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 6, 2020 | Blog, Stories
Malawi Needs Libraries Did you know the literacy rate there is 62 percent? Students in Malawi can go for years without having the opportunity to read a book. For comparison, the United States has a 99 percent literacy rate. This disparity often comes down to the...
by Staff | Apr 6, 2020 | Blog, Stories
Erika Henningsen is a professional Broadway actress living in New York City. Her roles in various productions such as Mean Girls Broadway led her to seek ways to be of service. View this post on Instagram Please use this photo for my WANTED poster when I’m on the run...
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 | Jan 21, 2020 | Blog, Children, Teens, and Families, School, Stories
Alex Breinin shares the story of his visit to Wema Children’s Centre school in Kenya where students at his former middle school and high school would go on to help start a library with over 1,200 storybooks. From New York to Kenya There is nothing quite like...
by Staff | Dec 26, 2019 | Retirees, Stories
Book drive organizers Serena Kapoor and Marilyn Walters are both passionate about books and community service. But there is one big difference: Marilyn, age 79, is one of the oldest people to organize an ALP book drive, while Serena, age 8, was the youngest to run a...
