African Film Institute Creative & Digital Skills Training, Nigeria
We need books because, irrespective of the popular notion that books are dead, books have some of the rare knowledge that Africans need. These books here contain a lot of good ideas, good initiatives that have not been acted upon.
A Different Life, Ghana
We needed books to stock the empty shelves, which will give us the edge to craft programs that could spark some level of curiosity in the area of reading and learning. For example we now have the annual spelling bee project, the weekend literacy boost and many more.
Watoto Wetu, Tanzania
Watoto Wetu Tanzania are dealing with rescuing and helping children under 18 years old as well as youth under 35 years old to go away from hazards, vulnerabilities, abuse, hindrances, humiliation, marginalisation, trafficking and using drugs. The organization helps them to get formal and non-formal education right from nursery to secondary level and vocational training education as well as colleges when there is availability of funds.
St. Michael’s Primary School, Namibia
Our school is located on a farm in the middle of nowhere. There isn’t much for the children to do except play soccer or misbehave. Because the library now contains books at their reading level, the learners want to hang out in the library and read. They are no longer bored and misbehaving. The books that have been the most useful are the short children’s books. The reason for this is because all grades can use these for English proficiency. Before school got out, we had the grade 1 and 2 children reading to the older children, and we had the older children practice their inflection and creative reading skills by reading to the younger children.
Reading is a cool hobby: Books2Africa launches its annual #PageByPage Reading Challenge!
Books2Africa is set to launch its first-ever annual #PageByPage Reading Challenge on 1 October 2024, aiming to inspire participants to start reading as a hobby and highlight the transformative power of reading. The challenge, running throughout October, aligns with Books2Africa’s mission to promote literacy and education. The #PageByPage Challenge encourages both new and seasoned readers […]
Book Buddies By Ashezi, Nigeria
I am Ashezi Akwashiki, ten-years-old girl who loves reading. I had always wanted to start a book club but never had the
opportunity. However, six months ago, at the age of 9 years, my Mum agreed to help me start one and I had my first book
club meeting with my fellow book buddies at the Kuchingoro IDP camp in Abuja. This saw the birth of my NGO, Book
Buddies By Ashezi.
Her Innovation Cameroon (HIC), Cameroon
All these schools were very appreciative of these donations as they were particularly impressed that 90% of the books donate were in line with our educational curriculum in Cameroon. They all agreed to sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) with HIC so the can work together for future projects. In total, these books will impact 2,050+ students in Cameroon. Provisions were made and some books were sent to highly sensitive areas of the conflicts were access is difficult, that is Mamfe and Tombel.
Uganda Technology and Management University, Uganda
The students have a more resourced learning space for both private study and research. The presence of these books attracts them more to use the library.
Asempanaye M/A Basic School, Ghana
I noticed that computer literacy was being taught only using a black board, with no text books or computers. Now the school have computers to use within the library they will have first hand experience of what they are learning in the class room. The deputy head teacher from another nearby school also asked if he could use the computer for help with his school records so the whole community can now benefit as well as the school.
Tokomeza Zero Project, Tanzania
“It was my pleasure working with Books2Africa Tanzania which gave us about 5000 books, African Aid Foundation, and Smart Generation who played a significant role in delivering books to my district. We as a Government commend the positive contribution by Books2Africa and other partners.”