by Staff | Aug 21, 2020 | Blog, Children, Teens, and Families, College Students, Covid
African Library project aims to end the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by working with rural African libraries to improve literacy and support the spread of education. A few actions include starting libraries, training local teacher-librarians, supporting HIV/AIDS...
by Staff | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog, Children, Teens, and Families, College Students, Stories
Tatiana Santos, Youth Program Manager Likes: Poetry, Baking, Singing, Creative Self-Expression Location: Las Vegas, NV About Tatiana “My mother is a journalist, so her job had us bouncing around a lot growing up. That experience of moving around so much and being...
by Staff | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog, Children, Teens, and Families, College Students, Stories
Ever since the third grade, Mira Wadehra knew she wanted to get involved with the African Library Project. In her freshman year of high school, Mira volunteered to host two book drives for schools in Malawi. Loving the experience so much, Mira did another Malwai book...
by Staff | Dec 26, 2019 | College Students, Stories
Michael Gottfried, a senior at Penn State, has made extraordinary contributions to the African Library Project. Inspired by his hard work, we created a new award to honor his service: the African Literacy Warrior award. Since his freshman year at Penn, Michael has...
by Staff | Sep 7, 2014 | Blog, College Students, Stories
Congratulations to Amday and his fellow students on the completion of their first African library through the strength of their student organization Unite Africa. It can be a lot of work to complete one, but getting as many people as possible involved...
