FAVL is starting to plan the 6th edition of the summer reading camps here in Burkina. We’re hoping to be able to invite 25 kids from all of the libraries (including the newly opened 12th library in Ouargaye), for a total of 300 kids! We’ve started fundraising and you can help those 300 kids be able to spend a week at their village library, learning how to read, singing songs and making new friends. Just visit our “Teach 300 Elementary School Children to Read” site on the GlobalGiving website and donate to the project. We’re hoping to raise $5,000 and every little bit helps us to reach that goal.
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Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Kitengesa library in Uganda newsletter for 2025
- Burkina Faso libraries December 2025 newsletter
- COLAU’s latest newsletter with updates from August to December
- Some photos from Nyariga Community Library in Ghana
- Rapport de mission d’une équipe de ABVBF à Waly
- Visite du centre de lecture et d’étude de Béréba (CLEB)
- Don de livres par ABVBF à l’école primaire publique de Waly
- Sortie de la BMP: Ste Thérèse de Houndé, Burkina Faso
- Distribution des livres CMH aux élèves de l’école B de Koumbia, Burkina Faso
- Night activities at Sumbrungu Community Library, Ghana