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Thankful for past support and looking to the future |
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2005
800 students served
2009
4,500 students helped |
2006
3,000 students reached
2010
5,000 students touched |
2007
4,600 students enriched
Libraries of Love has created libraries for 19 schools serving about 25,000 students. We are an all-volunteer organization that relies on the community to help create libraries in Ugandan schools. |
2008
7,100 students benefit
The Round Rock ISD school community, parents, civic groups, churches, book publishers, library supply companies and our friends at Dell have stepped up each year as our mission has grown. | |
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Four Mbale primary schools to receive libraries in 2011 |
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These four schools were selected to be the next "Laurel" libraries in Uganda:
Gangama Primary School 1,229 students
Nabuyonga Primary School 1,800 students
Fairway Primary School 1,325 students
Bombo Road (military) Secondary School
The 2011 schools were selected by the chief educational officials in Mbale as part of a growing partnership with Libraries of Love and the Ugandan education community. This summer, the chief education officer, assistant education officer, inspector of schools, and town clerk went with our executive director to look at the schools and talk to the headmasters. We are encouraged by this partipation and think it will help us realize our mission:
"The purpose of Libraries of Love is to partner with Africans to create libraries in individual schools. Through reading, students will develop a love of literature, as well as strengthen their knowledge in each curriculum subject area. Lifelong readers become lifelong learners. Therefore, the libraries will serve as bridges to a better future for the children of Uganda." |
In addition to the four new schools, volunteers will be restocking 7 existing libraries.
Below are the libraries to be restock, the year they were created and the books to be replenished:
Namungoona Primary (2007)
300 books (picture books & nonfiction)
Bat Valley Primary (2007)
Christian books requested
African Childrens Choir school (2010)
50 books (Christian, nonfiction, country books, sports, music, Dora)
Northroads Primary (2008):
500 to 1000 books (picture books especially)
Namatala Primary: (2006)
500 to 1000 books (picture books and nonfiction)
Joyce Primary (2010)
50 books (Christian and nonfiction)
Martin Nkoyoyo (2009)
50 books (Christian, nonfiction, country books)
Click to learn about book donations.
Click to help prepare books for shipping.
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Check back soon for complete wrap-up of 2010 Projects with photos, video and thank-you notes from Ugandan students. Below are updates posted during the summer projects. |
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Kings College high school gets library in record time |
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July 1, 2010 - The volunteer team from Illinois arrived at King's College (a high school) around 10:00am. The school had planned the grand opening of the library at 4:00pm. In six hours, the team unpacked about 4,000 books, put them in Dewey order, shelved the books, hung maps and signage. They were ready for the opening right at 4:00! Read more on Trudy's blog. | |
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Team 2 arrives and sets up library on their first day |
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June 28, 2010 - Team 2 arrived from Illinois today, and by 9:30 this morning they were at work setting up the library at the brand new (since February) African Children's Choir Music For Life primary school. This is where all touring choirs end up after returning from the U.S. or the United Kingdom, to finish primary school. All children have lost one or both parents. After graduating from MFL, they go to secondary schools in the area. These students have had the same 200 books for years now, so they will eagerly read their new books. The school houses and educates 150 children and was built over the last 3 years on Lake Victoria, in Entebbe, Uganda, south of Kampala.
(Photos courtesy of Lynne Dobson)
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Team 1 completes three libraries during first week |
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June 13, 2010 - Volunteers Direct Scott Porter wrote on his blog: "Friday all 3 of the libraries had been completed and we visited each school for the official openings. It is truly amazing to see the transformation of these rooms to completed libraries in just a few days."
Pictured are new libraries at Kasubi C/U Primary School, Ugandan Martyrs Primary School, and Kitebi Primary. Read more on Trudy's blog.
(Photos courtesy of Scott Porter.)
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Thanks to Read-A-Thon participants for generous donation |
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Laurel Mountain Elementary school, at which Libraries of Love Executive Director Trudy Marshall is librarian, raised over $11,000 for Libraries of Love during the 3rd annual Read-a-Thon. The Read-a-Thon encourages students to read while collecting donations to help provide libraries for students in Uganda. Students read 166,804 minutes - 2,780 hours - and collected $11,322.67, which will pay for shipping and customs fees for our 2010 libraries.
To show their appreciation, on March 9 the principal, assistant principal, and Trudy danced the Miley Cyrus "Hoedown Throwdown" in front of the whole school. "The kids loved it, but it was difficult for us "old" people," Trudy said. "I wore the Reading Rocks flashy t-shirt given to me by the Illinois ladies (volunteers) last year to give me courage." | |
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We appreciate schools, churches for their book drives |
Special thanks to Pflugerville Community Church and Bethany Methodist Church
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Pflugerville Church
'adopts' Ugandan school
In addition to it's book drive, Plugerville Community Church raised enough money from donations to "adopt" Kasubi C/U Primary School, which has 1,322 students. The donations funded all expenses related to completion of the library, including shipping, book prep, shelving, and organizational items.
The Libraries of Love Board extends special thanks to the church for it's support of our mission to bring books to deserving Ugandan children.
May you be blessed as you have blessed these children. | |
Pictured above left are some of the books donated by Lee Elementary School, which included $800 worth of new books from their Book Fair in November. At right, are books donated by the Junior Library Guild. We are thankful for all the schools, churches, clubs and individuals that donate books each year. Special notice goes to Bethany Methodist Church, which gave Libraries of Love 2,400 books in early December and funded hundreds of Ugandan children's school lunches and fees for the third year.
Thanks to these groups who also held book drives this year:
- Sparta Elementary School
- Lake Travis High School
- Lake Travis Middle School
- Hudson Bend Middle School
- Lakeway Elementary School
- Laurel Mountain Elementary
- Lee Elementary School
- Canyon Vista Middle School
- Brookhollow Elementary
- Brushy Creek Elementary
- Interact Club Lake Travis
- First Methodist Church - Round Rock
- First Baptist Church - Round Rock
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | | |
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Video follows books to Uganda |
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Click here to watch how books are prepared, shipped and shelved by volunteers in this video that follows one of the thousands of books provided to school libraries in Uganda as part of the 2009 projects. See volunteers at work creating the libraries, a grand opening and the joy of students using their library for the first time. | |
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