A Likely Story Library

Year: 2017
Country: Rwanda
Project Status: Funded
Impact Sector: Education
Project Investment: $5,033.37

Project Launch: 4-26-17

Mulindi, Rwanda has a growing school but lacks a developed library, limiting the amount of literacy and critical thinking the school can facilitate among its pupils. The project proposes the construction of a library room, the purchase of books, the retention of a librarian, formulating programs and classes for students and community members which directly supports the Rwanda Education Board's objective of fomenting a culture of reading in Rwanda. The library will inspire personal growth and will help close the gap of disconnect to the outside world.

Project Update: 9-4-17

The library has been built and the project participants are selecting books and ordering materials from several publishing houses in Kigali.

Final Report: 11-9-17

The library is now complete and students have taken such an interest in reading there that the librarian has scheduled hours for different grades to use the new facility. A meeting will be scheduled in the coming weeks to introduce parents and the surrounding community to the features and benefits of the new space.