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 | Apr 18, 2023 | BDO, Blog, In the News
The African Library Project recently received a generous donation of books for their libraries in Africa, but they needed help covering the shipping costs to get the books to their destination. That’s where the Book Drive Organizers stepped in, hosting a movie...
by Staff | Apr 4, 2023 | Blog, School, Stories
Muli bwanji? Ife tili bwino kwambiri. December 13, 2022 will go down in history as a very memorable day at KISS Library & Learning Centre. This was the day we, together with other 60+ beneficiaries received and offloaded our books from the M-14 Container. With...
by Staff | Apr 4, 2023 | BDO, Blog
Are You in Need of More Books? If you’re looking for more books for your Book Drive, we recommend contacting your local Half Price Books (HPB) store (see location directory here). Call your local store and let them know that you’re collecting book donations to create...
by Staff | Feb 17, 2023 | BDO, Blog, Children, Teens, and Families
ALP: Can you tell us about yourself – Where do you live? Are you in school? What are some of your hobbies? We want to get to know you! MZ: My name is Maryam Zehra. I live in San Jose, California, USA and am currently a junior at The Harker High School. I have...
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...
