ALP congratulates our first recipients of the President’s Volunteer Service Award. These young people completed at least 50 volunteer hours in the last year. Each one received a medal, a certificate, and a letter from President Obama. Megan Ha, age 12, of...
Mzwakithi Shongwe was a bright child of about 10 years old, selected to participate in a national debate, hosted by Fundza, the partner of the African Library Project in Swaziland, whose mission is to create communities of young readers. The prize for winning? A...
I just returned from Sierra Leone, my first time back in 40 years since I was a student at Fourah Bay College in Freetown during my Junior Year Abroad. While some aspects of life in Sierra Leone have improved, I was shocked to see how much of it seems worse....
Books4cause is an online bookstore with a social mission to provide economic opportunities through education. Of paramount importance for myself as the President of Books4Cause is not only to know that we are doing good in the world but to see it first...
For several years now we have been collecting books for the African Library Project (ALP). This year, the ALP board invited our family to attend their 2013 Summit in Malawi as book drive organizers, together with Mike and Coy who are also very involved with...
