Wellspring International School Community Library, Uganda
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.
Support Our Troops Foundation, Nigeria
It is the believe of the Foundation that, a book in the hands of a child can lead to endless possibilities and create a reading culture in the children of the armed forces. It is in view of this that, the Foundation took a giant stride to donate 3000 books received from Books2Africa for distribution to libraries in military schools.
Ijaw Youth Library, Nigeria
IYC has entered into partnership with Books2Africa, a UK based international Non-governmental organization, which donated about 1000 books that formed the first stock of the library and ICT center which has dozens of Computers. The NGO is known to give books from donors majorly in the UK to need areas in Africa. The library was named in the honor of the late Dr. Oronto Douglas, a renowned intellectual and writer who has traversed the globe in pursuit of the Niger Delta struggle.
The Children’s Voice Book Drive, Zimbabwe
Our team worked diligently to have a colourful handover event. It was held at Umguza Primary School which was one of the receiving schools. Other people present were the children, parents, teachers of the Umguza Primary School and that of the other receiving schools. Ministry of Education officials were also present. The children presented some poems, drama and songs thanking Books To Africa and our organisation for the support. Your donation of books will certainly go a long way in helping the children in our rural schools of Zimbabwe learn and love reading.
Universal Channel Africa partner with Books2Africa in celebration of Season 2 of The Librarians
We are excited to announce that Books To Africa International will be working together with Universal Channel Africa on a donation campaign to improve the standard of education for thousands of students in Africa. Building up to the launch of Season 2 of its TV series “The Librarians”, Universal Channel Africa’s campaign promises to raise […]
Oaks View International College, Nigeria
Since the assembly of the library the students have made the library their favourite place in the school which is an exciting prospect as one of the big goals of the school is to open the minds of the students through helping them to make reading a habit. The total book count was 1032 books. Many of the books were fictional leisure reading which is ideal for many of the students as they are much easier reading.
Vocational Community Library, Cameroon
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.
Learning Something While At School: Catching Them Young
African schools are concentrating on their best performing pupils at the expense of youngsters who may prove to be just as talented if given a higher quality of teaching. In Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s book, Poor Economics, they highlight two key steps in the social and economic progression of Africa; the first is to provide a […]
Escaping poverty on the back of a chicken
In the dusty Nigerian village of Nwangele, a 13-year-old girl, Eziuche Chimdi, has escaped a life of oppression. She has only one tool – a chicken. Her life could easily have been very different. Poverty and traditional values dictate the lives of many young girls who will be forced to become child brides. 40 per […]