Volunteer educational trip to Ghana
We all agree that we had a very valuable, eventful and memorable trip which we were lucky to be part of. Spending time in Accra and especially Keta with the schools and students was very useful, insightful and enriching. We were looked after extremely well and always felt included, involved and part of the family […]
“Emergency Outfit”
I was recently invited to read this poem at a very special event, in Canterbury, held on the 22nd of June 2019, which happened to be the second annual National Windrush Day, an unexpected and not inappropriate coincidence! Before reading the poem, I congratulated the dynamic Books2Africa team and their dedicated helpers and supporters in […]
“I hate reading” – How to get young people reading again
Most of the students at this UK school openly admitted; “I hate reading”, “It’s boring”, “there are more interesting things to do” and “If books were like Netflix”. To be honest, I can relate to them. If I was born in this generation, I would probably say the same thing.
Books2Africa Case Study: Tukongote Community Project
Tukongote is a community project run by the Waterberry Lodge in southwest Zambia. Over the past 3 years, Waterberry have built three school buildings to serve the surrounding villages. Books2Africa (B2A) delivered 27,000 books to Tukongote Community Project in early 2018. In June, the community library was opened for use by Tukongote’s growing primary school, […]
Volunteering increases one’s wellbeing – Lessons from the Community Impact Forum in Canterbury
research suggests, as you would expect, that volunteering increases one’s wellbeing, but what the research went on to reveal was that often only those people who already have positive wellbeing are willing to put themselves forward to volunteer
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Volunteer educational trip to Somaliland
Books2Africa provided essential teaching resources for my voluntary trip. I was given books, a poster and a camcorder to utilise. I made use of all the resources especially the Royal Marsden Manual book