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The African Library Project coordinates book drives in the United States and partners with African schools and villages to start small libraries.

Our U.S. Book Drives

1000 books + $500 and some elbow grease is all it takes to create a library in Africa!
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Our African Libraries

Our partners in Africa are the key to our success. Together, we change donated books into life-changing libraries.
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Help create a library in Kenya by volunteering to be a book drive organizer today.

From Our Facebook Page

Hey literacy heroes! We need 15 more volunteers to host a book drive in order to meet our goal and...

This is Cynthia from Godjope Primary School. As a student librarian, Cynthia often spreads the importance of literacy and education...

Thanks to the efforts of our book drive organizations who helped fill these boxes with gently used children's books. We...

The communities in Kenya form library committees to provide students a stable place to read and learn from the reading...

With reading materials, with education, we can start to make the world a better place - one book at a...

Rongo University located in Kenya is just one of the educational institutions we work with. Their support, and the support...

After rallying her community together, collecting 1000 children's books and fundraising $500, our amazing book drive organizer Erica Henningsen is...

We can always get behind students rallying together to promote literacy abroad. 🙌

Despite English being widely spoken and taught in Kenya, the official language is Swahili. So hello and good afternoon to...

Thanks to all the literacy heroes who helped collect books on Freshman Day of Service at California State University, East...