In August 2007 our family traveled to southern Africa to visit our African partners and to visit some of the libraries that we have worked to create over the past 2 years. It was an exciting venture, our first trip to Africa in 3 years, when we first conceived the idea of sending gently used books to African communities and schools that desperately need reading material. Here are some highlights from the Botswana portion of my family’s trip. Lesotho will follow.

Our host in Botswana was Olga Tsimanyna, a Ministry of Education official who actively supports the training and development of teachers and schools in the South District of the country. She is our partner for establishing 100 primary school libraries over the next 18 months. This is an amazingly ambitious undertaking for a developing African country, but Botswana has shown huge dedication to educating its citizenry.

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