Update: We raised over $21,000 and the books arrived on May 14th. The Libraries for Life team sorted the books at Musana Children's Library the following weekend. To read about it, check out the post "Nine Months Later" - http://aubsinthepeacecorps.blogspot.com/2012/05/nine-months-later.html
Thank you to everyone that donated! I'm currently working on setting up the library at Namengo Girls and working hard to make sure it is sustainable.
I am currently working on a secondary project, "Libraries for Life", with three other Peace Corps Volunteers. Libraries for Life is partnered with Books for Africa, and we are working together to build libraries in select schools throughout Uganda. There is not a big reading culture here in Uganda - children do not read for fun and there are not textbooks in the schools. We are all working together to try and change that. I plan to set up a library at Namengo Girls and create a literacy program in order to improve reading comprehension skills. I will be working closely with a teacher, Sauya, so that the project will be sustainable when I return to the US in two years.
Books for Africa will send us the books, but we need to pay for the shipping and port fees. We are currently trying to raise $21,000 to cover these costs, and we would greatly appreciate any donations. You can check out the webpage for Libraries for Life and read more:
https://www.booksforafrica.
Or you can go to www.booksforafrica.org -> donate now -> donate to a project -> scroll down to Uganda and click "Libraries for Life."
Thank you for taking the time to read this and thank you for your consideration!!
Thank you to everyone that donated! I'm currently working on setting up the library at Namengo Girls and working hard to make sure it is sustainable.
I am currently working on a secondary project, "Libraries for Life", with three other Peace Corps Volunteers. Libraries for Life is partnered with Books for Africa, and we are working together to build libraries in select schools throughout Uganda. There is not a big reading culture here in Uganda - children do not read for fun and there are not textbooks in the schools. We are all working together to try and change that. I plan to set up a library at Namengo Girls and create a literacy program in order to improve reading comprehension skills. I will be working closely with a teacher, Sauya, so that the project will be sustainable when I return to the US in two years.
Books for Africa will send us the books, but we need to pay for the shipping and port fees. We are currently trying to raise $21,000 to cover these costs, and we would greatly appreciate any donations. You can check out the webpage for Libraries for Life and read more:
https://www.booksforafrica.
Or you can go to www.booksforafrica.org -> donate now -> donate to a project -> scroll down to Uganda and click "Libraries for Life."
Thank you for taking the time to read this and thank you for your consideration!!
