“Our Library Has Brought Good Results”

“Our Library Has Brought Good Results”

Changing lives book by book is the African Library Project’s tagline.  But do you ever wonder exactly how ALP libraries change lives?  What follows is a thank you letter from the teacher-librarian at Middlepits Primary School in Middlepits, Botswana in which...
African Accomplishments, African Potential

African Accomplishments, African Potential

At the recent Summit in Botswana, Board Members and volunteers from the US saw firsthand that our libraries are thriving, and the teacher librarians have a great deal to teach each other and us. Pictured here are the first-time Summit delegates Joel Wakesa from...
Lesotho libraries: a place to gather and read

Lesotho libraries: a place to gather and read

ALP is working to send a container of books to Lesotho this fall to create 35 new libraries.  We still need Book Drive Organizers, who can complete a book drive by September 1. Click here to find out what’s involved and how to sign up. As you will read...
A thank you from Swaziland

A thank you from Swaziland

We’re proud to receive the following thank you note written from Mrs. Lungile C. Msibi of Swaziland. It is our great privilege to write this letter to you, thanking you for receiving such wonderful and interesting novels you donated to us as Ebenezer High...
Making the World Literate, One Librarian at a Time

Making the World Literate, One Librarian at a Time

James Reindl is a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer serving with his wife, Graca, in the Volta Region of Ghana. A journalist by trade, he and his wife are agriculture volunteers in Wusuta-Anyafo, specializing in raising animals, including, chickens, ducks, Guinea fowl,...