Nigeria

Hunmuani Alaga High School Library Project (Martin Akinseye) - Nigeria

Martin Akinseye invites you to help raise funds to purchase books to fill the empty shelves at The Hunmuani Alaga High School in Nigeria, Africa. The school just completed construction of a new library to serve their students during the weekdays, and books will be available to community members on weekends. Martin came to the United States in 1997, and has owned an African import shop, Simba Craftware, at the Midtown Global Market more than a decade.  He has also taught African-drumming lessons…

The Ibadan Library Project (The Librarians Educational Advancement Foundation) - Nigeria

Due to lean government allocation towards education  and the mismanagement of existing infrastructures, public school students are denied access to essential learning resources most especially books. Our desire is to therefore equip libraries in public schools within the Ibadan metropolis with books needed to support their education and promote the culture of reading among high school students.  This project will help to bridge knowledge inequality by giving public school students access to…

Ajuwe Agbarha-Otor Book Drive

Ajuwe Agbarha-Otor Book Drive (AABD) is a royal literacy initiative of HRM Richard Oghenevwogaga Ebelle (JP) Okorefe I, the Ovie (King) of Agbarha-Otor Kingdom, Urhoboland, Delta State, Nigeria, in partnership with Books For Africa and the Nigeria Book Trust.