African Village Libraries

see African Villages Libraries social network (hosted at Ning.com)

About FAVL http://www.favl.org/

Friends of African Village Libraries (FAVL) is a network of individuals and donors committed to long-term management of and support for small community libraries in rural Africa. If you have been supporting a village library or community library, and would like to join our network, please contact us.

Generous donors have helped to establish and enable continued management and improvement of eleven libraries, six in Burkina Faso, three in Ghana, one in Tanzania, and one in Uganda.

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== Burkina Faso== Bereba, Burkina Faso Organization: Friends of African Village Libraries www.favl.org
 * Bereba Community Library

Koumbia, Burkina Faso Organization: Friends of African Village Libraries www.favl.org
 * Koumbia Community Library

Karaba, Burkina Faso Organization: Friends of African Village Libraries www.favl.org
 * Karaba Community Library

Sara, Burkina Faso Organization: Friends of African Village Libraries www.favl.org
 * Sara Community Library

Dohoun, Burkina Faso Organization: Friends of African Village Libraries www.favl.org
 * Dohoun Community Library

Boni, Burkina Faso Organization: Friends of African Village Libraries www.favl.org
 * Boni Community Library

Dimikuy Burkina Faso Organization: Friends of African Village Libraries www.favl.org
 * Dimikuy Community Library

Niankorodougou, Burkina Faso Organization: Friends of African Village Libraries www.favl.org
 * Niankorodougou Community Library

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== Ethiopia==


 * http://www.ethiopiareads.org/books.html

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== Ghana== Sumbrungu, Ghana Organization: Friends of African Village Libraries www.favl.org
 * Sumbrungu Community Library

Sherigu, Ghana Organization: Friends of African Village Libraries www.favl.org
 * Sherigu Community Library

Kunkua, Ghana Organization: Friends of African Village Libraries www.favl.org
 * Kunkua Community Library

Jordan Nu, Ghana Organization: Friends of African Village Libraries www.favl.org
 * Jordan Nu Community Library

Accra, Ghana Organization: Osu Children's Library Fund www.osuchildrenslibraryfund.ca
 * The Kathy Knowles Community Library

Accra, Ghana Organization: Osu Children's Library Fund www.osuchildrenslibraryfund.ca
 * Nima Maamobi Gale Community Library

Accra, Ghana Organization: Osu Children's Library Fund www.osuchildrenslibraryfund.ca
 * Nungua Community Library

Accra, Ghana Organization: Osu Children's Library Fund www.osuchildrenslibraryfund.ca
 * Ngleshie-Amanfro Community Library


 * President John Kufuor and The Ghana Laptop per Child Foundation seed OLPC in Ghana with 10,000 laptops. http://glpcgh.org/

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== Kenya==

Nairobi, Kenya Support Group: KidsLibs Trust kidslibstrust.org
 * Eastleigh Library

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== Rwanda==


 * Rwanda aims for one laptop per child http://blog.laptop.org/2009/03/30/worldfocusorgs-olpc-rwanda-video/

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== South Africa==

== Sudan==

Mundri, Sudan Support Group:   Mundri Relief &  Development Association FAVL Blog
 * Mundri Community Library

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== Tanzania== Libraries in Tanzania

Libraries for Tanzania on FACEBOOK

Kwekitui, Lushoto District, Tanzania (near Mbelei) Librarian: Rogers Shelukindo shelukindo07@yahoo.com +255 787 246 169 Founded by Tanga Youth Development Association http://www.tayodea.org Director: David Chanyeghea info@tayodea.com Supported by Under The Reading Tree http://www.underthereadingtree.org
 * Kwekitui Primary School Library

Chamazi, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Founded by UVIKIUTA Director: Ben Mongi +255 754 833 909 Supported by Africa Community Technical Services http://www.acts.ca Director: David Moore +250 339 1212 Project Officer: Sarah Switzer +255 776 565 545 (Tanzania) or +250 339 1212 (Canada)
 * Chamazi Community Library

Mvumi, Tanzania Organization: Friends of African Village Libraries www.favl.org
 * Mvumi Community Library

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== Uganda==

Buikwe Village, Uganda Organization: Under the Reading Tree underthereadingtree.org
 * Caezari Public Library

Kagoa, Uganda Organization: Under the Reading Tree and INFORALL underthereadingtree.org
 * Kagoma Community Library

Mpigi, Uganda Organization: Under the Reading Tree underthereadingtree.org
 * Mpigi Community Library

Kwekitui, Uganda Organization: Under the Reading Tree underthereadingtree.org
 * Kwekitui Community Library


 * Uganda has 5 public universities and 8 private universities. This pdf lists the universities and the method of cataloging in their libraries http://www.imeicc5.com/download/IME-ICC5_COUNTRY_REPORT_Uganda.pdf


 * African Bible Colleges also has a library http://abuuganda.org/


 * http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Uganda-LIBRARIES-AND-MUSEUMS.html

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== Zambia==

book collection +4,000, XO computers blog http://blog.lubuto.org
 * The Lubuto Library Project - Lusaka, Zambia http://www.lubuto.org/


 * Book Bus http://www.ventureco-worldwide.com/bookbus_venture.htm


 * Univ. of Zambia has several libraries - details here http://www.ouhk.edu.hk/10th/roundtable/zambiahk.pdf

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== African literacy resources and projects==


 * list of library/literacy projects in Africa http://community.eldis.org/.59bf83cb/


 * Map of Community Libraries in Africa


 * Book Aid International Book donations http://community.eldis.org/.59bc2051/ - group on good practice in book donations


 * ebooks 4 free: http://community.eldis.org/.59959bbd/ - useful references to books available on the net for librarians as well as resources such as Where there is no doctor and Child-to-child readers - useful for those libraries that might have access to the net.


 * Tar Heel Reader http://tarheelreader.org/ - a collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. Each book can be speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces. The books may be downloaded as slide shows in PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash format. You may write your own books using pictures from the huge collection at Flickr or pictures you upload.


 * One Laptop Per Child Project (XO computers) http://laptop.org
 * XO at Lubuto Library http://blog.lubuto.org/2009/02/xo-update.html
 * Rwanda aims for one laptop per child http://blog.laptop.org/2009/03/30/worldfocusorgs-olpc-rwanda-video/
 * President John Kufuor and The Ghana Laptop per Child Foundation seed OLPC in Ghana with 10,000 laptops. http://glpcgh.org/

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== Translation tools and applications==


 * CatsCradle http://www.tucows.com/preview/306058 - software programme that helps you to translate from web page to web page. It is not a mechanical translator. It puts the text of a web page into a box, and you type its translation into another box. It then looks after all the tags with controls and commands so the result is the same web page but in your language of choice. CC 3.5 allows you to translate into languages with non Latin characters, and those that write from right to left.

Languages with special characters
 * Ewe