Friends of African Village Libraries is committed to long-term management of and support for small community libraries in rural Africa. Our goal is to establish long-term relationships with community libraries, rather than provide an initial donation and move on to another village. We believe that every child and adult should have the opportunity to pick up a book and read, so we are dedicated to increasing access to reading material and other information in rural villages in sub-Saharan Africa.
Each of GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners is required to send quarterly donor reports detailing the impact of their work. Here are some of their recent updates:
By Michael Kevane | Director, West Africa
As we noted in the last report, Bereba library unfortunately remains closed due to the civil conflict in Burkina Faso. It has now been about 9 months since the last attack against Bereba, but in June... Read the full report ›By Michael Kevane | Director, West Africa
Instead of purchasing books, our limited financial means have been directed to producing low-cost, age-appropriate books targetting girls-as-readers in the communities served. The team has produced... Read the full report ›By Michael Kevane | Director, West Africa
FAVL and its partner organization has not hosted any training workshops in last 3 months, partly because of the security situation and partly because schools have been closed for summer. We hope to... Read the full report ›
