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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">African Library Project</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data note">2005</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data">Chris Bradshaw</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Focus</th><td class="infobox-data">Literacy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served </div></th><td class="infobox-data">Sub-Saharan Africa</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.africanlibraryproject.org/">www<wbr>.africanlibraryproject<wbr>.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>The <b>African Library Project</b> (ALP) is a non-profit organization that starts libraries in rural Africa. U.S. volunteers organize book drives and ship books to a library in Africa. ALP partners with governmental and non-governmental organizations in <a href="Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">sub-Saharan Africa</a>. The partners process applications from schools and communities that want libraries, distribute the books, and provide training. Schools and communities that receive books provide the library space and staffing. ALP works in <a href="Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a>, <a href="Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>, <a href="Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>, <a href="Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a>, <a href="Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi</a>, <a href="Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a>, and <a href="Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>ALP is a US 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2005 by Chris Bradshaw.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first eleven years of operation, ALP started over 1,900 libraries in sub-Saharan Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-Huffington_Post_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huffington_Post-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To date, ALP has managed the creation of 4,143 libraries containing a total of 4,315,274 books. <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Methods_of_operation">Methods of operation</h2></div>

<p>ALP volunteers in the <a href="United_States" title="United States">United States</a> collect <a href="Used_book" title="Used book">used, donated books</a> for later shipment to affiliated libraries in <a href="Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>. The volunteers then sort, pack, and ship the books via <a href="Sea_container" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea container">sea container</a>, for eventual delivery to a designated African school or community.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>A typical small library is one thousand (mostly <a href="Paperback" title="Paperback">paperback</a>) books. As of August 2020, the cost of shipping the books to Africa is about $500: $250 in U.S. domestic postage to mail the books to a consolidation point in <a href="New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, Louisiana, and $250 sent to ALP to defray the costs of <a href="Container_shipping" class="mw-redirect" title="Container shipping">container shipping</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Volunteers_and_Partners">Volunteers and Partners</h2></div>

<p>ALP volunteers are often high school students or full elementary/middle school classes that work together to collect sufficient books and funds for a library. Volunteers often participate in multiple libraries over longer periods of time.

</p><p>ALP partner organizations are large governmental and non-governmental organizations that vet schools and communities that want libraries. When the containers arrive, they contain books for 30–60 libraries. The partners distribute them and also provide training and oversight of the libraries.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<caption>African Library Partnerships

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<th>Active Since<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<th>Partner Organization(s)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<td>Botswana

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<td>2006

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<td><a href="Botswana_Ministry_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Botswana Ministry of Education">Botswana Ministry of Education</a>

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<td>Ghana

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<td>2001

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<td>Michael Lapsley Foundation

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<td>Kenya

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<td>2017

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<td><a href="Rongo_University_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Rongo University College">Rongo University</a>, <a href="Kibabii_University" title="Kibabii University">Kibabii University</a>

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<td>Lesotho

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<td>2004

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<td>US <a href="Peace_Corps" title="Peace Corps">Peace Corps</a> Lesotho, Lesotho Ministry of Education and Training (MOET)

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<td>Malawi

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<td>2009

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<td>Development Aid from People to People (DAPP Malawi), Wungwero Book Foundation (WBF), Malawi Institute of Education (MIE), <a href="University_of_Malawi" title="University of Malawi">University of Malawi</a>

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<td>Sierra Leone

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<td>2013

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<td>Reading Initiative Salone (RISE) Network

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<td>Uganda

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<td>2019

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<td>Enjuba, Firm Foundation Education Trust (FFET)

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<p>Teachers and administrators of the target schools are given a manual on managing a library based on one developed by <a href="Voluntary_Service_Overseas" title="Voluntary Service Overseas">Voluntary Service Overseas</a> (VSO). Librarians collect data on usage and attend training provided by the partners and ALP. Librarians from all the countries where ALP is working meet at the biannual Library Summit to share best practices.

</p><p>Each library requests the specific types of books they need. In addition to the donated books, ALP purchases supplemental books for the libraries: the Junior African Writers Series (JAWS), HIV/AIDS readers (published by Pearson), and <a href="Hesperian_Health_Guides" title="Hesperian Health Guides">Hesperian Health Guides</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.africanlibraryproject.org/african-libraries/">"African Libraries"</a>. <i>African Library Project</i>. 22 September 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 21,</span> 2021</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFMoody2006" class="citation news cs1">Moody, Shelah (July 9, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sfgate.com/living/article/JEFFERSON-AWARD-Presented-to-Chris-Bradshaw-2493310.php">"JEFFERSON AWARD: Presented to Chris Bradshaw / Trip to Africa planted seed that blossomed into library project"</a>. San Francisco Chronicle.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.africanlibraryproject.org/our-partners/">"Our Partners | African Library Project"</a>. 8 November 2019. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201126232255/https://www.africanlibraryproject.org/our-partners/">Archived</a> from the original on November 26, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 21,</span> 2021</span>.</cite></span>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.africanlibraryproject.org">African Library Project Home Page</a></li></ul></div><div><div class="zim-footer">

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