Vocational Community Library, Cameroon

Summary

"The drama club has improved the reading and speaking skills as stories extracted from the books are used. Last year we recorded a good percentage of a pass in English language because of the Library...."

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Masicorp, South Africa

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"The books we received have greatly increased the number of books we're able to lend to children at the school. The staff also have access to borrowing books to use in their classrooms...."

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Hokifa Mobile Community Library, Togo

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"The books have actually impacted more than 1000 kids. Through the donation, schools can use our "mobile library" and are invited to come and read at the library in our headquarters. Our partner schools actually use the books in their curriculum to improve their students through the learning of English, which is an important language in the region because Togo is situated between two major English-speaking countries (Ghana and Nigeria)...."

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Back to School Initiative, Nigeria

Summary

"The headmistress and headmasters of the schools complained that parents are unable to procure or pay for the textbooks provided by the government. Most times students were sent out of class for not having the required textbooks. this act was a great concern that our intervention helped the community to ameliorate. Literacy level in the community has improved as students are able to assess a variety of books provided free..."

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Crescent College of Education and Applied Sciences, Zambia

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"We set out to provide quality higher education at an affordable price in an environment where cost is the greatest hindrance to higher education, And access to the resources Books2Africa provide has contributed towards that...."

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Vocational and Creativity Institute, Botswana

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"The books have boosted morale of staff and engagement to teaching while offering enhanced access and availability of training materials for tutors, trainers and assessors...."

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Africa Dream Skill Institute, Cameroon

Summary

"With the availability of these books, the institution now has an added advantage in the community as it’s impact is better felt. Community members who have wished to be part of this institution but for fear of their inability to meet the needs of required books to enable them succeed, can now register themselves knowing that the institution’s library is at their disposal...."

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Wellspring International School Community Library, Uganda

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"Wellspring community library is already being enjoyed by members of the local community and is proving to be an excellent place for people to appreciate the quality space to enjoy reading. We aim to encourage a love and culture of reading helping to develop higher literacy levels in the local community...."

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Step Up Ark, Namibia

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"We believe that reading books will assist our children to achieve better results in English and other academic subjects. Subsequently, we expanded our education focus to establish reading programs and hubs in several rural areas, where books and libraries are not fully operational yet...."

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Bhamuson Foundation Charity, Nigeria

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"Recently, Bhamuson foundation received over one hundred and sixty books from Book2Africa, which it donated to the two schools currently in partnership with the charity; Adeta Primary School and African Central Church School. The books donated included Literary skills, Mathematics, English grammar, Nursery rhymes, exercise books and dictionaries for nursery classes through to primary six. The aim is to start a library in both schools, to encourage the kids to..."