The summary below was provided by the Peace Corps Volunteer and the community administering this project.

The local community, specifically its secondary/preparatory school and agricultural college, have identified a gap in its community concerning material resources within its libraries as well as the need to develop literacy programs. The Principal of the secondary school and Vice Dean of the agricultural college are highly motivated to fill this need and have begun work with Books For Africa and Peace Corps Volunteer, Inge Harding, to create a project for their community. The two libraries in the community have requested fiction books, encyclopedias, textbooks, and dictionaries as well as training for library staff in establishing literacy activities and library committees/clubs.

The goal of the project is to increase the number of books to improve literacy programs and library facilities by increasing attendance, enhancing academic performance, creating library committees/clubs and training staff on library care and organization. The first step in creating the literacy program is to have resources available for the students, teachers, and staff to promote reading not only for educational purposes but also as a leisure activity.

The community is willing to contribute library facilities and shelving for the new books as well as shipping costs from the capital to our community. This project is involving three communities from the local region that have expressed similar gaps and have come together to promote reading as a culture and increase the number of resources available in each town.

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