http://africanlibraryproject.org/newsblog News and event information Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:57:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the US, our book drive organizers do a great job of collecting books and getting them to Africa.  But…then what happens?  In each country, we work with one or more African Partner organizations to turn donated books into small, sustainable libraries.  This requires addressing Seven Big Challenges to Library ... http://africanlibraryproject.org/newsblog/?p=201 Book drive organizers Serena Kapoor and Marilyn Walters are both passionate  about books and community service. But there is one big difference: Marilyn, age 79, is one of the oldest people to organize an ALP book drive, while Serena, age 8, was the youngest to run a book drive by ... http://africanlibraryproject.org/newsblog/?p=200 As an all-volunteer organization, the African Library Project depends on amazing people at every level to work as a team starting libraries in Africa.  Here is the story of one of our behind-the-scenes volunteers, working every day to knit together our book drives with their African partners. After working in pharmaceuticals ... http://africanlibraryproject.org/newsblog/?p=194 An Interview with Chris Bradshaw     From November 8-12, 2009, the African Library Project will sponsor its second African Partners Summit, this year in Morija, Lesotho.  In this interview, ALP Founder Chris Bradshaw explains why the Summit is vital for the development of ALP’s African partners.   Q:  What's the ... http://africanlibraryproject.org/newsblog/?p=188 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }st2\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } ALP’s latest container to Lesotho just arrived! Fifty-seven libraries were sent to waiting schools, communities, and the phenomenal Peace Corps volunteers who will help get them going. Who supplied all of the books? Amazingly, friends and family of the Lesotho ... http://africanlibraryproject.org/newsblog/?p=182 New libraries are opening across Swaziland this spring, thanks to the efforts of volunteers in California, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Washington, North Carolina and Florida.  The African Library Project’s latest push -- into Swaziland, a tiny country surrounded by South Africa and Mozambique -- is putting books in the hands of ... http://africanlibraryproject.org/newsblog/?p=170 From Bookless To Board Member: Mathews’ Story of Growing Up in Rural Malawi   My name is Mathews Sapemba Tisatayane. I was born in a village in the central region of Malawi, a small country in Southern Africa. Growing up in a rural area of one the poorest nations ... http://africanlibraryproject.org/newsblog/?p=163 Corte Madera School (CMS), located in the small, mountainous town of Portola Valley, CA, has already started 6 libraries in 3 countries, and can't stop. CMS has quietly developed a unique model for book drives that has produced library after African library. CMS's library runs a continuous book drive, packing ... http://africanlibraryproject.org/newsblog/?p=159 On October 24, 2008 Yujin Gakuen Japanese Immersion Elementary School in Eugene, Oregon had a Fall Festival, called Akimatsuri. The Scholastic Book Fair was going on at the same time, so. they raised funds to purchase new books for the African Library Project and to sendbooks to Katrina disaster victims. ... http://africanlibraryproject.org/newsblog/?p=147 With our recently awarded 501c3 status, the growth of our organization, in terms of book drives, libraries completed, and even board members, has really taken off. This growth has allowed us to update our website to be more useful to our volunteers, whereby in another endeavor to make organizing a ... http://africanlibraryproject.org/newsblog/?p=143