | Blog
On Sunday, November 13 in Palo Alto, myself (Carolyn Gannon, Malawi Country Liaison), Pamela Bostlemann (Ghana Country Liaison & Container Manager), and Chris Bradshaw (ALP Founder & Uganda Country Liaison) attended Project Giving Kids’ Create the Change...
by Staff | Nov 11, 2022 | Blog
On Saturday, October 22, 2022, the US-based NGO African Library Project awarded its highest honor, the 2022 Compassion in Action Awards to Claire Hubel and Vaibhav Jayakumar. The announcement was made at the African Library Project’s Harambee! 2022, annual fundraiser...
by Staff | Nov 1, 2022 | BDO, Blog, Children, Teens, and Families
Working with the African Library Project (ALP), I was able to help many children experience the wonders of reading. This inspired me to continue supporting libraries and collaborating with others who shared the same interest in three other half libraries. The projects...
by Staff | Nov 1, 2022 | BDO, Blog, Children, Teens, and Families
We are fortunate to have easy access to numerous amenities and opportunities; many locations around the globe don’t. When my little sister and I got the chance to help with our first book drive project, we were super excited. During this project, we collected...
